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American Actor

Joaquin Phoenix is an American actor who started his career performing as a child on television. He appeared on the shows Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982) and Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia (1984) with his brother River Phoenix and on an episode of Murder, She Wrote (1984) with his sister Summer Phoenix.

He made his feature film debut in SpaceCamp (1986) and had his first starring role in Russkies (1987). His first major film release was Ron Howard's dramedyParenthood (1989) with Steve Martin. During his period as a child actor, he was credited as Leaf Phoenix, his self-given name.^[1] Six years later, he changed his name back to Joaquin and co-starred opposite Nicole Kidman in the Gus Van Sant-directed crime comedy-dramaTo Die For (1995), a critical hit.^[2] In 1997, Phoenix co-starred in Oliver Stone's crime thrillerU Turn opposite Sean Penn and starred opposite Liv Tyler in the coming-of-a 10 Best Films With The Phoenix Brothers, According To IMDb ROGYG