# List of awards and nominations received by Joaquin Phoenix
The awards and nominations received by [Joaquin Phoenix](https://www.edgepedia.org/joaquin-phoenix), an American actor born in 1974 in [San Juan, Puerto Rico](https://www.edgepedia.org/san-juan-puerto-rico), span the Academy Awards, the [Golden Globe Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/golden-globe-awards), the BAFTA Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Cannes Film Festival, and the Grammy Awards[1](https://goldenglobes.com/person/joaquin-phoenix/). His four Academy Award nominations cover two decades of work, from a supporting nomination for *Gladiator* (2000) to the Best Actor win for *Joker* (2019)[2](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Joaquin%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D). Across all bodies, IMDb records 72 wins and 203 nominations for him[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001618/awards/).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Four nominations, one win: Supporting Actor for *Gladiator* (73rd, 2000); Leading Actor for *Walk the Line* (78th, 2005), *The Master* (85th, 2012), and *Joker* (92nd, 2019, won)[2](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Joaquin%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D) |
| Golden Globes | 7 nominations, 2 wins: Musical or Comedy Actor for *Walk the Line* (2006) and Drama Actor for *Joker* (2020)[1](https://goldenglobes.com/person/joaquin-phoenix/) |
| BAFTA Awards | 1 win from 4 nominations: Leading Actor for *Joker* (2020); earlier nominations for *The Master* (2013), *Walk the Line* (2006), and Supporting Actor for *Gladiator* (2001)[4](https://static.bafta.org/uploads_pre_202411/2020eebritishacademyfilmawardspreviousnomsandwins.pdf) |
| Cannes Film Festival | Best Actor award in 2017 for *You Were Never Really Here*; the film's Best Screenplay award was shared by its director, Lynne Ramsay[5](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/joaquin-phoenix/) • [13](https://www.channel4.com/press/news/four-film4-winners-70th-cannes-film-festival-awards) |
| Grammy Awards | 1 win from 1 nomination: Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media for *Walk The Line* at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards (2007)[6](https://www.grammy.com/artists/joaquin-phoenix/6017/) |
| Career total | 72 wins and 203 nominations listed by IMDb[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001618/awards/) |
## Academy Awards
Phoenix's first Oscar nomination came at the 73rd Academy Awards, where he was nominated for Actor in a Supporting Role as Commodus in *Gladiator*[2](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Joaquin%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D). At the 78th ceremony in 2006, honoring films released in 2005, he was nominated for Actor in a Leading Role as John R. Cash in *Walk the Line*; the award that year went to [Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://www.edgepedia.org/philip-seymour-hoffman) for *[Capote](https://www.edgepedia.org/capote-film)*, while Phoenix's *Walk the Line* co-star [Reese Witherspoon](https://www.edgepedia.org/reese-witherspoon) won Best Actress[7](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2006/D). His third nomination, for Actor in a Leading Role as Freddie Quell in *The Master*, came at the 85th Academy Awards (2012)[2](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Joaquin%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D).
**The Joker win.** At the 92nd Academy Awards, held on February 9, 2020, Phoenix won Actor in a Leading Role for *Joker*, over [Antonio Banderas](https://www.edgepedia.org/antonio-banderas) in *Pain and Glory*, Leonardo DiCaprio in *Once upon a Time...in Hollywood*, Adam Driver in *Marriage Story*, and [Jonathan Pryce](https://www.edgepedia.org/jonathan-pryce) in *The Two Popes*[8](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2020/R). The Academy's database records the nomination under the character name "Arthur Fleck"[2](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Joaquin%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D). *Joker* itself received 11 nominations at that ceremony, including Best Picture, Directing for Todd Phillips, and Original Score for Hildur Guðnadóttir[9](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22FilmTitle%22%3A%22Joker%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%222-Film+Title-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D).
## Golden Globe Awards
The [Hollywood Foreign Press Association](https://www.edgepedia.org/hollywood-foreign-press-association)'s Golden Globe record for Phoenix shows 7 nominations and 2 wins[1](https://goldenglobes.com/person/joaquin-phoenix/). His first nomination came at the 2001 ceremony, for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture for *Gladiator*[1](https://goldenglobes.com/person/joaquin-phoenix/). He won Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy for *Walk the Line* in 2006, and Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama for *Joker* in 2020[1](https://goldenglobes.com/person/joaquin-phoenix/).
His later nominations continued the pattern of recognition across genres: Drama Actor for *The Master* in 2013, Musical or Comedy Actor for *Her* in 2014 and *Inherent Vice* in 2015, and Musical or Comedy Actor for *Beau Is Afraid* in 2024[1](https://goldenglobes.com/person/joaquin-phoenix/). The 2024 nomination came in a year when his other release, [Ridley Scott](https://www.edgepedia.org/ridley-scott)'s *Napoleon*, was not nominated at the Globes[10](https://apnews.com/article/5c9e65ca2c6159b73d69d455b1d0c951).
