Age: 51
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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
Father Leon Varn
for Father Leon Varn in Red Dust Gospel
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On the lawless frontier of Canaan, the scars of violence still bleed. The civil war, known as The Severance, ended in a fragile ceasefire between the two dominant races: The Maruuns - Indigenous settlers of the land, long oppressed and displaced. The Ravari - Off-world colonizers who came with promises of civilization and left it in ashes. Saint Graves, a Maruun war veteran turned bounty hunter, roams the frontier with a long-barreled energy rifle and a haunted conscience. Once a sniper in the war’s deadliest campaigns, he now hunts fugitives and war criminals—not for justice, but penance. But when a failed bounty puts a strange Ravari girl in his protection, Graves finds himself pursued by a far greater threat. The New Pentecost, a rising religious cult led by the messianic Father Leon Varn, believes the girl is the key to awakening an ancient AI god buried beneath Canaan’s crust. Varn claims this god will rewrite the world and purify it of “historical rot.” And he’ll scorch every township, memory, and bloodline to make it happen.
