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River Phoenix Biography

River Phoenix is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actor who was born on August 23, 1970 in Madras, Oregon, United States. He was a former child actor and starred in Stand by Me. He also received an Academy Award nomination in Running on Empty. He was also the young Indiana Jones in the blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, which he starred as in 1989. At the age of 23, he tragically overdosed on drugs and died.

Both he and He and Ethan Hawke both made their film debuts in the 1985 sci-fi fantasy feature Explorers. made their film debuts with Explorers, a 1985 sci-fi fantasy movie.

Phoenix was born on August 23, 1970 in Madras, Oregon, the first child of Arlyn Dunetz and John Lee Bottom. Phoenix’s parents named him after the river of life from the Hermann Hesse novel Siddhartha, and he received his middle name from the Beatles’ song “Hey Jude”. In an interview with People, Phoenix described his parents as “hippieish”. His mother was born in New York to Jewish parents whose families had emigrated from Russia and Hungary. His father was a lapsed Catholic from Fontana, California, of English, German, and French ancestry. In 1968, Phoenix’s mother travelled across the United States. While hitchhiking in California she met John Lee Bottom. They married on September 13, 1969, less than a year after meeting.

River Jude Phoenix (né Bottom; August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993) was an American actor, musician, and animal activist. He was the older brother of Rain Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix, Liberty Phoenix, and Summer Phoenix.

Arlyn Sharon Phoenix was his mother and served as the board president at the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding. His siblings include His mother, Arlyn Sharon Phoenix, served as the board president of the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding. His siblings are Rain, Joaquin, Liberty, and Summer Phoenix. and Joaquin. Liberty is his sister. Summer Phoenix is his brother.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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River started doing commercials for Mitsubishi, Ocean Spray, and Saks Fifth Avenue, and soon afterward he and the other children were signed by casting director Penny Marshall from Paramount Pictures. River and Rain were assigned immediately to a show called Real Kids as warm up performers for the audience. In 1980, Phoenix began to fully pursue his work as an actor, making his first appearance on a TV show called Fantasy singing with his sister Rain. In 1982, River was cast in the short-lived CBS television series, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, in which he starred as the youngest brother, Guthrie McFadden. River arrived at the auditions with his guitar and promptly burst into a convincing Elvis Presley impersonation, charming the show producer. By this age, Phoenix was also an accomplished tap dancer.

River Phoenix Net Worth

River Phoenix is one of the richest Movie Actor from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, River Phoenix's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He and his family lived with the Children of God as a religious cult growing up. He began to act in television commercials at the age of ten.

Dark Blood, his last film, was a drama-drama. Filming was stopped after his death. The feature remained unfinished for 19 years until it was finally completed and shown at the Netherlands Film Festival, September 2012.

Arlyn and John eventually grew disillusioned with the Children of God; Arlyn would later tell a journalist that she and her husband were opposed to the group’s practice of “Flirty Fishing”, stating: “The group was being distorted by the leader, David Berg, who was getting powerful and wealthy. He sought to attract rich disciples through sex. No way.” In the late 1970s, River’s family moved in with Arlyn’s parents in Florida. The family officially changed their name to Phoenix, after the mythical bird that rises from its own ashes, symbolizing a new beginning.

Almost a year after Seven Brides ended in 1983, Phoenix found a new role in the 1984 television movie Celebrity, where he played the part of young Jeffie Crawford. Although he was only onscreen for about ten minutes, his character was central. Less than a month after Celebrity came the ABC Afterschool Special: Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia. River starred as a young boy who discovers he has dyslexia. Joaquin starred in a small role alongside his brother. In September, the pilot episode of the short-lived TV series It’s Your Move aired. Phoenix was cast as Brian and only had one line of dialogue. He also starred as Robert Kennedy’s son, Robert Kennedy, Jr., in the TV movie Robert Kennedy and His Times. After his role in Dyslexia was critically acclaimed, Phoenix was almost immediately cast as a major role in his next made-for-TV movie, Surviving: A Family in Crisis. He starred as Philip Brogan alongside Molly Ringwald and Heather O’Rourke. Halfway during the filming of Surviving, Iris Burton contacted him about a possible role in the film Explorers.

