He is one of Hollywood's most versatile actors, from country music icon Johnny Cash in "Walking with The Song" to the evil Commodore in Gladiator, Phoenix has proven time and time again that his style and range are almost unmatched by his peers, but unlike many other movie stars who entered the film industry with various privileges, Phoenix is the one who stepped into hollywood's front-line door little by little from the bottom, but for him, a dark childhood and the painful experience of losing his brother as a teenager, It's all huge hurdles for Phoenix to overcome, but with his future as a cinematic legend, it's worth exploring Joaquin Phoenix's untold past
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" > Jacqueline Phoenix's chaotic childhood</h1>
Joaquin Phoenix, whose original name was Joaquin Raphael Bolton, was born in Puerto Rico on October 28, 1974, and because his parents were involved in an organization, he traveled all over South and Central America before the age of three, but spent most of his time in Venezuela, around the age of five, the parents returned to the United States with their five children, and the family of father John lived in Florida, they changed their surname from Bolton to Phoenix, in honor of a symbol of a mythical creature who rose from ashes, This symbol eventually became the symbol of the family
John's children earned rent by playing music on the streets until their mother, Hart, found a job as an actor's agent
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" > Joaquin Phoenix's introductory performance</h1>
The name Jecquin Phoenix used for the first years of his acting career was Liv, his brother's first role in the TV show "Seven Couples", also his first television role in Phoenix, followed by "Blues on Hill Street" and "Fallen Boy" between 1982 and 1984, with the successful release of "Space Trek", River began to make a name for himself in the film, in 1989, Phoenix played the problem teenager Gary in the family comedy "Warm Family" directed by Ron Howard, For his nuanced, heartbreaking performance, Phoenix was nominated for best young actor at the Young Artist Award
But just as Phoenix was about to follow in his brother's footsteps, an accident changed their happy family and left him unable to act for nearly two years
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="8" > Jacqueline Phoenix lost his beloved brother Liver</h1>
On Halloween night in 1993, when Jacqueline Phoenix and his brother were drinking in a Hollywood bar, his brother Leeve had taken an overdose cocktail (drug), and his sister Ryan tried to save his heart and lungs to save it, but it was an incalculable traumatic blow to their family, Phoenix was only 19 years old at the time, his brother had just turned 23, and Phoenix was so shocked by his brother's sudden death that he didn't act for two years
Later, recordings of Phoenix's conversations with the ambulance were made public, and Live's photographs were leaked onto the tabloid bookshelf, no doubt worse, at a time when Phoenix's parents were separated, father John moved back to South America, and mother Hart hid in their home in Florida
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" > the birth of Jacqueline Phoenix</h1>
Joaquin Phoenix was devastated by the loss of his brother, and when he returned to show business, he decided to replace Liv with his own name Jacqueline, who opened a new chapter in his career in the 1995 Gus Van Sant's critically acclaimed film Whatever It Takes, and after the success of Whatever It Was, Phoenix went on to work with Oliver Stone on U-Turn, then went on to stage the romantic drama Thrill 1998 and the thriller 8mm.
It wasn't until ridley Scott's Gladiator was released that Phoenix finally earned his first Oscar nomination for a multi-layered performance, and by the time he worked with director M. Knight Shyamalan on "Omen," Phoenix had already reached the front line of Hollywood on his own
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="14" > Joaquin Phoenix directed several music videos</h1>
In many ways, Joaquin Phoenix's life was influenced by music and acting, it was singing and dancing on street corners that helped him and his siblings develop their talents, it was his extraordinary performance as Johnny Cash in Walking with The Song that earned Phoenix a Grammy Award and a Golden Globe, and his attempts at the performing arts of music in I'm Still Here also strengthened his acting skills, so it's no surprise that Phoenix began experimenting with music directing
From 2005 to 2006, Phoenix directed four music videos using new noir aesthetics, long shots and emotional close-ups, but Phoenix said, "The director is not for me, and he doesn't plan to get involved in the field again."
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="17" > Jacqueline Phoenix rarely talks about his brother in his speech</h1>
In 2019, Jacqueline Phoenix was widely acclaimed for his performance in the film Joker, where he won the Best Actor Award at the Toronto International Film Festival along with Meryl Streep, which recognizes his outstanding achievements in the film field over decades, and in his acceptance speech, Phoenix made a rare tribute to his late brother, recalling, "When I was 15 or 16 years old, my brother came home from work and took a video called "Angry Bull" and sat me down to watch it, and he said to me, That's what you're going to do, and I'm grateful to him because it was he who brought me into this wonderful life of acting."
In a speech that opened with self-deprecating humor, this evil and fragile transformation only made his honor for his career more poignant, and Phoenix praised his father John for giving him an extraordinary work ethic that helped him get to where he is today, but he also quipped that this may not have been fully demonstrated in the Joker films