Claim: River Phoenix works in films.
Evidence: River Jude Phoenix -LRB- born River Jude Bottom ; August 23 , 1970 -- October 31 , 1993 -RRB- was an American actor , musician , and activist.
He starred in the science fiction adventure film Explorers -LRB- 1985 -RRB- , and had his first notable role in 1986 's Stand By Me , a coming-of-age film based on the novella The Body by Stephen King.