Biography
Joaquin Rafael Phoenix is an American actor. Known for his roles as dark, unconventional and eccentric characters, particularly in period dramas, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, The New York Times named him one of the greatest actors of the 21st century. Phoenix began his career by appearing in a television series in the early 1980s with his brother River. His first major film role...
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Eddington
2025
as Joe Cross
In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.

Joker: Folie à Deux
2024
as Arthur Fleck
While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur Fleck not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that's always been inside him.

Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
2024
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The story of the rise to stardom of Joaquin Phoenix, an actor of magnetic physique, tumultuous past, socially committed, who for years has offered out...

Napoleon
2023
as Napoleon Bonaparte
An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his add...

Napoleon
2023
Producer
An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his add...

The End of Medicine
2023
Executive Producer
The film explores the link between our treatment of animals and emerging health threats such as pandemics and antibiotic resistance. It specifically l...

Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
2023
as Self
A documentary about the making of Ari Aster's Kafkaesque epic Beau is Afraid.

Beau Is Afraid
2023
as Beau Wassermann
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odys...

Stutz
2022
Producer
In candid conversations with actor Jonah Hill, leading psychiatrist Phil Stutz explores his early life experiences and unique, visual model of therapy...

C'mon C'mon
2021
as Johnny
Johnny and his young nephew forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they embark on a cross-country trip to see life away from Los Angel...

Gunda
2021
Executive Producer
A glimpse into the raw and simple power of nature through encounters with farm animals: the eponymous Gunda, a mother pig; two cows, and a one-legged ...

Joker: Put on a Happy Face
2020
as Self
Featuring interviews with filmmakers and industry legends, discover the origins and evolution of The Joker, and learn why The Clown Prince of Crime is...

My Darling Vivian
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The story of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash's first wife and the mother of his four daughters. Includes never-before-seen footage and photographs of John...

Guardians of Life
2020
This environmental short subject was made in collaboration of the protest group, Extinction Rebellion.

The Animal People
2019
Executive Producer
An unprecedented journey inside a radical animal rights campaign that shook multinational corporations to their core and led to the first-ever indictm...

Joker
2019
as Arthur Fleck
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychop...

The Sisters Brothers
2018
as Charlie Sisters
Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the...

Lou
2018
as Karl
Lou, a teenage tomboy in a small Californian town, idolizes her single father. When he has a date over one night and she is cast out of the house, Lou...

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018
as John Callahan
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing...

Dominion
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Exposing the dark underbelly of modern animal agriculture through drones, hidden & handheld cameras, the feature-length film explores the morality and...

Mary Magdalene
2018
as Jesus
In the first century, free-spirited Mary Magdalene flees the marriage her family has arranged for her, finding refuge and a sense of purpose in a radi...

You Were Never Really Here
2017
as Joe
A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, his nightmares begin to overtake...

Across My Land
2017
Executive Producer
Father and son 'minutemen' patrol the American/Mexican border near their home in Nogales, Arizona.

What the Health
2017
Executive Producer
Filmmaker Kip Andersen uncovers the secret to preventing and even reversing chronic diseases, and he investigates why the nation's leading health orga...

Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one anothe...

Irrational Man
2015
as Abe
On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his st...

Chryskylodon Blues
2015
as Self
On the set of Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice.
I Am Dying
2015
Executive Producer
This documentary follows 32-year-old Renee Heidtman during the last months of her life capturing intimate moments through photos, camera work and Heid...

Inherent Vice
2014
as Larry "Doc" Sportello
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
2014
as Self
The making of Spike Jonze's "Her."

Her: Love in the Modern Age
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Her: Love In The Modern Age chronicles reactions to Spike Jonze's Oscar-nominated film, "Her." The documentary, directed by Lance Bangs, features stor...

Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart
2014
as Jimmy Emmett (archive footage)
In an extraordinary and tragic American story, a small town murder becomes one of the highest profile cases of all time. From its historic role as the...

Her
2013
as Theodore
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theod...

The Immigrant
2013
as Bruno Weiss
1921 New York. An immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with ...

The Master
2012
as Freddie Quell
Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto th...

I'm Still Here
2010
as Joaquin Phoenix
I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as...

I'm Still Here
2010
Producer, Writer
I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as...

Two Lovers
2008
as Leonard Kraditor
A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself with two women.

