• Name: Joaquin Phoenix
  
• Birth Name: Joaquin Raphael Phoenix
  
• Height: 5' 8"
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: Puerto Rican
  
• Birth Date: October 28, 1974
  
• Birth Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
  
• Profession: actor
  
• Education: Dropped out of school in ninth grade
  
• Relationship: Liv Tyler (actress; together from 1995 to November 1998)
  
• Father: John Lee Bottom (former landscaper; former Children of God archbishop of Venezuela and the Caribbean Islands)
  
• Mother: Arlyn Dunitz Jochebed (former migrant fruit picker; former independent Christian missionary)
  
• Sister: Summer Joy Phoenix (actress; born on December 10, 1978), Libertad Mariposa Phoenix (actress; born on July 5, 1976), Rain Joan of Arc Phoenix (actress; born March 31, 1973)
  
• Brother: River Phoenix (actor; born on August 23, 1970; died on October 30, 1993; overdosed)
  
• Claim to fame: as Commodus in The Gladiator (2000)
  

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• "It's kind of embarrassing, but I did jump a few times." (about his latest film, SIGNS)
• "You work on a film, and you see 20 takes. When it's all put together, it's all flowing, there's a continuity. And if it's done right, you get just as swept away as anyone else."
• "When I go out with the ladies, I don't force them to pronounce my name. I tell them I like to go by the nickname of Kitten."
• "I had a Catholic girlfriend but she wouldn't, uh, share loving."
• "When I go out with the ladies, I don't force them to try to pronounce my name. I tell them I like to go by the nickname Kitten."

• San Diego Film Critics Society Awards: Special Award - Body of Work, QUILLS (2000) Nominated for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture at Screen Actors Guild Awards for GLADIATOR (2001)
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actor, QUILLS (2001)
• Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Villain (Internet Only), GLADIATOR (2001)
• National Board of Review: Best Supporting Actor, GLADIATOR (2000)

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