Biography: Joaquin Phoenix (2009)

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'Joaquin Phoenix' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Phoenix, Joaquin Filmography

• Play in Full Screen Inherent Vice

  2014, role: actor , character name: Doc Sportello
• Play in Full Screen Unity

  2014, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Play in Full Screen Her

  2013, role: actor , character name: Theodore
• Play in Full Screen The 85th Oscars

  2013, role: actor , character name: Himself - Nominee
• Play in Full Screen The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards

  2013, role: actor , character name: Himself - Nominee
• Play in Full Screen The Immigrant

  2013, role: actor , character name: Bruno Weiss
• Play in Full Screen The Master

  2012, role: actor , character name: Freddie Quell
• Play in Full Screen 55 premios Sant Jordi

  2011, role: actor , character name: Leonard Kraditor
• Play in Full Screen I'm Still Here

  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen I'm Still Here

  2010, role: writer
• Play in Full Screen I'm Still Here

  2010, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen The Making of 'We Own the Night'

  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen The 34th Annual People's Choice Awards

  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Tension: Creating 'We Own the Night'

  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Two Lovers

  2008, role: actor , character name: Leonard Kraditor
• Play in Full Screen Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo

  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Reservation Road

  2007, role: actor , character name: Ethan Learner
• Play in Full Screen The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards

  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
• Play in Full Screen We Own the Night

  2007, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen We Own the Night

  2007, role: actor , character name: Bobby Green
• Play in Full Screen The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards

  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
• Play in Full Screen Ring of Fire: The Passion of Johnny & June

  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself - 'Johnny Cash'
• Play in Full Screen Becoming Cash/Becoming Carter

  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Cash and His Faith

  2006, role: actor , character name: Johnny Cash
• Play in Full Screen 40 Dumbest Celeb Quotes... Ever

  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen The 78th Annual Academy Awards

  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
• Play in Full Screen Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'

  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of 'Walk the Line'

  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself - 'Johnny Cash'
• Play in Full Screen Walk the Line

  2005, role: actor , character name: John R. Cash
• Play in Full Screen Earthlings

  2005, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Play in Full Screen Ladder 49

  2004, role: actor , character name: Jack Morrison
• Play in Full Screen Inside 'The Village': A Movie Special

  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Hotel Rwanda

  2004, role: actor , character name: Jack Daglish
• Play in Full Screen On the Set: Ladder 49

  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen The Village

  2004, role: actor , character name: Lucius Hunt
• Play in Full Screen Brother Bear

  2003, role: actor , character name: Kenai
• Play in Full Screen It's All About Love

  2003, role: actor , character name: John
• Play in Full Screen It's All About Love... og Thomas Vinterberg

  2003, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen It's All About Love... og Thomas Vinterberg

  2003, role: actor , character name: John
• Play in Full Screen Making 'Signs'

  2003, role: actor , character name: Himself - 'Merrill Hess'
• Play in Full Screen Signs

  2002, role: actor , character name: Merrill Hess
• Play in Full Screen Ultimate Fights from the Movies

  2002, role: actor , character name: Commodus
• Play in Full Screen The 2002 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards

  2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen The 73rd Annual Academy Awards

  2001, role: actor , character name: Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
• Play in Full Screen Quills: The Marquis on the Marquee

  2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Quills: Creating Charenton

  2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Quills: Dressing the Part

  2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Breaking the Silence: The Making of 'Hannibal'

  2001, role: actor , character name: Himself - N.Y. Premiere
• Play in Full Screen Buffalo Soldiers

  2001, role: actor , character name: Ray Elwood

Famous quotes by Joaquin Phoenix:

"No, but I feel it. I'm not worried about the looks. I'm worried about the sensation of my brain being eaten. ... What did you ask me?"

"Getting lost like that is my drive,"

"I don't know if you've noticed but I've messed up like 40 times. I'm all over the place."

"The expectation is this low, gravelly voice for John, but I went through his early recordings and there were songs in there where the voice was so different, I wasn't even sure if it was him singing, ... So it was interesting to me that we would see him develop the Man in Black sound. I thought it was really important that his voice change as his persona slowly solidified. The music was really the doorway into the character."

"I went to have dinner at their house before I even heard about the movie. We were in their living room and John just started strumming. He said he was waiting for June before he could get his nerve up. And I thought, 'Wow, this is Johnny Cash waiting to get his nerve up. This guy has played prisons and he's nervous.' Then June came in and they started singing On the Banks of the River Jordan and they're looking into each other's eyes, and the connection and love they had was palpable."

"That's the duality of Johnny: he was very, very family-oriented, and yet he was also a s---kicker."

"When I go out with the ladies, I don't force them to pronounce my name. I tell them I like to go by the nickname of Kitten."

"I'm terrible at metaphors or analogies. I don't know the difference, actually, ... For me, acting is like your dad teaching you to ride a bicycle. You feel totally vulnerable at first. You imagine yourself getting hurt, and the only thing that prevents you from crashing is your dad is running after you, holding on to the back of your seat. You keep looking over your shoulder at him, and he's going, 'You're doing it, kid.' And then, all of a sudden, you're, like, 'Why are you still holding on, Dad? Let go.'"

"My significant other right now is myself, which is what happens when you suffer from multiple personality disorder and self-obsession."

"Something's crawling out of my scalp."

"I feel an obligation to set the record straight. Actors that say they're affected by something, that it changes their life, that they take it home with them, they're just trying to get nominated for an Oscar!"

"The reason I keep making movies is I hate the last thing I did. I'm trying to rectify my wrongs."

"For me, I'd rather have an intense experience than not."

"I'm incredibly lazy!"

"Every movie soaks into you for a certain amount of time."

"I wish I had fair justification for not being as informed as I should be, but I don't."

"I becan acting when River was doing this TV series and they needed two kids for the show, so they got me and my little sister, Summer, to do it. After that I did some really weird guest spots with orangutans and stuff."

"I never prepare. I think that's completely overrated. It's a very simple job. All you have to do is hit this bright mark, stand in the right spot and say the line. So I don't really believe in preparation."

"I didn't know much about him, and I wasn't a big country music fan. I listened to the Beatles and David Bowie, so I didn't know a lot about him."

"I enjoy humour more than anything, I don't really sit around banging my head and crying all the time."

Joaquin Phoenix