Portrait of Joaquin Phoenix

Acting

Joaquin Phoenix

Career

Active from 1982 to 2025, busiest in 2018 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
42
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Dominion
Dominion
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Joaquin Phoenix Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Fantasy
    0.8, average 1.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.5, average 2.4
  • Situational Comedy
    2.2, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 5
  • Psychological Drama 4
  • Emotional Catharsis 4
  • Moral Ambiguity 4
  • Existential Dread 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Crime Thriller 3
  • Period Piece 3
  • Redemption 3
  • Psychological Tension 3
  • Gritty Realism 3
  • Wholesome Adventure 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

67
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

13 titles · average score 66
Outcome
Outcome (2026)
GoodWatch score 36

Thanks

Eddington
Eddington (2025)
GoodWatch score 65

as Joe Cross

The Voice of Hind Rajab
The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025)
GoodWatch score 86

Executive Producer

I’m Glad You’re Dead Now
I’m Glad You’re Dead Now (2025)
GoodWatch score 57

Executive Producer

Trillion
Trillion (2025)

Executive Producer

Joker: Folie à Deux
Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
GoodWatch score 42

as Arthur Fleck

Napoleon
Napoleon (2023)
GoodWatch score 58

as Napoleon Bonaparte

Beau Is Afraid
Beau Is Afraid (2023)
GoodWatch score 65

as Beau Wassermann

María Madalena
María Madalena (2023)

TV show

Stutz
Stutz (2022)
GoodWatch score 83

Producer

C'mon C'mon
C'mon C'mon (2021)
GoodWatch score 81

as Johnny

Gunda
Gunda (2021)
GoodWatch score 82

Executive Producer

2010s

18 titles · average score 70
Joker
Joker (2019)
GoodWatch score 73

as Arthur Fleck

The Sisters Brothers
The Sisters Brothers (2018)
GoodWatch score 76

as Charlie Sisters

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)
GoodWatch score 70

as John Callahan

Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene (2018)
GoodWatch score 52

as Jesus

Lou
Lou (2018)
GoodWatch score 59

as Karl

You Were Never Really Here
You Were Never Really Here (2017)
GoodWatch score 77

as Joe

Irrational Man
Irrational Man (2015)
GoodWatch score 55

as Abe

Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice (2014)
GoodWatch score 71

as Larry "Doc" Sportello

Her
Her (2013)
GoodWatch score 86

as Theodore

The Immigrant
The Immigrant (2013)
GoodWatch score 73

as Bruno Weiss

The Master
The Master (2012)
GoodWatch score 78

as Freddie Quell

I'm Still Here
I'm Still Here (2010)
GoodWatch score 53

as Joaquin Phoenix

2000s

15 titles · average score 65
Two Lovers
Two Lovers (2008)
GoodWatch score 73

as Leonard Kraditor

We Own the Night
We Own the Night (2007)
GoodWatch score 62

as Bobby Green

Walk the Line
Walk the Line (2005)
GoodWatch score 78

as John R. Cash

Earthlings
Earthlings (2005)
GoodWatch score 85

as Narrator (voice)

The Village
The Village (2004)
GoodWatch score 53

as Lucius Hunt

Ladder 49
Ladder 49 (2004)
GoodWatch score 56

as Jack Morrison

Brother Bear
Brother Bear (2003)
GoodWatch score 56

as Kenai (voice)

Signs
Signs (2002)
GoodWatch score 68

as Merrill Hess

Buffalo Soldiers
Buffalo Soldiers (2002)
GoodWatch score 65

as Ray Elwood

Gladiator
Gladiator (2000)
GoodWatch score 79

as Commodus

Quills
Quills (2000)
GoodWatch score 73

as Abbe du Coulmier

The Yards
The Yards (2000)
GoodWatch score 63

as Willie Gutierrez

1990s

8 titles · average score 57
8MM
8MM (1999)
GoodWatch score 42

as Max California

Return to Paradise
Return to Paradise (1998)
GoodWatch score 61

as Lewis McBride

Clay Pigeons
Clay Pigeons (1998)
GoodWatch score 60

as Clay Bidwell

Inventing the Abbotts
Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
GoodWatch score 51

as Doug Holt

U Turn
U Turn (1997)
GoodWatch score 61

as Toby N. Tucker

To Die For
To Die For (1995)
GoodWatch score 78

as Jimmy Emmett

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show

Walking the Dog
Walking the Dog (1992)

as Mischievous Teenage Boy

1980s

13 titles · average score 67
Parenthood
Parenthood (1989)
GoodWatch score 79

as Garry Buckman-Lampkin

Secret Witness
Secret Witness (1988)

as Drew Blackburn

Russkies
Russkies (1987)
GoodWatch score 32

as Danny

SpaceCamp
SpaceCamp (1986)
GoodWatch score 52

as Max

Morningstar/Eveningstar
Morningstar/Eveningstar (1986)

TV show · as Doug Roberts

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Pagey Fisher

Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia
Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia (1984)

as Robby Ellsworth

Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Billy Donovan

The New Leave It to Beaver
The New Leave It to Beaver (1984)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Kyle Cleaver

Mr. Smith
Mr. Smith (1983)

TV show

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Travis

Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues (1981)
GoodWatch score 90

TV show