River Phoenix

His sister, Rain, appeared in van Sant's adaptation of Tom Robbins's story Even Cowgirls Get the Blues alongside many other well-known personalities. He won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar and the SAG Award for his work in Mystic River (2003). So far, of his siblings, his younger brother Joaquin has achieved the greatest success, with his first major role coming in another Gus van Sant movie To Die For, opposite Nicole Kidman. In 2003 a 15th-anniversary celebration of Bull Durham at the National Baseball Hall of Fame was cancelled due to controversy over his and Sarandon's public anti-war stance. He died at age 23 of a drug overdose, outside the Viper Room, a Hollywood night club partly owned by actor Johnny Depp, and was cremated in Gainesville, Florida. Robbins lives in New York City with Sarandon and their three children. He is a prominent spokesperson for anti-globalization, and vocally opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq. River disliked being seen as just a sex symbol. Robbins also continues to act in mainstream Hollywood thrillers like Arlington Road (1999) and Antitrust (2001), and to act in and direct Actors' Gang theater productions.

River was also a friend of John Frusciante (guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers) and appeared on his debut album on the song Soul Removal. Since that time he has written, produced, and directed several films with strong but subtle political content, such as the critically-acclaimed capital punishment saga Dead Man Walking in 1995, which earned him a directorial Oscar nomination, and 1999's Depression-era musical Cradle Will Rock. He was friends with both of them and their friendship continued beyond the movie. Robbins then starred alongside Morgan Freeman in the critically acclaimed The Shawshank Redemption based on Stephen King's short story. He later went on to star opposite Keanu Reeves in Gus van Sant's My Own Private Idaho. His directorial and screenwriting debut was 1992's Bob Roberts, a mockumentary about a populist right-wing presidential candidate. He had significant juvenile roles in Stand by Me and The Mosquito Coast and portrayed a teenage Indiana Jones. He received critical acclaim for his starring role as an amoral movie executive in the 1992 film The Player.

Phoenix was one of five siblings who pursued careers in show business, encouraged by their parents, former Children of God missionaries. On the set of that movie he began a relationship with fellow actor Sarandon that continues to the present day. His opinions on the issue were so strong that when his actress girlfriend, Martha Plimpton, ordered soft-shell crab at a restaurant, he was reported to have begun to cry in disappointment. He also took small parts in films, with a breakthrough part as pitcher "Nuke" LaLoosh in the 1988 baseball movie Bull Durham. He believed that eating animals was wrong and was the one who, as a child, convinced his family to become vegans. On graduation in 1981, Robbins founded the Actors' Gang in Los Angeles, an experimental theater group, with actor friends from his college softball team. He and his family were all vegetarians. Robbins spent two years at Plattsburgh State University, then returned to California to attend drama school at UCLA.

It was only after Stand By Me that River's family was able to buy a car that was not secondhand. Robbins joined Theater for a New City at age twelve, and participated in the drama club at Stuyvesant High School. He and his sister often had to busk to make money for the family. Robbins was born in West Covina, California, but moved to Greenwich Village with his family at a young age while his father, Gil Robbins, pursued a career as a member of the folk music group The Highwaymen. River grew up in a very poor family. He is the longtime companion of actress Susan Sarandon, with whom he shares strong leftist political views. River Jude Phoenix (August 23, 1970–October 31, 1993), born in Madras, Oregon, USA, was one of the most promising movie actors of his generation. Tim Robbins (born October 16, 1958, also Timothy Robbins) is an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer.

Surviving (1985) (TV). Mystic River (2003). Explorers (1985). Code 46 (2003). Stand by Me (1986). Human Nature (2001). Circle of Violence: A Family Drama (1986) (TV). Antitrust (2001).

The Mosquito Coast (1986). High Fidelity (2000). Little Nikita (1988). Cradle Will Rock writer, director (1999). Running on Empty (1988). Dead Man Walking writer, director (1995). Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon, A. The Shawshank Redemption (1994).

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). The Hudsucker Proxy (1994). I Love You to Death (1990). Bob Roberts writer, director (1992). My Own Private Idaho (1991). The Player (1992). Dogfight (1991). Jacob's Ladder (1990).

Sneakers (1992). Tapeheads (1988). Thing Called Love (1993). Bull Durham (1988). Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993). Dark Blood (1993).

Silent Tongue (1994).