Age: 51
male
Joaquin Rafael Phoenix (born October 28, 1974) is an American actor. Known for his roles as dark, unconventional and eccentric characters, particularly in period dramas, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, The New York Times named him one of the greatest actors of the 21st century. Phoenix began his career by appearing in a television series in the early 1980s with his older brother River. His first major film roles were in SpaceCamp (1986) and Parenthood (1989). During this period, he was credited as Leaf Phoenix. He began being credited as Joaquin Phoenix in To Die For, his first adult role. He received critical acclaim for his supporting roles in the comedy-drama To Die For (1995) and the period film Quills (2000). Phoenix received further critical acclaim and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Commodus in the historical drama Gladiator (2000). He had success with the horror films Signs (2002), The Village (2004) and the historical drama Hotel Rwanda (2004). He won a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of musician Johnny Cash in the biopic Walk the Line (2005). Following a brief sabbatical, Phoenix starred in the psychological drama The Master (2012), winning the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and earning his third Academy Award nomination. He gained praise 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 the psychological thriller You Were Never Really Here (2017). For his performance as the titular character of Joker (2019), Phoenix won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He has since starred in the independent films C'mon C'mon (2021), and Beau Is Afraid (2023) and portrayed the title role in the historical drama Napoleon (2023). Outside of acting, Phoenix is an animal rights activist. A vegan, he regularly supports charitable causes and has produced several documentaries on global meat consumption and its impact on the environment.
Joaquin Phoenix
The Wolf
for The Wolf in Little Red Riding Hood (Horror Movie)
Suggested by daviddyster
A young girl named Red is tasked by her parents to trek into the forest to her grandmother’s house to deliver food. Along the way she has a strange sense that she’s being followed, eventually coming to realize a massive wolf is stalking her through the tree line. As she struggles to escape this wolf, she suddenly finds herself at her grandmother’s house. She goes in to find a wrecked and bloody cottage, with her grandmother’s body inside. A sinister voice is then heard from the darkness in the house, the wolf emerges and speaks to Red. He tells her the Woodsman is coming, and she needs to kill him. Red initially agrees, however when the Woodsman finally arrives, Red runs to him for help. The wolf lunges at Red in return, managing to bite her leg off. The Woodsman shortly after, kills the wolf. Decades later Red is a stern old woman living in the same house as her grandmother, when another wolf approaches out of the woods. The woods is a dangerous place.