We Own the Night
2007
as Robert 'Bobby' Green
A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.

We Own the Night
2007
Producer
A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.

Reservation Road
2007
as Ethan Learner
Two fathers' lives intersect when one of them is involved in a terrible and sudden hit-and-run car accident that leaves the other's son dead. In respo...

Final 24: River Phoenix
2006
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Final 24 recreates River Phoenix's last day to tell the tragic tale of a young man whose short life was dominated by the constant pressure to perform.

Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line
2006
as Self
A documentary about the life of Johnny Cash and the making of Walk the Line (2005).

Earthlings
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, Earthlings chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of whic...

Walk the Line
2005
as John R. Cash
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis...

Strength and Honor: Production Pods
2005
as Self
Series of documentary pods chronicling every aspect of the production of Ridley Scott's Gladiator. Released as an extra on the 2005 extended version B...

Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
2005
as Self
An in-depth look at the entire making of Ridley Scott's Gladiator. Consisting of: Tale Of The Scribes: Story Development, The Heat Of Battle: Product...

Deconstructing 'The Village'
2005
as Self
In this making-of documentary, we see movie snippets, shots from the set, and interviews. We get notes from the crew and cast. We learn about the movi...

Hotel Rwanda
2004
as Jack Daglish
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnot...

Ladder 49
2004
as Jack Morrison
Under the watchful eye of his mentor, Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire...

The Village
2004
as Lucius Hunt
When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alte...

Brother Bear
2003
as Kenai (voice)
When an impulsive boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he must literally walk in another's footsteps until he learns some valuable li...

It's All About Love
2003
as John
The story of two lovers and their attempts to save their relationship in a near-future world on the brink of cosmic collapse. John, and world-famous i...
Making 'Signs'
2003
as Self / Merrill Hess
Nearly every possible aspect of fimmaking used to produce the motion picture Signs (2002) is closely examined here. This serves as a good companion to...

Buffalo Soldiers
2002
as Ray Elwood
A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.

Signs
2002
as Merrill Hess
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.

L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
2002

Quills
2000
as Abbe du Coulmier
A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, def...

Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport
2000
as Self
A look at the making of the Gladiator (2000) and the historical aspects presented within the film. Interviews with cast, crew and historical professor...

Gladiator
2000
as Commodus
After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred....

The Yards
2000
as Willie Gutierrez
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. W...

8MM
1999
as Max California
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the he...

Clay Pigeons
1998
as Clay Bidwell
Clay is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend, Earl, kill himself because of the ongoing affair that Clay was having with the man's wif...

Return to Paradise
1998
as Lewis McBride
Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays be...

U Turn
1997
as Toby N. Tucker
When a desperate man’s car breaks down in a bizarre desert town while evading vengeful bookies, he becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle. Cau...

Inventing the Abbotts
1997
as Doug Holt
In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, love...

To Die For
1995
as Jimmy Emmett
Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she make...

Parenthood
1989
as Garry Buckman-Lampkin
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, ...

Secret Witness
1988
as Drew Blackburn
Fun turns serious for two kids when an innocent spying game forces them to do some real detective work.

Russkies
1987
as Danny
A group of American boys discovers a Russian sailor washed up on the coast of Florida and decide to befriend him, assuming that he is friendly and wil...

SpaceCamp
1986
as Max
Andie Bergstrom, an astronaut eagerly awaiting her first trip to space, runs a summer camp for teenagers with her NASA-employed husband, Zach. One nig...

Kids Don't Tell
1985
as Frankie
When a documentary-maker begins to make a film about child sexual abuse, the subject begins to eat into him and affect his relationship with those aro...

Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia
1984
as Robby Ellsworth
13-year-old Brian has problems reading, which his teachers attribute to laziness. It is later discovered that he has Dyslexia.
The Making of We Own the Night
N/A
as Self
The cast and crew talk about We Own the Night. Written and directed by James Gray.

The Island
N/A
A couple decides to turn their backs on civilization to build their private paradise on a desert island. However, a millionaire passing through the is...

Polaris
N/A
as The Devil
In Alaska in the 1890s, an ice photographer meets the devil.

Acting Class
N/A
as John Smith
Acting Class creates a tapestry of disconnect, distrust, and manipulation. Ten strangers are brought together under the tutelage of John Smith, a myst...