The 2009 TIME 100 Finalists

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, entrepreneurs and thinkers who deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100. — By Brian Raftery

Joaquin Phoenix

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AGE: 34
OCCUPATION: Actor, alleged rapper
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: The moody thesp's performance in Two Lovers garnered him some of his best reviews in years ...

CON: ... though they were overshadowed by his spacey turn on Late Show with David Letterman, which came off like a mumble-core remake of Grizzly Adams. If his recent behavior is all one big meta-stunt, the joke's way past its expiration date.

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