In October 1984, Phoenix secured the role of geeky boy-scientist Wolfgang Müller in Joe Dante’s large-budget science-fiction film Explorers alongside Ethan Hawke, and production began soon after. Released in the summer of 1985, this was Phoenix’s first major motion picture role. In October 1986, Phoenix co-starred alongside Tuesday Weld and Geraldine Fitzgerald in the acclaimed CBS television movie Circle of Violence: A Family Drama, which told a story of domestic elder abuse. This was Phoenix’s last television role before achieving film stardom.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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In 1973, the family joined a religious cult named the Children of God. The family had settled in Caracas, Venezuela where the Children of God had stationed them to work as missionaries and fruit gatherers. Although Phoenix rarely talked about the cult, he was quoted by Arlyn Phoenix in a 1994 Esquire article as having said “They’re disgusting, they’re ruining people’s lives.” According to Vanity Fair magazine, Phoenix was raped at the age of four. In an interview with Details magazine in November 1991, Phoenix stated he lost his virginity at age four while in the Children of God, “but I’ve blocked it out.” Years later his brother Joaquin would claim that River was joking saying “It was a complete and total joke. It was just fucking with the press. It was literally a joke, because he was so tired of being asked ridiculous questions by the press.”

Phoenix has been ranked numerous times on a number of lists recognizing his talent and career. He was listed as one of twelve “Promising New Actors of 1986” in “John Willis’ Screen World” (2004). Phoenix was voted at No. 64 on a “Greatest Movie Stars of All Time” poll by Channel 4 television in the UK. The poll was made up wholly of votes from prominent figures of the acting and directing communities. He was ranked No. 86 in Empire magazine’s “The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time” list in 1997.

Who is River Phoenix Dating?

According to our records, River Phoenix is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, River Phoenix’s is not dating anyone.

Phoenix’s work encompassed 14 feature films and some television appearances, and his rise to fame led to his status as a “teen idol”. He began his acting career at age 10, in television commercials. He starred in the science fiction adventure film Explorers (1985) and had his first notable role in 1986’s Stand by Me, a coming-of-age film based on the novella The Body by Stephen King. Phoenix made a transition into more adult-oriented roles with Running on Empty (1988), playing the son of fugitive parents in a well-received performance that earned him a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and My Own Private Idaho (1991), playing a gay hustler in search of his estranged mother. For his performance in the latter, Phoenix garnered enormous praise and won a Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival, along with Best Actor from the National Society of Film Critics.

Top Facts about River Phoenix

Facts & Trivia

River Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. River Phoenix celebrates birthday on August 23 of every year.

Phoenix’s status as a teen idol and promising young actor, and his subsequent premature death, made him a frequent subject in popular culture media. He first gained references in music with Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento writing the song “River Phoenix: Letter to a Young Actor” about him after having seen Phoenix in The Mosquito Coast (1986). The song appears on the 1989 release Miltons.

What happened River Phoenix?

On October 31, 1993, actor River Phoenix died of a drug overdose outside the notorious Viper Room nightclub in Hollywood.

Was Joaquin Phoenix with River Phoenix when he died?

In the 27 years since his passing, many details about the night of River’s death have been revealed. On Oct. 30, 1993, River was with some of the closest people to him. The group included his girlfriend, Samantha Mathis, as well as his brother, Joaquin, and sister, Rain Phoenix — who was also his bandmate.

What was River Phoenix on when he died?

October 31, 1993

Did River Phoenix know Leonardo DiCaprio?

Leonardo DiCaprio never got to meet River Phoenix, but he did see him once on the night he died. In a new Esquire story about the upcoming Quentin Tarantino film “Once Upon a Time In Hollywood”, DiCaprio opens up about that tragic night.

How old is Johnny Depp?

59 years (June 9, 1963)

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