River Phoenix
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 f...
Known For
Filmography
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
2024
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Kids
2020
as Self
My Own Private River
2012
as Michael "Mike" Waters (archive footage)
Dark Blood
2012
as Boy
Too Young to Die
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Final 24: River Phoenix
2006
as Self (archive footage)
The Phoenix Portal
2005
as Wolfgang Müller / Michael "Mike" Waters (archive footage)
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003
as Self
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
2003
as Self (archive footage)
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me
2000
as Self (archive footage)
This Road Will Never End
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Silent Tongue
1994
as Talbot Roe
Truth or Dairy
1994
as Self (archive footage)
The Thing Called Love
1993
as James Wright
Sneakers
1992
as Carl
Flea Master Session
1992
as Self
My Own Private Idaho
1991
as Mike Waters
Dogfight
1991
as Eddie Birdlace
Evolution's End?
1991
as Self
I Love You to Death
1990
as Devo Nod
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
as Young Indy
Little Nikita
1988
as Jeff Grant
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
1988
as Jimmy Reardon
Running on Empty
1988
as Danny Pope
Stand by Me
1986
as Chris Chambers
The Mosquito Coast
1986
as Charlie Fox
Circle of Violence: A Family Drama
1986
as Chris Benfield
Explorers
1985
as Wolfgang Müller
Surviving
1985
as Philip Brogan
Robert Kennedy & His Times
1985
as Robert Kennedy Jr.
Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia
1984
as Brian Ellsworth
It's Your Move
1984
as Brian
Celebrity
1984
as Young Jeffie Crawford
Family Ties
1982
as Eugene Forbes
Hotel
1982
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1982
as Guthrie McFadden