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Keanu Reeves' biography

Keanu Reeves is one of the most boggling actors in modern Hollywood. Of course, nearly people primarily know him as Neo from "The Matrix" trilogy, but he has then many other roles under his chugalug: both in blockbusters and independent films. He portrayed a cynical lawyer in the mystical thriller "The Devil's Abet", a weird undercover detective in the animated film "A Scanner Darkly", a mediator between Heaven and Hell, master of darkness in "Constantine" and the list goes on.

Keanu Charles Reeves

Meanwhile, Keanu is not just a talented actor, but as well a surprisingly considerate, vulnerable, and caring human being with an outstanding personality, who deserves special attention.

Childhood

Keanu Reeves was born in Beirut, the capital of hot Lebanon, to a geologist Samuel and a showgirl Patricia Bail. He is of mixed heritage and that is where he got his interesting looks from. His male parent is of Hawaiian and Portuguese descent and his female parent has English and Irish roots. And such an unusual boy'due south name came from Hawaiian and means "cool cakewalk over the mountains".

Keanu's male parent is half Chinese and half Hawaiian

Keanu's begetter was quite an unconventional man, who had no higher instruction and got his GED while he was in jail for selling heroin. Two years after Keanu's birth, his baby sister Kim was born, and soon after, when the boy barely turned three, Samuel abased his family.

After this mishap, Keanu's family moved to Sydney and later relocated to New York, where his mom, who turned to costume pattern past and then, married a Broadway managing director Paul Aaron (not to be confused with Aaron Paul). But after that, the Reeves family settled in Toronto – and Keanu considered hospitable Canada to be his homeland ever since.

Keanu with his mom Patricia Bond-Reeves

Later Keanu got two more little sisters from his mother'due south marriage to stone music promoter Robert Miller: Karina Miller (born in 1976) and Emma Rose (born in 1980).

A childhood picture of Keanu with sister Kim

In Toronto, the Reeves family lived across a music studio, where Alice Cooper was recording his anthology "Alice Cooper Goes to Hell» at that time. Weirdly enough the stone star remembered a young male child who listened enthusiastically to his stone motifs. "He liked loud music, merely what were his parents thinking when leaving a child with Alice Cooper'south ring?!" – the musician subsequently recalled with laughter.

Keanu was a reluctant pupil and struggled in the majority of classes due to his dyslexia, which means that his perception of oral and written data was distorted. He had trouble with reading and writing and, every bit a outcome, couldn't really study. As a effect of his classmates' bullying and teachers' contempt he soon became very closed off and insecure just managed to resolve his bug every bit he grew older.

Despite his dyslexia, Keanu Reeves used to play chess at a decent level and oftentimes challenged adults, charging them a dollar for every game.

Keanu's school picture

Reeves attended four loftier schools within five years, including the interim school, from which he was expelled. He later attended a Catholic school for boys and after leaving it, started playing hockey and enrolled in a public school. His teammates even gave him a nickname "the wall" – he was that good of a goaltender and felt really confident on the ice rink. Only the future thespian dropped out of that school every bit well and did non become a GED.

Young Keanu Reeves

After that Keanu moved out of his parents' flat to the basement of his then-girlfriend Pam and began working office-time at three places at in one case: he sharpened ice skates at the local water ice hockey rink, trimmed bushes in parks and cooked spaghetti at the Italian restaurant.

First roles

At xv years erstwhile Keanu Reeves got his commencement role in "Wolfboy" a production of the local theater – Leah Posluns Theatre.

The play was criticized due to its "homosexual motifs"

In 1983 Keanu fabricated his first TV advent in a Coca-Cola commercial and as well had a screen acting debut in an episode of typical teen series "Hangin' In".

In 1986 he got his first picture role in Peter Markle's "Youngblood", where he portrayed a goalie. After the moving picture's release, Keanu got a Green Menu and moved to Los Angeles. His ex-stepfather, Paul Aaron, helped him to settle into the city and even plant him an agent. The agent considered Keanu'south proper name to exist too exotic and that is why the role player is credited as Noman Reeves, K.C. Reeves and fifty-fifty Chuck Spadina in his early works.

