<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Joaquin Phoenix reprises his role from "Joker" in the sequel, "Joker: Folie à Deux."Warner Bros.</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Joaquin Phoenix is one of two actors to win an Oscar for playing the Joker.</li><li>But that doesn't mean he's the best version of the DC villain.</li></ul><p><a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/joker-2-folie-a-deux-cast-trailer-plot-release-date-2024-4">Joaquin Phoenix</a> may have won an Oscar for playing the Joker — but that doesn't mean his is the best portrayal of the iconic anti-hero.</p><p>Phoenix starred as the DC villain in two solo films, 2019's "Joker" and the new sequel "<a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/joker-folie-a-deux-ending-explained-real-joker-2024-10">Joker: Folie à Deux</a>."</p><p>The first film was released in a big year for superhero movies and made over $1 billion. Director Todd Phillips' approach of making the Joker a more realistic and human character appealed to critics, and the film won <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/oscar-nominated-comic-book-movies-joker-black-panther-2020-1">two Oscars</a>.</p><p>By contrast, the sequel film has bombed with critics and fans alike and currently has a Rotten Tomatoes<strong> </strong>score of 39%.</p><p>In August, Phillips seemed to suggest to <a target="_blank" class href="https://variety.com/2024/film/features/todd-phillips-joker-2-movie-interview-1236111122/">Variety</a> that there wouldn't be another "Joker" sequel when he said: "I think we've said what we wanted to say in this world."</p><p>With Phoenix's run as the Joker seemingly at its end, here is how he weighs up against actors who played live-action versions of the role before him.</p><p>(For anyone wondering, we didn't include Barry Keoghan because he appeared in only one scene in 2022's "The Batman.")</p>