## BAFTA Awards
The British Academy's record for Phoenix entering the 2020 ceremony listed 1 win from 4 nominations: Leading Actor for *Joker* (2020), Leading Actor for *[The Master](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-master-2012-film)* (2013), Leading Actor for *Walk the Line* (2006), and Supporting Actor for *Gladiator* (2001)[4](https://static.bafta.org/uploads_pre_202411/2020eebritishacademyfilmawardspreviousnomsandwins.pdf). The 2020 Leading Actor win made *Joker* a rare film that carried him to victory at the BAFTAs as well as the Globes and the Oscars in the same season.
## Festival recognition
Phoenix's work has been recognized at major festivals as well as by industry guilds. At the Cannes Film Festival, where he appeared in competition with *The Yards* (2000), *We Own the Night* (2007), *Two Lovers* (2008), *The Immigrant* (2013), and *You Were Never Really Here* (2017), he received the 2017 Award for Best Actor for *You Were Never Really Here*, while the Best Screenplay award was shared by [Lynne Ramsay](https://www.edgepedia.org/lynne-ramsay), Yorgos Lanthimos, and Efthymis Filippou[5](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/joaquin-phoenix/) • [13](https://www.channel4.com/press/news/four-film4-winners-70th-cannes-film-festival-awards). His Cannes filmography also includes *To Die For* (1995, Special Screenings) and *Irrational Man* (2015, Out of Competition)[5](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/joaquin-phoenix/).
## Music and other honors
Phoenix's portrayal of [Johnny Cash](https://www.edgepedia.org/johnny-cash) in *Walk the Line* earned recognition beyond acting categories. At the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in 2007, the *Walk The Line* soundtrack won Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media, with Phoenix listed among the credited artists, giving him one Grammy win from one nomination[6](https://www.grammy.com/artists/joaquin-phoenix/6017/). A Spanish-language press survey of his career additionally counts two Golden Globes, a SAG Award, a BAFTA, two Critics Choice Awards, a Volpi Cup from the [Venice Film Festival](https://www.edgepedia.org/venice-film-festival), and the Cannes Best Actor prize among his honors[11](https://as.com/meristation/reportajes/napoleon-joker-her-todas-las-peliculas-de-joaquin-phoenix-ordenadas-de-peor-a-mejor-segun-imdb-r/).
## Family context
Phoenix belongs to one of the pairs of Oscar-nominated siblings cataloged by *Time* magazine: his late brother [River Phoenix](https://www.edgepedia.org/river-phoenix) was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for *Running on Empty* (1988)[12](https://time.com/4679006/oscars-2017-siblings-family-winners/).
## References
1. [Joaquin Phoenix, Golden Globes Awards Database](https://goldenglobes.com/person/joaquin-phoenix/)
2. [Search results for Joaquin Phoenix, Academy Awards Database](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Joaquin%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D)
3. [Joaquin Phoenix Awards, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001618/awards/)
4. [2020 EE British Academy Film Awards: Previous Nominations and Wins, BAFTA](https://static.bafta.org/uploads_pre_202411/2020eebritishacademyfilmawardspreviousnomsandwins.pdf)
5. [Joaquin PHOENIX, Festival de Cannes](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/joaquin-phoenix/)
6. [Joaquin Phoenix Grammy Awards and Nominations, Recording Academy](https://www.grammy.com/artists/joaquin-phoenix/6017/)
7. [The 78th Academy Awards, 2006, Oscars.org](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2006/D)
8. [2020 Academy Awards, Oscars.org](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2020/R)
9. [Search results for Joker, Academy Awards Database](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22FilmTitle%22%3A%22Joker%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%222-Film+Title-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D)
10. ['Barbie' leads Golden Globe nominations with 9, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/5c9e65ca2c6159b73d69d455b1d0c951)
11. [Las 10 mejores películas de Joaquin Phoenix según IMDb, AS](https://as.com/meristation/reportajes/napoleon-joker-her-todas-las-peliculas-de-joaquin-phoenix-ordenadas-de-peor-a-mejor-segun-imdb-r/)
12. [See All 15 Pairs of Oscar-Winning Siblings, Time](https://time.com/4679006/oscars-2017-siblings-family-winners/)
13. [Four Film4 winners at 70th Cannes Film Festival Awards, Channel 4](https://www.channel4.com/press/news/four-film4-winners-70th-cannes-film-festival-awards)
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