River Phoenix was nominated as Best Supporting Actor for his role in Running on Empty (1988) – which was released just 17 days after his 18th birthday. He lost out to Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda, and died of a drug overdose five years later.
Joaquin Phoenix has received three Oscar nominations (up to and including 2017): Best Supporting Actor for Gladiator (2001), and Best Actor for Walk the Line (2005) and The Master (2013). He lost out to Benicio del Toro in Traffic, Phiulip Seymour Hoffman in Capote, and Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club.
By the way – did you know that the Phoenixes' real surname was Bottom?
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