Scar on his lip is not result of plastic surgery or anything like that. He was born with it. "The scar on Phoenix's lip is popularly believed to be the result of a repaired cleft lip. However, he has stated in interviews that his mother, while pregnant with him, felt a sharp pain one day and he was born with a scar on his lip. The birth scar is a microform, almost taking the form of a cleft, as the tissues just reached far enough to join up; since the bone and muscle tissues joined correctly no surgery or cleft repair was required." (Wicipedia.org)

He quit school in the ninth grade. This is how he explains his desicion: "I was doing that home school thing and the motherfuckers sent a dead bloated frog to my house to dissect"

Joaquin never watches movies where he played and never reads press about himself. "I just have high expectations. Every time I see a movie I'm in, I go, 'Fuck it! That scene was supposed to be good, and it's terrible."

Joaquin was dating models Acasia and Topaz, actress Liv Tyler, and NY Observer journalist Jessica Joffe. Now there is a rumour that he dates model Kate Parfet.

He is a spokesperson for PETA (People for Ethical Treatment to Animals). Once he did a commercial for them, where he urged people not to eat meat.

Joaquin directed videos for three bands: Ringside (song "Tired og being sorry"), People In Planes ("If you talk too much") and She Wants Revenge ("Tear you apart").

As for vehicles, Joaquin seems to love yellow. He has '72 Le Man and Ducati motorcycle, both yellow.

He plays backgammon pretty well. On the set of "Gladiator" actor Tomas Arana lost a lot of money playing whith him.

Joaquin helped people after Hurricane Katrina, and this fact was revealed only about half-year after the hurricane.