How old was River Phoenix in the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?

River Phoenix was 17 in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade when he played the character 'Young Indy'.

That was over 35 years ago in 1989.

In 1993 he died aged just 23, starring in 22 films in his career, 12 of those after Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was first released. If he were alive today he would be 53.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, I think River Phoenix looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Steven Spielberg 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
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade scores 7.83 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

River Phoenix's other movies