River Phoenix

River Phoenix

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.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Metolius, Oregon USA
    Birthday
    8/23/1970
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
7.9
Stand by Me
Stand by Me
7.9
My Own Private Idaho
My Own Private Idaho
7.1
The Phoenix Portal
The Phoenix Portal
0
I Love You to Death
I Love You to Death
6.4
Sneakers
Sneakers
6.9
The Mosquito Coast
The Mosquito Coast
6.4
Little Nikita
Little Nikita
6
Explorers
Explorers
6.2
The Thing Called Love
The Thing Called Love
6.3
Dogfight
Dogfight
6.9
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
5
Running on Empty
Running on Empty
7.5
Silent Tongue
Silent Tongue
4.8
This Road Will Never End
This Road Will Never End
1
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me
7.5
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
0
Surviving
Surviving
5.3
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
7.8
Too Young To Die: River Phoenix
Too Young To Die: River Phoenix
0
Circle of Violence: A Family Drama
Circle of Violence: A Family Drama
6.7
Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia
Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia
8
Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
6.6
My Own Private River
My Own Private River
7.7
The Making of ‘My Own Private Idaho’
The Making of ‘My Own Private Idaho’
5.4
Truth or Dairy
Truth or Dairy
0
Flea Master Session
Flea Master Session
0
Dark Blood
Dark Blood
6
Showbiz Kids
Showbiz Kids
6.9
River Phoenix Ocean Spray Commercial
River Phoenix Ocean Spray Commercial
0
Evolution's End?
Evolution's End?
0
Final 24: River Phoenix
Final 24: River Phoenix
0
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