Frank Morgan

He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1708 Vine Street. Phoenix is a strict vegan, and will not wear costumes made from animal products. Other movies of note include The Shop Around the Corner, The Human Comedy, The White Cliffs of Dover and his last movie, Key to the City, which was released after his death, in Beverly Hills, California. Night Shyamalan's Signs, and stoic Lucius Hunt in Shyamalan's The Village. He was so popular that MGM gave him a lifetime contract. He portrayed a troubled teen in Gus Van Sant's To Die For, and has earned positive reviews for adult roles as Commodus in Gladiator (for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), a priest in Quills, washed-up baseball player Merrill Hess in M. But Morgan's most famous role was the title role in The Wizard of Oz, where he played both the wizard and the carnival huckster. He changed his name from "Leaf" back to his birth name "Joaquin".

He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1934's The Affairs of Cellini, where he played the cuckolded Duke of Florence and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1942's Tortilla Flat, where he played a simple Hispanic man. Joaquin was reluctant to re-enter the world of acting again but, he did so at the insistence of his friends. His career actually took off when talkies began, his most stereotypical role that of a befuddled but good-hearted middle-aged man. Joaquin came back to the public light under tragic circumstances—he was the person that dialled 9-1-1 when his brother River suffered a fatal drug overdose outside Hollywood nightclub The Viper Room. His first film was The Suspect in 1916. He made his big screen debut in the interstellar romp Space Camp (1986), and his first starring role in the drama Russkies (1987), and went on to establish himself as a child actor in Parenthood (1989), before deciding to withdraw from acting for a while and move to Mexico with his father. Frank Morgan (June 1, 1890 - September 18, 1949) was an American actor. Born Francis Phillip Wuppermann in New York City to the wealthy family which distributed Angostura bitters, he followed his older brother Ralph Morgan into show business, first on the Broadway stage and then into movies. Joaquin's first acting stints were guest appearances on two television shows with his brother River, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982) and Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia (1984).

His parents contracted an agent who eventually got the five children on commercial spots. His mother started working as a secretary for NBC and his father became a landscaper. The family moved to Los Angeles when Joaquin was 6 years old. Since his other siblings changed their names to match their earth monikers, "River"; "Rain" (or "Rainbow"); "Liberty" and "Summer", Joaquin followed and changed his name to "Leaf".

His parents were members of the Children of God missionaries, and encouraged their children (Joaquin was the third of five) to develop their creative instincts. He often plays supporting roles as conflicted characters plagued with self doubt. Joaquin Rafael Phoenix (born October 28, 1974 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is an actor in USA, also known as Leaf Phoenix. Space Camp (1986).

Russkies (1987). Parenthood (1989). To Die For (1995). U-Turn (1997).

Inventing the Abbotts (1997). 8 MM (1998). Clay Pigeons (1998). Return to Paradise (1998).

The Yards (2000). Quills (2000). Gladiator (2000). Signs (2002).

Brother Bear (voice) (2003). Buffalo Soldiers (2003). Ladder 49 (2004). The Village (2004).

Hotel Rwanda (2004).