
Acting
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…

Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
as Self (archive footage)

Dark Blood
as Boy

My Own Private River
as Michael "Mike" Waters (archive footage)

Final 24: River Phoenix
as Self (archive footage)

The Making of ‘My Own Private Idaho’
as Self

The Phoenix Portal
as Wolfgang Müller / Michael "Mike" Waters (archive footage)

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
as Self (archive footage)

The Making of ‘Sneakers’
as Self

101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)

Too Young to Die
as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep.

Robert Kennedy & His Times
as Robert Kennedy Jr. · 3 ep.

It's Your Move
as Brian · 1 ep.

Celebrity
as Jeffie - Age 11 · 3 ep.

Hotel
1 ep.

Family Ties
as Eugene Forbes · 1 ep.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Guthrie McFadden · 22 ep.
Running on Empty
1988