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River Phoenix
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River Phoenix
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1970-08-23,Metolius, Oregon USA
Gender
Male
Biography
River Jude Phoenix (née Bottom; August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993) was an American actor, musician, and activist. Phoenix grew up in an itinerant family, as the oldest 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, and he played and sang on the streets for money. He began his acting career at age 10 in a handful of 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 fought heroin addiction and died at age 23 from combined drug intoxication in West Hollywood in the early hours of Halloween, 1993, after unknowingly ingesting cocaine and heroin (a mixture commonly known as a speedball) at The Viper Room.

Filmography

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

7.856

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989-05-24

7.833

Stand by Me
1986-08-08

My Own Private Idaho

7.033

My Own Private Idaho
1991-02-01

The Phoenix Portal

0

The Phoenix Portal
2005-01-01

I Love You to Death

6.4

I Love You to Death
1990-04-06

6.913

Sneakers
1992-09-09

The Mosquito Coast

6.351

The Mosquito Coast
1986-11-26

6.054

Little Nikita
1988-03-17

6.268

Explorers
1985-07-12

The Thing Called Love

6.128

The Thing Called Love
1993-08-27

6.9

Dogfight
1991-10-04

A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon

5

A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
1988-02-26

Running on Empty

7.447

Running on Empty
1988-09-09

4.667

Silent Tongue
1994-02-01

This Road Will Never End

3.667

This Road Will Never End
1996-11-13

Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me

7.611

Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me
2000-08-29

The Making of ‘Sneakers’

7.5

The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003-06-03

5

Surviving
1985-02-10

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford

7.667

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
2023-12-01

Circle of Violence: A Family Drama

6.8

Circle of Violence: A Family Drama
1986-10-12

Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia

8.5

Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia
1984-03-07

Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes

6.667

Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
2024-05-12

My Own Private River

7.4

My Own Private River
2012-02-19

0

Truth or Dairy
1994-01-01

Flea Master Session

0

Flea Master Session
1992-01-01

6

Dark Blood
2012-09-27

Evolution's End?

9

Evolution's End?
1991-01-04

Final 24: River Phoenix

0

Final 24: River Phoenix
2006-05-27

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy

7.9

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
2003-10-21

101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment

5

101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003-07-18

6.825

Showbiz Kids
2020-07-14

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

0

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2026-08-24

7.228

Family Ties
1982-09-22

6.846

Hotel
1982-08-21

7.2

It's Your Move
1984-09-26

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

7.75

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1982-09-19

Robert Kennedy & His Times

7.75

Robert Kennedy & His Times
1985-01-27

Too Young to Die

7.222

Too Young to Die
2012-07-14

6.7

Celebrity
1984-02-12