River Phoenix
Actor
Born August 23, 1970 in Metolius, Oregon USA
River Jude Phoenix (née Bottom; August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993) was an American actor, musician, and activist. Phoenix grew up in an itinerant family, as the oldest brother of Rain Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix, Liberty Phoenix, and Summer Phoenix. He had no formal schooling, but he showed an instinctive talent for the guitar, and he played and sang on the streets for money. He began his acting career at age 10 in a handful of television commercials. He starred in the science fiction adventure film Explorers (1985) and had his breakthrough role in 1986's Stand by Me, a coming-of-age film based on the novella The Body by Stephen King.
Filmography
Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Kids
Self
Dark Blood
Boy
Too Young to Die
Self (archive footage)
My Own Private River
Michael "Mike" Waters (archive footage)
Final 24: River Phoenix
Self (archive footage)
The Phoenix Portal
Wolfgang Müller / Michael "Mike" Waters (archive footage)
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
Self (archive footage)
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Self
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me
Self (archive footage)
This Road Will Never End
Self (archive footage)
Interview with the Vampire
Silent Tongue
Talbot Roe
Truth or Dairy
Self (archive footage)
The Thing Called Love
James Wright
Sneakers
Carl
Flea Master Session
Self
Dogfight
Eddie Birdlace
My Own Private Idaho
Mike Waters
Evolution's End?
Self
I Love You to Death
Devo Nod
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Young Indy
Running on Empty
Danny Pope
Little Nikita
Jeff Grant
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
Jimmy Reardon
The Mosquito Coast
Charlie Fox
Circle of Violence: A Family Drama
Chris Benfield
Stand by Me
Chris Chambers
Explorers
Wolfgang Müller
Surviving
Philip Brogan
Robert Kennedy & His Times
Robert Kennedy Jr.
It's Your Move
Brian
Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia
Brian Ellsworth
Celebrity
Young Jeffie Crawford
Family Ties
Eugene Forbes
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Guthrie McFadden
Hotel