Like Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin didn’t make waves in Hollywood. His brother, River Phoenix, did until he died of a drug overdose at a young age. Then, Joaquin decided to follow in his brother’s footsteps, and from the looks of it, he made a great decision. He was a convincing manipulative emperor in The Gladiator, but he decided to bring his A-game a step further in The Joker. No one thought that anyone can do the role justice after Heath Ledger died, but Joaquin proved to critics and movie audiences alike that he can do so much with the role and make it his own.