Joaquin Phoenix
ABOUT JOAQUIN PHOENIX
Renowned actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his starring role in the 2019 film Joker . He also received Academy Award nominations for his portrayals of the evil Commodus in Gladiator , country star Johnny Cash in Walk the Line and Freddie Quell in The Master .
As a child actor, he and his siblings were featured on a variety of commercials and television shows. He and his siblings provided for the family by performing on the street and playing musical instruments.
After filming Two Lovers, he formulated a hoax that he was giving up acting to pursue a career as a rapper, then he returned to screens in the 2012 film The Master .
His siblings are River , Rain , Liberty and Summer Phoenix . His mother Arlyn Phoenix named him Leaf Phoenix. His father John identified himself as a lapsed Catholic. He began dating Rooney Mara in late 2016 and they got engaged in 2019. In 2020, they welcomed their first child together, a son named River. They secretly wed in 2022 and welcomed their second child in 2024. He has previously dated Liv Tyler , Topaz Page-Green and Allie Teilz .
He starred opposite Reese Witherspoon in the film Walk the Line.
