As the son of 1960s radicals (Christine Lahti and Judd Hirsch), Phoenix's character is a musically gifted teenager who must decide between staying with his family on the run and leaving them to follow his own dreams. Of the three, Running on Empty was the most critically successful. In 1988, he appeared in a trio of films: Little Nikita, A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon and Running on Empty. Phoenix next appeared as Harrison Ford’s son in The Mosquito Coast (1986), which received mixed reviews. Film Star 'The Mosquito Coast,' 'Running on Empty' Phoenix earned raves for his performance as a youth with a troubled home life in this coming-of-age adventure drama based on the novella by Stephen King. His next film, however, led to a career breakthrough: In Stand by Me (1986), four friends (Phoenix, Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O’Connell) set out to find the body of a missing teenager. That same year, Phoenix made his film debut playing a young inventor in Explorers (1985), with Ethan Hawke. He also had a notable role in the 1985 television movie Surviving. While the show only lasted one season, Phoenix continued to work, making a number of guest spots on other shows, such as Hotel and Family Ties. He then got a role as the youngest brother on the television series Seven Brides for Seven Brothers in 1982. At first, Phoenix landed a few commercials. His mother found an agent to represent all of the children and found a job working as a secretary at NBC. Child Starīefore long, Phoenix and his family moved out to California to try to make in the entertainment industry. They spent time in Florida, where Phoenix and some of the other children performed in talent shows and started to attract attention for their musical and acting abilities. His parents eventually became disillusioned with their religious group and decided to return to the United States in 1978. Phoenix and Rain performed on the streets in Caracas, Venezuela, to earn money and pass out literature on their religious beliefs. His sister Summer was born later.Īs a young child, Phoenix learned to play guitar and sing. Phoenix gained two more siblings during this time - brother Joaquin and sister Liberty. As missionaries for the Children of God, the Bottoms lived in Texas, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. Phoenix became a big brother when the couple had second child, a daughter named Rain, that same year. In 1972, the Bottoms took their lives in a new direction, joining the Children of God religious movement. They named their son after the river of life in Hermann Hesse’s book Siddhartha. The couple followed a bohemian lifestyle, moving around a lot with their infant son. He was born on a farm where his parents, John Lee Bottom and Arlyn Dunetz, were working. Considered one of the most talented actors of his generation, River Phoenix had his promising career cut short by his premature death in 1993. Early Lifeīorn River Jude Bottom on August 23, 1970, in Madras, Oregon. Phoenix died of a drug overdose outside West Hollywood's Viper Room in 1993. He earned an Academy Award nomination for Sydney Lumet's Running on Empty, and also starred as the young Indy in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. River Phoenix was an American actor who had his breakthrough film role in Stand by Me, based on the novella by Stephen King.
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