Joaquin Phoenix acted in Quills.
Joaquin Phoenix . He later went back to his birth name , Joaquín , and received positive reviews for his supporting work in a wide range of films , most notably in the film adaptation of the novel To Die For ( 1995 ) and the period film Quills ( 2000 ) . Quills . It stars Geoffrey Rush as de Sade , Joaquin Phoenix as the Abbé du Coulmier , Michael Caine as Dr. Royer-Collard , and Kate Winslet as laundress Madeleine `` Maddie '' LeClerc .