LOS ANGELES -- Joaquin Phoenix has won the Academy Award for best actor for his role in "Joker." Phoenix's win Sunday marked the first time the actor took home an Oscar. He's been nominated several ...

Joaquin Phoenix earned his first Academy Award on Sunday night for his titular role in Todd Phillip's Joker. The 45-year-old won the Best Actor category against Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon a Time in ...

Crowe, 61, led Ridley Scott ’s original Gladiator in 2000, alongside Joaquin Phoenix. His incomparable portrayal of the stoic ...

Don’t tell Joaquin Phoenix he’s not a star. The Oscar winner recently appeared on Theo Von’s “This Past Weekend” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly) during his “Eddington” press tour and remembered a ...

Long before Joaquin Phoenix won an Academy Award, a director told him that he would simply be a "character actor" in Hollywood. The film's director shot down the comparison, saying that Phoenix was ...