Joaquin Phoenix | Puerto Rican/American

Joaquin Phoenix did not come from an ordinary childhood. Though his parents are both Americans, he was born in Puerto Rico. His family followed the religious cult called Children of God and traveled around Latin America at the time of his birth. Some of his early childhood was spent with the cult but their degree of commitment to the sect eventually decreased and he and his family left and settled in Los Angeles in 1978. He and his siblings ventured into the entertainment industry and he himself started acting when he was just a child.

When he was younger he was called “Leaf Phoenix” a name he gave himself. Some of the films he was in are Gladiator, The Master, Walk the Line, Her and Joker. Phoenix is the recipient of an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival and the Award for Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival.