About to premiere on October 4, Joker: Folie a Deux ‘s new film, Joaquin Phoenix, we review his career and filmography.
Although it may seem strange, Joaquin Phoenix was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His parents, John Bottom and Arlyn Dunitz, were members of the Children of God religious sect and were touring Latin America preaching their beliefs when Joaquin came into the world.
When Joaquin was six years old, his parents left Puerto Rico and moved to Los Angeles. Once there, they hired a representative to enhance the acting skills of Joaquin and his brothers, and the truth is that they were not wrong. His professional career began with appearances in advertisements and television series. Probably influenced by the exotic names of his brothers – Rain, Liberty, Summer and the late River – Joaquin Phoenixbegan his career with the stage name Leaf , which he would change years later to his original name.
In 1986, and at the age of ten, he appeared in SOS Blue Team, and a year later he got his first leading role in the drama Russkies, which also featured his sister Summer and Carole King. ‘s teenage son In 1989, he landed the role of Dianne Weist -directed film in the Ron Howard Home Sweet Sometimes!.
In 1995, after a long hiatus in which he was away from the screens, Phoenix gave us a surprising, critically acclaimed performance, opposite Nicole Kidman’s feature film, in Gus Van Sant, All for a Dream. critic New York Times film Janet Maslin praised the young man as “an actor worth watching.” After this film, he would co-star with Liv Tyler, Billy Crudup and Jennifer Connelly, The Abbotts’ Secret, in 1997. Also that same year he co-starred, opposite Claire Danes , Sean Penn and Jennifer Lopez, in Turn of Hell, under the directed by Oliver Stone. Working non-stop, the actor starred in two feature films in 1998: Return to Paradise, with Anne Heche and Vince Vaughn, and Clay Pigeons ( Too Deep ), a film in which he met Vaughn again. The following year, he starred opposite Nicolas Cage and directed by director Joel Schumacher, Murder on 8MM.
The year 2000 was the year of the coup for Joaquin Phoenix. The actor starred in three very different films. He played, opposite Russell Crowe, Commodus from Gladiator , under the direction of Ridley Scott, obtaining an Oscar and Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actor, as well as awards from the National Board of Review, the Broadcast Films Critics Award and a Blockbuster Award. That same year he would star, opposite Mark Wahlberg, James Caan, Faye Dunaway, Ellen Burstyn and Charlize Theron, in the film The Other Side of Crime – The Yards.
He then appeared in Quills, opposite Kate Winslet and Geoffrey Rush play by playwright Douglas Wright, a film based on the Obie Award-winning ‘s film about the Marquis de Sade. Among his other works on the big screen, we can highlight Thomas Vinterberg , It’s All About Love, and Buffalo Soldiers, by director Gregor Jordan . Phoenix also starred, opposite Mel Gibson, in ‘s feature film M. Night Shymalan, Signs, and the following year he voiced the character of Kenai in the Disney animated film, Brother Bear. M. Night Shymalan once again chose Joaquin Phoenix to star alongside Mel Gibson in the box office hit The Village. Which was released in July 2004. Also in 2004 he released Brigada 49, for which he received highly praiseworthy reviews.
In 2005 came his role as Johnny Cash in the film Walking a Tightrope. Focused on the life of one of the great figures of American music, this film marked the consecration of Joaquin Phoenix as one of the most promising stars of the moment. He won the Golden Globe for best actor in a comedy and musical and was nominated for an Oscar, a statuette that Reese Witherspoon did win, who played the role of Cash’s wife.
After his intervention in three interesting films (A Crossroads in Destiny, The Night Is Ours and Two Lovers), the actor of Puerto Rican origin deceives everyone and everyone with the bizarre film I’m Still Here , signed by his then brother-in-law Casey Affleck . It shows a false process of decline of Joaquin Phoenix, which he denied shortly after the premiere, something that angered various members of the industry. That did not prevent him from starring in three other important films: The Master (2012), by Paul Thomas Anderson (for which he was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe), Ellis’ Dream (2013), by James Gray, and Her (2013), by Spike Jonze . In 2014 he repeated with Anderson in his black comedy Puro vice.
His first work with Woody Allen was released in 2015: Irrational Man. Joaquin Phoenix embroiders a dark and ambiguous character, which he has played many times in his career and which seemed to be written for him. In a similar vein, he continued his work with You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay, 2017), Mary Magdalene (Garth Davis, 2018), Don’t Worry, You Won’t Get Far on Foot (Gus Van Sant , 2018) and The Brothers Sisters (Jacques Audiard, 2018), a western dazzling
Success and unanimous recognition came with his leading role in Joker , for which he won the Oscar, the Golden Globe and the Bafta for best actor. With measured and heartbreaking work, Joaquin Phoenix showed that he is one of the best actors in contemporary cinema. Then came other films like C’mon C’mon. Always Forward (2021), by Mike Mills, and Beau’s Afraid (2023), by Ari Aster .
Joaquin Phoenix filmography
- – Joker 2: Folie a Deux (2024)
- – Napoleon (2023)
- – Beau is afraid (2023)
- – C’mon C’mon. Always Forward (2021)
- – Joker (2019)
- – The Sisters Brothers (2018)
- – Don’t worry, you won’t get far on foot (2018)
- – Mary Magdalene (2018)
- – You were never really here (2017)
- – Irrational Man (2015)
- – Pure vice (2014)
- – Her (2013)
- – Ellis’ Dream (2013)
- – The Master (2012)
- – I’m Still Here (2010)
- – Two lovers (2008)
- – A crossing in destiny (2007)
- – The Night is Ours (2007)
- – On a tightrope (2005)
- – Hotel Rwanda (2004)
- – Brigade 49 (2004)
- – The Forest (2004)
- – It’s all about love (2003)
- – Signs (2002)
- – Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
- – The other side of crime (2000)
- – Gladiator (2000)
- – Quills (2000)
- – Murder in 8 mm (1999)
- – Return to Paradise (1998)
- – Too Deep (1998)
- – Twist to Hell (1997)
- – The Abbotts’ Secret (1997)
- – All for a dream (1995)
- – Sweet home… sometimes! (1989)
- – Russkies (1987)
- – SOS: Blue Team (1986)
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