Editing Joaquin Phoenix (section)

==Early life==
Phoenix was born at the Hospital Metropolitano San Francisco in the [[Río Piedras]] district of [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]],<ref name=GR2002 >{{cite book| year=2002 |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television |chapter=Joaquin Phoenix| publisher=Gale Research| isbn=978-1-4144-4513-7| page=213| chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/contemporarythea0043unse/page/212/mode/2up| chapter-url-access=registration}}</ref> to John Lee Bottom (1947–2015), the founder of a landscape gardening company, and [[Arlyn Phoenix|Arlyn "Heart" Bottom]] (née Dunetz), an executive secretary at [[NBC]] and whose connection to an agent provided her children with acting work.<ref name="Hagan">{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/10/joaquin-phoenix-cover-story|title="I Fucking Love My Life": Joaquin Phoenix on Joker, Why River Is His Rosebud, His Rooney Research, and His "Prenatal" Gift for Dark Characters|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|first=Joe|last=Hagan|date=October 1, 2019|access-date=May 13, 2021|archive-date=October 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009041923/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/10/joaquin-phoenix-cover-story|url-status=live}}</ref> Phoenix is the third of five children, following [[River Phoenix|River]] (1970–1993) and [[Rain Phoenix|Rain]] (born 1972), and preceding [[Liberty Phoenix|Liberty]] (born 1976) and [[Summer Phoenix|Summer]] (born 1978), all of whom have been involved in acting. He also has a paternal half-sister, Jodean (born 1964).<ref name="Google Books">{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=icv_AQAAQBAJ&q=jodean+bottom+joaquin&pg=PT6| title=He's Still Here: The Biography of Joaquin Phoenix| access-date=June 17, 2017| isbn=978-1-8435-8430-8| last1=Howden| first1=Martin| date=January 10, 2011| publisher=John Blake| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124074736/https://books.google.com/books?id=icv_AQAAQBAJ&pg=PT6&lpg=PT6#v=onepage&q=jodean%20bottom%20joaquin| archive-date=January 24, 2020| url-status=live}}</ref> His father was a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] from [[Fontana, California]], and was of English, German and French ancestry.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://hungarytoday.hu/hungarian-roots-joaquin-phoenix-grammy-golden-globe-winning-us-actor-70022/| title=Hungarian Roots: Joaquin Phoenix, Grammy And Golden Globe-Winning US Actor| last=Sullivan| first=Ferenc| date=March 25, 2016| work=Hungary Today| access-date=June 18, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605155746/https://hungarytoday.hu/hungarian-roots-joaquin-phoenix-grammy-golden-globe-winning-us-actor-70022/| archive-date=June 5, 2019| url-status=live}}<br />{{cite news|url=https://www.amctheatres.com/movies/don-t-worry-he-won-t-get-far-on-foot-55805| title=Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot| website=[[AMC Theatres]]| access-date=June 18, 2018| quote=...his father, from California, is of mostly British Isles descent.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222132643/https://www.amctheatres.com/movies/don-t-worry-he-won-t-get-far-on-foot-55805|archive-date=December 22, 2019|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite news| url=https://www.christiantoday.com/article/joaquin-phoenix-on-how-playing-heart-wrenching-jesus-in-mary-magdalene-inspires-him-to-be-more-empathetic-considerate-and-forgivingexecute1/126517.htm| title=Joaquin Phoenix on how playing 'heart-wrenching' Jesus in 'Mary Magdalene' inspires him to be 'more empathetic, considerate and forgiving'| last=Macintyre| first=James| date=February 27, 2018| work=[[Christian Today]]| access-date=May 26, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127093753/https://christiantoday.com/article/joaquin-phoenix-on-how-playing-heart-wrenching-jesus-in-mary-magdalene-inspires-him-to-be-more-empathetic-considerate-and-forgivingexecute1/126517.htm| archive-date=January 27, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> His maternal grandfather, Meyer Dunetz, was [[History of the Jews in Russia|Russian Jewish]] and his maternal grandmother, Margit Lefkowitz, was [[History of the Jews in Hungary|Hungarian Jewish]]; they were both [[Ashkenazi Jews]] who resided in New York City.