How old was River Phoenix in the movie Stand by Me?
River Phoenix was 14 in Stand by Me when he played the character 'Chris Chambers'.
That was over 38 years ago in 1986.
In 1993 he died aged just 23, starring in 22 films in his career, 18 of those after Stand by Me was first released. If he were alive today he would be 53.
How old do you think he looks in the movie?
In Stand by Me, I think River Phoenix looks:
Did you know?
- Director Rob Reiner has worked with River Phoenix just once in his career.
- River Phoenix's first movie was as 'Brian Ellsworth' in Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia, released in 1984 when he was 12
- Stand by Me scores 7.87 out of 10 on TMDB.
