Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquín Rafael Phoenix (aka Leaf. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on October 28, 1974) was cast by Ron Howard in Parenthood (1989) with Steve Martin, by Gus van Sant in To Die For (1995) with Nicole Kidman. He acted with Liv Tyler in Inventing the Abbots (1997), with Claire Danes in U-Turn (1998) by Oliver Stone, with Russell Crowe in Gladiator (2000) by Ridley Scott, with Geoffrey Rush in Quills (2000) by Philip Kaufman, with Mel Gibson in Signs (2002) by M. Night Shyamalan, with John Travolta in Ladder 49 (2004). He portrayed singer Johnny Cash in Walk the Line (2005) by James Mangold, co-starred with Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Master (2013) by Paul Thomas Anderson, starred in Her (2013) by Spike Jonze, in Inherent Vice (2014) by Paul Thomas Anderson, in Irrational Man (2015) by Woody Allen with Emma Stone, in The Sister Brothers (2018) with John C. Reilly. He starred in the origin story of the DC Comics villain, The Joker (2019) by Todd Phillips, C’mon C’mon (2021) written and directed by Mike Mills. Phoenix starred in Beau Is Afraid (2023), Napoleon (2023) by Ridley Scott with Vanessa Kirby as Josephine.

Read Nominee Profile 2020: Joaquin Phoenix “Joker” by Tina Jøhnk Christensen.

Golden Globe Awards

2024 Nominee

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Beau is Afraid
- Joaquin Phoenix
2020 Winner

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Joker
- Joaquin Phoenix
2015 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
- Inherent Vice
- Joaquin Phoenix
2014 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
- Her
- Joaquin Phoenix
2013 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Master, The
- Joaquin Phoenix
2006 Winner

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
- Walk The Line
- Joaquin Phoenix
2001 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
- Gladiator
- Joaquin Phoenix