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.jpost.com/LifeStyle/Top-10-Hollywood-Jews-you-may-not-have-guessed-327064| title=Top 10 Hollywood: Jews you may not have guessed| last=Marrache| first=Yaakov| date=September 25, 2013| newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]]| access-date=May 26, 2018| archive-date=February 17, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217065938/http://www.jpost.com/LifeStyle/Top-10-Hollywood-Jews-you-may-not-have-guessed-327064| url-status=live}}<br />{{cite web| first=Naomi| last=Pfefferman| url=http://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/5788/| title=The Days of Summer| newspaper=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]]| date=April 11, 2002| access-date=April 29, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330094455/http://www.jewishjournal.com/arts/article/the_days_of_summer_20020412| archive-date=March 30, 2016| url-status=live}}<br />{{cite news| first=Lena| last=Corner| url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/09/rain-phoenix-river-joaquin-family| title=Rain Phoenix's unusual childhood| newspaper=[[The Guardian]]| location=London| date=July 9, 2011| access-date=April 29, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725112831/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/09/rain-phoenix-river-joaquin-family| archive-date=July 25, 2019| url-status=live}}<br />{{cite news| url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/walk-the-line-star-wont-campaign-for-oscar| title='Walk the Line' Star Won't Campaign for Oscar| last=Friedman| first=Roger| date=October 24, 2005| work=Fox News| access-date=May 26, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616130217/http://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/10/24/walk-line-star-wont-campaign-for-oscar.html| archive-date=June 16, 2018| url-status=live}}</ref> Phoenix's parents met when his mother was hitchhiking in California; they married less than a year after meeting.<ref>{{cite news| first=Lena| last=Corner| url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/09/rain-phoenix-river-joaquin-family| title=Rain Phoenix's unusual childhood| newspaper=[[The Guardian]]| location=London| date=July 9, 2011| access-date=April 29, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725112831/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/09/rain-phoenix-river-joaquin-family| archive-date=July 25, 2019| url-status=live}}</ref>

Soon after their second child was born, they joined the religious cult [[Family International|Children of God]] and travelled throughout the [[Caribbean]] and [[South America]] as missionaries, where the next two children were born. They eventually became disillusioned with the group and left in 1977, being opposed to the cult's increasingly questionable rules, particularly the practice of [[Flirty Fishing|flirty fishing]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The book 'Last Night at the Viper Room' tells of River Phoenix's life before it was cut short at 22|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/new-book-gavin-edwards-tells-river-phoenix-troubled-life-article-1.1477425|work=[[New York Daily News]]|date=October 5, 2013|access-date=December 11, 2014|archive-date=February 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205010813/https://www.tribpub.com/gdpr/nydailynews.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> The fifth child was born in Florida where the family settled; around this time they legally adopted the surname Phoenix, inspired by the [[Phoenix (mythology)|mythical bird]] that rises from its own ashes, symbolizing a new beginning.<ref name="aleka_phoeni53"/> When Joaquín was three, he and his older siblings witnessed fish being stunned as "they were throwing them against the side of the boat", prompting the whole family to convert to a [[veganism|vegan]] lifestyle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mercyforanimals.org/blog/heres-what-inspired-joaquin-phoenix-to-go/|title=Here's What Inspired Joaquin Phoenix to Go Vegan 40 Years Ago|work=[[Mercy for Animals]]|first=Joe|last=Loria|date=April 23, 2018|access-date=May 17, 2021|archive-date=January 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131063826/https://mercyforanimals.org/blog/heres-what-inspired-joaquin-phoenix-to-go/|url-status=live}}</ref>