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Acting

River Phoenix

Career: Active from 1982 to 2012, with a break from 1995 to 2004, busiest in 1986 and 1988 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles: 14
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: Stand by Me
83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

River Phoenix Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
3.4, average 4.1
Sports
0.1, average 0.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

Coming-of-Age 4
Queer Cinema 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Friendship 2
Witty Banter 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

26

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

2 titles · average score 72

Dark Blood

70

as Boy

My Own Private River

73

as Michael "Mike" Waters (archive footage)

2000s

1 title

The Phoenix Portal

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

1990s

7 titles · average score 64

Silent Tongue

43

as Talbot Roe

Interview with the Vampire

70

In Memory Of

The Thing Called Love

56

as James Wright

Sneakers

72

as Carl

My Own Private Idaho

75

as Mike Waters

Dogfight

75

as Eddie Birdlace

I Love You to Death

56

as Devo Nod

1980s

16 titles · average score 67

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

79

as Young Indy

Running on Empty

75

as Danny Pope

Little Nikita

45

as Jeff Grant

A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon

43

as Jimmy Reardon

Stand by Me

83

as Chris Chambers

The Mosquito Coast

65

as Charlie Fox

Explorers

58

as Wolfgang Müller

Surviving

71

as Philip Brogan

Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia

as Brian Ellsworth

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

72

TV show · as Guthrie McFadden

Family Ties

73

TV show · as Eugene Forbes

Hotel

65

TV show