![]() ![]() Phoenix transitioned into more mature roles with Running on Empty (1988), in which he portrayed Danny Pope, the son of fugitive parents, in a well-received performance that earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor (at the age of 18, he became the category's sixth-youngest nominee), and My Own Private Idaho (1991), in which he portrayed Michael Waters, a gay hustler in search of his estranged wife. He made his film debut in 1985's science fiction adventure film Explorers and gained prominence in 1986's Stand by Me, a coming-of-age thriller based on Stephen King's novella The Body. He began his acting career in television advertisements at the age of ten. He lacked academic education but has an innate ability for the guitar. Before taking a sabbatical from acting, Phoenix continued to win accolades in two films directed by his frequent collaborator James Gray: the action thriller We Own the Night (2007) and the romance drama Two Lovers (2008).Īs the older brother of Rain Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix, Liberty Phoenix, and Summer Phoenix, Phoenix grew up in a nomadic household. He enjoyed success with the horror films Signs (2002) and The Village (2004), the historical drama Hotel Rwanda (2004), and his portrayal of musician Johnny Cash in the biopic Walk the Line, for which he got a Grammy, a Golden Globe, and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor (2005). For his performance of the villainous emperor Commodus in the historical drama picture Gladiator, he gained significant critical praise and his first Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (2000). Phoenix reverted to his birth name in the early 1990s, and his supporting roles in the comedy-drama film To Die For (1995) and the historical thriller Quills earned him critical acclaim (2000). During that time, he was known as Leaf Phoenix, a moniker he created for himself. ![]() SpaceCamp (1986) and Parenthood (1987) were his first major film performances (1989). Phoenix began his career in television series with his brother River in the early 1980s, after being born in Puerto Rico and raised in Los Angeles and Florida. ![]()
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