- 2009: Appeared in the James Gray directed, "Two Lovers"
- 2008: Announced his retirement from acting in order pursue his career in music
- 2007: Co-starred with Mark Wahlberg and Robert Duvall in "We Own the Night"
- 2007: Co-starred in the Terry George directed "Reservation Road"
- 2005: Starred in James Mangold's "Walk the Line," the biopic of late country music legend Johnny Cash, with Reese Witherspoon as his wife, June Carter Cash; earned Oscar and SAG nominations for Best Actor
- 2004: Starred as curious and headstrong Lucius Hunt in M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village"
- 2004: Featured as a firefighter in "Ladder 49," who reflects on his career, wife and family while he awaits rescue from a burning building
- 2003: Co-starred with Claire Danes and Sean Penn in "It's All About Love"
- 2003: Starred in "Buffalo Soldiers" a dark comedy about a clever American soldier stationed in Berlin
- 2002: Replaced an ill Mark Ruffalo in the M. Night Shyamalan thriller "Signs"
- 2000: Won rave reviews as the malevolent emperor Commodus in "Gladiator"; garnered a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination
- 2000: Played the shady best friend of Mark Wahlberg in "The Yards"
- 2000: Co-starred in the period drama "Quills"
- 1999: Appeared with Nicolas Cage in "8mm"
- 1998: Co-starred in two films with Vince Vaughn, "Clay Pigeons" and "Return to Paradise" (the former was filmed first, but was released in theaters weeks after the latter)
- 1995: Breakthrough role, Gus Van Sant's "To Die For" playing the youth seduced by his teacher into murdering her husband
- 1989: Cast as Dianne Wiest's troubled son in Ron Howard's "Parenthood"
- 1986: Starred in an episode of the revival of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" entitled "A Very Happy Ending" as a deaf boy with murderous designs on his wealthy and emotionally distant father
- 1986: Feature acting debut, "SpaceCamp"
- 1986: Debut as a TV series regular in the CBS drama "Morningstar/Eveningstar"
- 1985: TV-movie debut, "Kids Don't Tell," a CBS drama about child molestation
- 1983: Featured in the NBC dramatic pilot "Six Pack"
- 1982: Acting debut, on an episode of the short-lived CBS musical adventure series "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"; older brother River was a regular; younger sister Summer also appeared
- 1980: Changed first name to "Leaf" around age six or seven
- 1978: Relocated with family to Los Angeles after Rainbow and River won local talent contests
- 1977: Family returned to the USA; settled in Florida
- 1977: Parents left the Children of God; lived in Caracas, Venezuela where older siblings River and Rainbow sang religious songs for money and food in the street
- 1975: Moved with family to South America
- 1974: Traveled throughout Puerto Rico and Mexico with parents as missionaries for the evangelical cult Children of God
- Changed first name back to Joaquin, while living in Mexico
- Took a leave from acting
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