Little Nikita

…he starred in the thriller Little Nikita opposite Sidney Poitier. Later that year Phoenix played Danny Pope, the teenage son of a fugitive family, in the drama Running on Empty. His sensitive performance in Running on Empty drew praise from critics, and he was nominated for an Academy Award for…

…thrillers Shoot to Kill and Little Nikita. His other films include Sneakers (1992) and The Jackal (1997), but most of his later credits were made-for-television movies, notably Separate but Equal (1991) and Mandela and de Klerk (1997), in which he played Thurgood Marshall and Nelson Mandela, respectively. His final role…