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River Phoenix

Acting

2.3 Popularity Aug 23, 1970 (23 years old) Metolius, Oregon USA

River Jude Phoenix (né Bottom) was an American actor, musician, and activist.

Phoenix grew up in an itinerant family, as the older brother of Rain Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix, Liberty Phoenix, and Summer Phoenix. He had no formal schooling, but he showed an instinctive talent for the guitar. He began...

Biography

River Jude Phoenix (né Bottom) was an American actor, musician, and activist.

Phoenix grew up in an itinerant family, as the older brother of Rain Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix, Liberty Phoenix, and Summer Phoenix. He had no formal schooling, but he showed an instinctive talent for the guitar. He began his acting career at age 10 in television commercials. He starred in the science fiction adventure film Explorers (1985) and had his breakthrough role in 1986's Stand by Me, a coming-of-age film based on the novella The Body by Stephen King.

Phoenix made a transition into more adult-oriented roles with Running on Empty (1988), playing Danny Pope, the son of fugitive parents in a well-received performance that earned him a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (at age 18, he became the sixth-youngest nominee in the category), and My Own Private Idaho (1991), playing Michael Waters, a gay hustler in search of his estranged mother. For his performance in the latter, Phoenix garnered enormous praise and won a Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the 1991 Venice Film Festival as well as Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead and National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor, becoming the second-youngest winner of the former.

Phoenix died at age 23 from combined drug intoxication in West Hollywood in the early hours of Halloween, 1993, having overdosed on cocaine and heroin (a mixture commonly known as a speedball) at The Viper Room.

Filmography 40

2024
Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes Movie

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2023
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2020
Showbiz Kids Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2012
Dark Blood Movie

as Boy

2012
Too Young to Die TV

as Self (archive footage)

2012
My Own Private River Movie

as Michael "Mike" Waters (archive footage)

2006
Final 24: River Phoenix Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2005
The Phoenix Portal Movie

as Wolfgang Müller / Michael "Mike" Waters (archive footage)

2003
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2000
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me Movie

as Self (archive footage)

1996
This Road Will Never End Movie

as Self (archive footage)

1994
Interview with the Vampire Movie

In Memory Of

1994
Truth or Dairy Movie

as Self (archive footage)

1993
The Thing Called Love Movie

as James Wright

1993
Silent Tongue Movie

as Talbot Roe

1992
Sneakers Movie

as Carl

1992
Flea Master Session Movie

as Self

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Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Male
Birthday August 23, 1970 (23 years old)
Died October 31, 1993
Place of Birth Metolius, Oregon USA
Also Known As ریور فینیکس, River Jude Phoenix, Rio Jude Phoenix and 1 more
Years Active 1982 - 2024
Popularity 2.3
Career Stats
40 Total Credits
32 Movie Roles
7 TV Roles
11 Photos