Joaquin Rafael Phoenix is an American actor, producer, and animal rights activist. He has often played dark and unconventional characters in independent film.
He received critical acclaim and first Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his portrayal of Commodus in the historical drama film Gladiator (2000). He won a Grammy for his portrayal of musician Johnny Cash in the biopic Walk the Line (2005).
In the 2010s, Phoenix returned to acting to critical acclaim. He starred in the psychological drama The Master (2012), earning his third Academy Award nomination. He received Golden Globe nominations for his roles in the romantic drama Her (2013) and the crime satire Inherent Vice (2014) and won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in the psychological thriller You Were Never Really Here (2017). Phoenix achieved international stardom for his portrayal of the title character in Joker (2019).
