Joaquin Phoenix filmography

Joaquin Phoenix is an American actor who started his career performing as a child on television. He appeared on the shows Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982) and Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia (1984) with his brother River Phoenix and on an episode of Murder, She Wrote (1984) with his sister Summer Phoenix. He made his feature film debut in SpaceCamp (1986) and had his first starring role in Russkies (1987). His first major film release was Ron Howard's dramedy Parenthood (1989) with Steve Martin. During his period as a child actor, he was credited as Leaf Phoenix, his self-given name.[1] Six years later, he changed his name back to Joaquin and co-starred opposite Nicole Kidman in the Gus Van Sant-directed crime comedy-drama To Die For (1995), a critical hit.[2] In 1997, Phoenix co-starred in Oliver Stone's crime thriller U Turn opposite Sean Penn and starred opposite Liv Tyler in the coming-of-age film Inventing the Abbotts. Phoenix starred in the crime-comedy film Clay Pigeons (1998), Return to Paradise (1998) followed by a role in the crime mystery thriller 8mm (1999) with Nicolas Cage. Phoenix's first role in 2000 was in his first collaboration with director James Gray in the crime film The Yards. He followed this with supporting roles in the Ridley Scott-directed historical epic Gladiator opposite Russell Crowe and as priest Abbé de Coulmier in the Philip Kaufman-directed period film Quills (2000), opposite Geoffrey Rush. For his role as the villainCommodus in the former, Phoenix earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.[3]
The following year he starred in a satire of the US military, Buffalo Soldiers (2001). Phoenix starred opposite Mel Gibson in the science fiction thriller Signs(2002), a massive commercial success.[4] He starred in the romance-drama It's All About Love (2003) and voiced Kenai in the animated film Brother Bear. In 2004, Phoenix starred as a farmer in the psychological thriller farmer in The Village and as a Baltimore firefighter in the drama Ladder 49. He followed this with a supporting role in the historical drama film Hotel Rwanda (2004). Phoenix portrayed musician Johnny Cash in the biopic Walk the Line (2005) opposite Reese Witherspoon. Phoenix played and sang all of Cash's vocal tracks in the film and on the accompanying soundtrack. This earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor  – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and garnered his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.[5][6][7] He also narrated the animal rightsdocumentary Earthlings (2005). This was followed by a reteam with Gray in the crime drama We Own the Night (2007) and the lead role in the drama Reservation Road (2007) opposite Mark Ruffalo. The following year, he made his third film with Gray, Two Lovers (2008) and followed this with the mockumentaryI'm Still Here (2010). Throughout the filming period, Phoenix remained in character for public appearances, giving many the impression that he was genuinely pursuing a new career as a rapper.[8]
Phoenix starred as a World War II veteran in the Paul Thomas Anderson-directed drama film The Master opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman. The role earned him a Volpi Cup and his second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.[9][10] The following year, he reteamed with Gray once again in the drama film The Immigrant opposite Marion Cotillard. Phoenix starred as a man who develops a relationship with Samantha, an intelligent computer operating system in the Spike Jonze-directed romantic science fiction film Her (2013) and starred as a private investigator when he reteamed with Anderson in the film adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's novel Inherent Vice (2014). Both roles earned him nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor  – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. In 2017, his performance as the damaged savior of sex-trafficking victims in You Were Never Really Here netted him the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor.[6]
== Film ==
Year	Title 	Credited as	Credited as	Credited as	Role 	Notes
Year	Title 	Actor 	Writer 	Producer 	Role 	Notes
1985	Kids Don't Tell 	Yes 	No 	No 	Frankie 	credited as Leaf Phoenix[11][12][13][14]
1986	SpaceCamp 	Yes 	No 	No 	Max Graham 	credited as Leaf Phoenix[11][12][13][14]
1987	Russkies 	Yes 	No 	No 	Danny 	credited as Leaf Phoenix[11][12][13][14]
1989	Parenthood 	Yes 	No 	No 	Garry Buckman 	credited as Leaf Phoenix[11][12][13][14]
1995	To Die For 	Yes 	No 	No 	Jimmy Emmett 	
1997	Inventing the Abbotts 	Yes 	No 	No 	Doug Holt 	
1997	U Turn 	Yes 	No 	No 	Toby N.Tucker 	
1998	Return to Paradise 	Yes 	No 	No 	Lewis McBride 	
1998	Clay Pigeons 	Yes 	No 	No 	Clay Bidwell 	
1999	8mm 	Yes 	No 	No 	Max California 	
2000	The Yards 	Yes 	No 	No 	Willie Gutierrez 	
2000	Gladiator 	Yes 	No 	No 	Commodus 	
2000	Quills 	Yes 	No 	No 	Abbé de Coulmier 	
2001	Buffalo Soldiers 	Yes 	No 	No 	Ray Elwood 	
2002	Signs 	Yes 	No 	No 	Merrill Hess 	
2003	It's All About Love 	Yes 	No 	No 	John 	
2003	Brother Bear 	Yes 	No 	No 	Kenai 	Voice role
2004	The Village 	Yes 	No 	No 	Lucius Hunt 	
2004	Ladder 49 	Yes 	No 	No 	Jack Morrison 	
2004	Hotel Rwanda 	Yes 	No 	No 	Jack Daglish 	
2005	Earthlings 	Yes 	No 	No 	Narrator 	Documentary film;
Voice role
2005	Walk the Line 	Yes 	No 	No 	Johnny Cash 	
2007	We Own the Night 	Yes 	No 	Yes 	Bobby Green 	
2007	Reservation Road 	Yes 	No 	No 	Ethan Learner 	
2008	Two Lovers 	Yes 	No 	No 	Leonard Kraditor 	
2010	I'm Still Here 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Himself 	Mockumentary film;
Co-writer with Casey Affleck
2012	The Master 	Yes 	No 	No 	Freddie Quell 	
2013	Her 	Yes 	No 	No 	Theodore Twombly 	
2013	The Immigrant 	Yes 	No 	No 	Bruno Weiss 	
2014	Inherent Vice 	Yes 	No 	No 	Larry "Doc" Sportello 	
2015	Irrational Man 	Yes 	No 	No 	Abe Lucas 	
2015	Unity 	Yes 	No 	No 	Narrator 	Documentary film;
Voice role
2017	You Were Never Really Here 	Yes 	No 	No 	Joe 	
2018	Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot	Yes 	No 	No 	John Callahan 	
2018	Mary Magdalene 	Yes 	No 	No 	Jesus 	
2018	The Sisters Brothers 	Yes 	No 	No 	Charlie Sisters 	
2018	Lou 	Yes 	No 	No 	Karl 	Short film
2018	Valerian: Far from Alpha 	Yes 	No 	No 	Andy Davis / Growler 	
2019	Joker 	Yes 	No 	No 	Arthur Fleck / The Joker[15]	Filming
== Television ==
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1982	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	Travis 	Episode: "Christmas Song"
1984	The Fall Guy 	Kid 	Episode: "Terror U."
1984	ABC Afterschool Specials 	Robby Ellsworth	Episode: "Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia"
1984	Hill Street Blues 	Daniel 	Episode: "The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall"
1984	Murder, She Wrote 	Billy Donovan 	Episode: "We're Off to Kill the Wizard"
1986	Alfred Hitchcock Presents 	Pagey Fisher 	Episode: "A Very Happy Ending"
1986	Morningstar/Eveningstar 	Doug Roberts 	7 episodes
1989	The New Leave It to Beaver 	Kyle Cleaver 	Episode: "Still the New Leave It to Beaver"
1989	Superboy 	Billy Hercules 	Episode: "Little Hercules"