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River Phoenix‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1970-08-23

Popularity

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River Phoenix

Metolius, Oregon USA

River Phoenix

Metolius, Oregon USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1970-08-23

Popularity

star19.6

Biography

River Jude Phoenix (né Bottom; August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993) was an American actor and musician. 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 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 first notable 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 speedball) at The Viper Room. Description above from the Wikipedia article River Phoenix, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade‌
star7.8
calendar 1989

Stand by Me

Stand by Me‌
star7.9
calendar 1986

My Own Private Idaho

My Own Private Idaho‌
star7.1
calendar 1991

The Phoenix Portal

The Phoenix Portal‌
star0.0
calendar 2005

I Love You to Death

I Love You to Death‌
star6.4
calendar 1990

Sneakers

Sneakers‌
star6.9
calendar 1992

The Mosquito Coast

The Mosquito Coast‌
star6.4
calendar 1986

Little Nikita

Little Nikita‌
star6.0
calendar 1988

Explorers

Explorers‌
star6.2
calendar 1985

The Thing Called Love

The Thing Called Love‌
star6.3
calendar 1993

Dogfight

Dogfight‌
star6.9
calendar 1991

A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon

A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon‌
star5.0
calendar 1988

Running on Empty

Running on Empty‌
star7.5
calendar 1988

Silent Tongue

Silent Tongue‌
star4.8
calendar 1993

This Road Will Never End

This Road Will Never End‌
star1.0
calendar 1996

Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me

Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me‌
star7.5
calendar 2000

The Making of ‘Sneakers’

The Making of ‘Sneakers’‌
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calendar 2003

Surviving

Surviving‌
star5.3
calendar 1985

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford‌
star7.7
calendar 2023

Too Young To Die: River Phoenix

Too Young To Die: River Phoenix‌
star0.0
calendar 2014

Circle of Violence: A Family Drama

Circle of Violence: A Family Drama‌
star6.7
calendar 1986

Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia

Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia‌
star8.0
calendar 1984

Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes

Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes‌
star6.6
calendar 2024

My Own Private River

My Own Private River‌
star7.7
calendar 2012

The Making of ‘My Own Private Idaho’

The Making of ‘My Own Private Idaho’‌
star5.4
calendar 2005

Truth or Dairy

Truth or Dairy‌
star0.0
calendar 1994

Flea Master Session

Flea Master Session‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

Dark Blood

Dark Blood‌
star6.0
calendar 2012

Showbiz Kids

Showbiz Kids‌
star6.8
calendar 2020

Evolution's End?

Evolution's End?‌
star0.0
calendar 1991

Final 24: River Phoenix

Final 24: River Phoenix‌
star0.0
calendar 2006

Tv Credits

Family Ties

Family Ties‌
star7.3
calendar 1982

Hotel

Hotel‌
star6.8
calendar 1982

It's Your Move

It's Your Move‌
star6.8
calendar 1984

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers‌
star7.3
calendar 1982

Robert Kennedy & His Times

Robert Kennedy & His Times‌
star7.0
calendar 1985

Celebrity

Celebrity‌
star6.0
calendar 1984

Too Young to Die

Too Young to Die‌
star7.2
calendar 2012