River Phoenix

Who is River Phoenix

Investigate River Phoenix’s net worth, height, age, and a lot of other intriguing details! Uncover it all right here.

Former child actor who starred in Stand by Me and earned an Academy Award nomination for his role in Running on Empty. He also played young Indiana Jones in the 1989 blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. He tragically died of a drug overdose at the young age of 23.

Growing up, he and his family spent time living with a religious cult called the Children of God. At age ten, he began acting in TV commercials.

His last film was the drama feature Dark Blood. Filming wasn’t completed due to his death and the feature remained incomplete for 19 years before it was finally pieced together and shown at the Netherlands Film Festival in September 2012.

His mother, Arlyn Sharon Phoenix, served as the board president of the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding. His siblings are Rain, Joaquin, Liberty, and Summer Phoenix.

He and Ethan Hawke both made their film debuts in the 1985 sci-fi fantasy feature Explorers.

Inspirational Quotes by River Phoenix

"I'd like to play every type of character, but only once. I like to expierence things."

River Phoenix

"Rich kids gave us their old clothes. They were the best clothes we ever had. We were these very pure, naive, poor children. The rich kids called us a lot of names but it never bothered us because we didn't know what the words meant."

River Phoenix

"I'm really normal. I play football, go to the beach, drive. We have dogs. I can imagine people calling me a character, but I'm Joe Straight."

River Phoenix

"It still strikes me as strange that anyone could have any moral objection to someone else's sexuality. It's like telling someone else how to clean their house."

River Phoenix

"I can't on my own change the regime in South Africa or teach the Palestinians to learn to live with the Israelies, but I can start with me."

River Phoenix