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Keanu Charles Reeves (born on September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a British-Canadian Hollywood film actor. Although currently working in the United States, Reeves has dual citizenship in both Canada and the UK, and is an avid ice hockey player/fan who was his high school team's MVP.
His first name refers to a cool breeze over the mountains (Or 'coolness') in Hawaiian. The deeper meaning is "one who is constantly absorbed in God consciousness," while the magazine Time refers to him as the embodiment of "freon-cool satori." His father, Samuel Reeves, is of Chinese and Hawaiian descent, and his mother, Patricia Taylor (pronounced Patrice), is British. He has one sister, Kim, who lives in Capri, Italy, and is very ill with leukemia, which she has been battling for many years. He also has a half-sister, Karina. Now 41, Reeves is currently starring in several new films, including a film called Stompanato, in which he plays the title role.
Biography
Reeves gained the notice of the critics in 1986's River's Edge, but his first major film role was in 1986, in the hockey movie Youngblood, starring Rob Lowe. Reeves's first popularly successful film was Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, in 1989. Indeed, and perhaps unfortunately for Reeves, much of his subsequent portrayal in the press has been influenced by his comically airheaded character Ted in that film.
His work in diverse roles span from small independent movies such as My Own Private Idaho to major blockbusters like The Matrix. Reeves reprised his starring role from that movie for the sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, both box-office hits.
In December 1999, Reeves' girlfriend, Jennifer Syme, gave birth to his stillborn daughter who was named 'Ava Archer Syme Reeves'. In April 2001, Jennifer Syme was killed in an automobile accident. She was buried next to their daughter in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
On January 31, 2005, Keanu Reeves was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements in the entertainment industry. Usually this honor is tied with a recent project from the artist, his latest film Constantine.
Reeves is reported to be very generous with his time and money, lending both to a variety of causes. He took a significant amount of the profits from his Matrix series and treated the twelve hard-working stuntmen to motorcycles, among other things. He does not have (by 'Hollywood' standards) many possessions and keeps his life uncluttered. He began playing bass with the rock band Dogstar, which has now gone "into hibernation". More recently, he played bass in a band called Becky with former Dogstar drummer Rob Mailhouse, guitarist Paulie Costa and singer Rebecca Lord. In early 2005, he announced that he left the band and his musical career for good.
Trivia
Unlike many actors of today, Reeves is known to defer salaries if it means getting another actor for the film. He deferred his salary for The Devil's Advocate so Al Pacino could be cast, and The Replacements for Gene Hackman.
Reeves once managed a pasta shop in Toronto. (Source: The Book of Useless Information, page 18, published 2002.)
He is reportedly fond of chess, motorcycles and ice hockey, and he plays a ferocious game of ping-pong.
When he received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, several ads were published congratulating Reeves on receiving his star. One of them was signed "Sandy B." as in Sandra Bullock, his Speed co-star. She congratulated him and expected him to do the same when she got hers. ... A few weeks later Sandra received her star, and she got her one page congrat ad from "Neo" himself.
Reeves has a tendency of working with all of his fellow main actors more than once:
*Charlize Theron: The Devil's Advocate, Sweet November
* Rachel Weisz: Chain Reaction, Constantine
*Sandra Bullock: Speed, and the upcoming Il Mare
*Tilda Swinton: Constantine, Thumbsucker
*Vincent D'Onofrio: Feeling Minnesota, Thumbsucker
*Winona Ryder: Bram Stoker's Dracula and the upcoming A Scanner Darkly
*Uma Thurman: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Dangerous Liaisons
*Patrick Swayze: Youngblood, Point Break
*Alex Winter: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, Freaked
*River Phoenix: My Own Private Idaho, I Love You to Death
*Lori Loughlin: Brotherhood of Justice, The Night Before
*Delroy Lindo: The Devil's Advocate, Feeling Minnesota
* Fred Ward: The Prince of Pennsylvania, Chain Reaction
*Dennis Hopper: River's Edge, Speed
He is left-handed but plays the bass guitar right-handed and loves punk rock bands such as The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, and The Clash. In a 1992 New Year's Eve party show, Reeves filled in on bass for The Vandals while bassist Joe Escalante was at a wedding.
According to the book My Fractured Life, Reeves was unsuccessfully wooed to play bass on a concept album "Pretty Boy''" that was to also feature Johnny Depp on guitar, John Stamos on drums, Rikki Lee Travolta on vocals, and Jamie Foxx on keyboards.
Filmography
*One Step Away (1985)
*Flying (1986)
*Youngblood (1986)
*River's Edge (1986)
*The Night Before (1988)
*Permanent Record (1988)
*The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988)
*Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
*Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
*Parenthood (1989)
*I Love You to Death (1990)
*Tune in Tomorrow... (1990)
*Providence (1991)
*Point Break (1991)
*Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
*My Own Private Idaho (1991)
*Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
*Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
*Freaked (1993) (Cameo)
*Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993)
*Little Buddha (1993)
*Speed (1994)
*Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
*A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
*Chain Reaction (1996)
*Feeling Minnesota (1996)
*The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997)
*The Devil's Advocate (1997)
*The Matrix (1999)
*Me and Will (1999) (Cameo)
*The Replacements (2000)
*The Watcher (2000)
*The Gift (2000)
*Sweet November (2001)
*Hardball (2001)
*The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
*The Animatrix: Kid's Story (2003) (voice) (short subject)
*Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003) (documentary)
*The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
*Something's Gotta Give (2003)
*Thumbsucker (2005)
*Constantine (2005)
*A Scanner Darkly (2006)
*The Lake House (2006)
Upcoming:
*The Night Watchman (late 2006/early 2007)
*Fishing for Moonlight (2007)
*Stompanato (2007)
Television Work
*Letting Go (1985)
*Brotherhood of Justice (1986)
*Act of Vengeance (1986)
*Young Again (1986)
*Under the Influence (1986)
*Babes in Toyland (1986)
*Life Under Water (1989)
*Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures (cast member from 1990-1991) (voice)
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