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Keanu Reeves

Birth name: Keanu Charles Reeves

Birth date: 02.09.1964

One of the most inscrutable actors to ever hit it big, Keanu Reeves has been by turns adored, reviled, and grudgingly respected by the movie-going public. As the controversy over his talent rages on, his career choices and paychecks show him inching toward A-list status. Reeves, whose first name means "cool breeze over the mountains" in Hawaiian, was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1964. His mother, Patricia, was a showgirl; his father, Samuel Nowlin Reeves, a geologist. After their marriage dissolved, Keanu moved with his mother and younger sister Kim to New York City, then Toronto. Stepfather #1 was Paul Aaron, a stage and film director--he and Patricia divorced within a year, after which she went on to marry (and divorce) rock promoter Robert Miller and hair salon owner Jack Bond. Reeves never reconnected with his biological father, who is now in prison on charges of cocaine possession. In high school, Reeves was lukewarm toward academics but took a keen interest in ice hockey (as team goalie, he earned the nickname "The Wall") and drama. He eventually dropped out of school to pursue an acting career. After a few stage gigs and a handful of made-for-TV movies, he scored a supporting role in the Rob Lowe hockey flick Youngblood (1986), which was filmed in Canada. Shortly after the production wrapped, Reeves packed his bags and headed for Hollywood. Reeves popped up on critics' radar with his performance in the dark adolescent drama River's Edge (1986), but his first popular success was the role of totally rad dude Ted Logan in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989). The wacky time-travel movie became something of a cultural phenomenon, and audiences would forever confuse Reeves's real-life persona with that of his doofy on-screen counterpart. Over the next few years, Reeves tried to shake the Ted stigma with a series of highbrow projects. He played a slumming rich boy opposite River Phoenix's narcoleptic male hustler in My Own Private Idaho (1991), an unlucky lawyer who stumbles into the vampire's lair in Dracula (1992), and Shakespearean party-pooper Don Jon in Much Ado About Nothing (1993). In 1994, the understated actor became a big-budget action star with the release of _Speed (1994)_ . Its success heralded an era of five years in which Reeves would alternate between largely unwatched small films, like Feeling Minnesota (1996) and The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997), and unwatched big films like Johnny Mnemonic (1995) and Chain Reaction (1996). After all this Reeves did the unthinkable and passed on the Speed sequel, but he struck box-office gold again a few years later with the Wachowski brothers' cyberadventure The Matrix (1999). Despite his deadpan delivery style and reputation as an oaf, Reeves continues to reel in choice roles and fat paychecks. Whatever he knows, he's not telling the public--his self-deprecating interview tactics and mysterious private life provide little insight into his artistry. As far as Reeves is concerned, it seems, he's just a regular guy who rides a motorcycle, plays in a band (Dogstar), and shows up every now and then for a movie shoot.

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Filmography

# The Night Watchman (2008) # The Lake House (2006) .... Alex Wyler # A Scanner Darkly (2006) .... Bob Arctor # Constantine (2005) .... John Constantine # Thumbsucker (2005) .... Perry Lyman # Video Hits: Paula Abdul (2005) (V) .... The Boy (segment "Rush, Rush") # Ellie Parker (2005) .... Dogstar # Something's Gotta Give (2003) .... Dr. Julian Mercer # The Matrix Revolutions (2003) .... Neo ... aka The Matrix Revolutions: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version (promotional title)) # Kid's Story (2003) (voice) .... Neo ... aka The Animatrix: Kid's Story (USA: series title) # Enter the Matrix (2003) (VG) .... Neo # The Matrix Reloaded (2003) .... Neo ... aka The Matrix Reloaded: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version (promotional title)) # The Animatrix (2003) (V) (voice) .... Neo (segment "Kid's Story") # Hard Ball (2001) .... Conor O'Neill ... aka Hardball (Germany) (USA: alternative spelling) # Sweet November (2001) .... Nelson Moss # The Gift (2000) .... Donnie Barksdale # The Watcher (2000/I) .... David Allen Griffin # The Replacements (2000) .... Shane Falco # Me and Will (1999) .... Dogstar/Himself # The Matrix (1999) .... Neo # The Devil's Advocate (1997) .... Kevin Lomax ... aka Devil's Advocate (USA: DVD box title) ... aka Im Auftrag des Teufels (Germany) # The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997) .... Harry # Feeling Minnesota (1996) .... Jjaks Clayton # Chain Reaction (1996) .... Eddie Kasalivich # A Walk in the Clouds (1995) .... Paul Sutton ... aka Caminando por las nubes (Mexico) ... aka Paseo por las nubes, Un (Mexico) # Johnny Mnemonic (1995) .... Johnny Mnemonic ... aka Johnny Mnémonique (Canada: French title) # Speed (1994/I) .... Officer Jack Traven # Little Buddha (1993) .... Siddhartha ... aka Little Buddha (France) # Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993) .... Julian Gitche # Freaked (1993) (uncredited) .... Ortiz the Dog Boy ... aka Hideous Mutant Freekz # Much Ado About Nothing (1993) .... Don John # Dracula (1992) .... Jonathan Harker ... aka Bram Stoker's Dracula (USA: complete title) # My Own Private Idaho (1991) .... Scott Favor # Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) .... Ted Logan/Evil Ted # Point Break (1991) .... FBI Special Agent John 'Johnny' Utah # Providence (1991) .... Eric # Captivated '92: The Video Collection (1991) (V) .... Jim (segment "Rush, Rush") # Tune in Tomorrow... (1990) .... Martin Loader ... aka Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter # "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures" (1990) TV Series .... Ted Logan (unknown episodes) # I Love You to Death (1990) .... Marlon James # "The Tracey Ullman Show" .... Jesse Walker (1 episode, 1989) - Two Lost Souls (1989) TV Episode .... Jesse Walker # Parenthood (1989) .... Tod Higgins # Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) .... Ted Logan # Life Under Water (1989) (TV) .... Kip # Dangerous Liaisons (1988) .... Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny # The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988) .... Rupert Marshetta # Permanent Record (1988) .... Chris Townsend # The Night Before (1988) .... Winston Connelly # "Trying Times" .... Joey (1 episode, 1987) - Moving Day (1987) TV Episode .... Joey # Babes in Toyland (1986) (TV) .... Jack/Jack-be-Nimble # Under the Influence (1986) (TV) .... Eddie Talbot # River's Edge (1986) .... Matt # Young Again (1986) (TV) (as K.C. Reeves) .... Michael Riley, Age 17 # Act of Vengeance (1986) (TV) (as Keannu Reeves) .... Buddy Martin # Youngblood (1986) .... Heaver # Flying (1986) .... Tommy ... aka Dream to Believe ... aka Teenage Dream (video title) # Brotherhood of Justice (1986) (TV) .... Derek # One Step Away (1985) .... Ron Petrie # Letting Go (1985) (TV) .... Stereo Teen #1 # "Night Heat" .... Mugger / ... (2 episodes, 1985) - Necessary Force (1985) TV Episode .... Thug #1 - Crossfire (1985) TV Episode .... Mugger