"Youngblood" – Keanu'due south first movie advent

Keanu'south piece of work in a teenage drama "River'southward Edge", which premiered in 1986, got good critics reviews. He portrayed a high-school student Matt, having a moral dilemma: whether to tell the authorities near the murder of his classmate, that his friend committed or to keep the crime hole-and-corner in order to protect their friendship. He starred alongside Dennis Hopper, which he subsequently worked inside the action moving picture "Speed".

That aforementioned year Keanu was offered the office of Private Chris in Oliver Stone's "Platoon" about the Vietnam War. Only existence a convinced pacifist, he turned it down, and the leading part went to Charlie Sheen.

Keanu Reeves in a comedy "Bill & Ted'southward Excellent Adventure"

At the beginning of the '90s Keanu's proper name wasn't merely an empty phrase in the film manufacture anymore. He let his charisma evidence in a historical drama "Dangerous Liaisons" alongside Glenn Shut, Michelle Pfeiffer, and John Malkovich, and in a teen comedy film "Bill & Ted's Fantabulous Adventure" co-starring with Alex Wintertime.

"My Own Private Idaho": Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix

In 1991 an action crime thriller "Point Break" came out, for which Keanu had to try his mitt at surfing and, to his surprise, got actually into it. That same year Gus Van Sant'south independent drama "My Own Private Idaho" premiered, where Keanu portrayed a rebellious Scott, who engaged in street prostitution as a form of protest.

Reeves had his big break in "Bram Stocker's Dracula", directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1992. The immature actor was cast equally Jonathan Harker, who was a captive of a wicked vampire (Gary Oldman), who fell in dearest with his fiancée (Winona Ryder). In 1993 Keanu portrayed one of Buddha's reincarnations in "Trivial Buddha", directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.

Keanu as the reincarnation of Buddha

In 1994 the histrion was bandage in his outset real action thriller "Speed". The plot of the picture show follows Keanu'southward and Sandra Bullock's characters as they try to defuse the bomb, that was placed on the jitney by a crazy terrorist, portrayed past Dennis Hopper.

First action thriller in Keanu Reeves' career ("Speed", 1994)

The movie became a corking commercial success and Keanu got a $one.2 million paycheck. The picture was voted 1 of AFI's Top 100 Heart-Pounding Movies of all time (even though simply at 99th place).

Keanu and Sandra Bullock gad a fling during filming

Keanu'southward next iconic office was a lead in "Johnny Mnemonic", based on the story by William Gibson. The flick is ready in an alternate time to come where Reeves – the "mnemonic courier" carries important data in his own brain. Information technology is worth noting that initially the film was intended to exist a psychological drama, only one time "Speed" came out and instantly turned Keanu into an activeness star, Robert Longo, the director, added fighting and shooting scenes, that afterward led to Gibson's dissatisfaction.

A snapshot from "Johnny Mnemonic"

In 1997 Keanu was offered $11 million for starring in "Speed" sequel, but he turned it down for a supernatural horror flick "The Devil's Abet", primarily so that he could be on set with Al Pacino. Reeves deferred a part of his salary so that a renowned Hollywood actor could bring together the project. As a result, Jason Patrick was bandage in "Speed-2", while the whole world watched a young ambitious lawyer sinking securely into his vices, turning his life into a nightmare.

"The Devil's Advocate", snippet

"The Matrix". New popularity milestone

Keanu Reeves obtained his true cult status as an actor only later on the premiere of the first part of the cyberpunk trilogy "The Matrix" (1999), directed by the Wachowskis. His character, hacker Thomas Anderson, who goes by allonym "Neo", discovers that the reality is nil but fiction, created by machines to enslave humans afterwards the triumph of bogus intelligence. Disillusioned, Neo becomes one of the leaders in flesh's struggle for liberation.

"The Matrix", clever and dynamic, full of subtle references to worldwide cinema masterpieces, philosophical texts, and even "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" together with the Bible, became the cult picture of the 20 century, and near signified a new era. "The Matrix" trilogy-based books were written, computer games and even anime were released. Information technology'due south funny that Keanu himself, even afterwards the trilogy release, had no figurer. But he was personally involved in costume and special effects product.

Neo is a cult Keanu Reeves' graphic symbol

The next franchise parts were released in 2003 (one-half a twelvemonth apart). Keanu received a total of over $30 million, merely 80% of that money he spread between 114 people, who were working on that motion-picture show.

The side by side career peak

After "The Matrix" success, co-ordinate to critics, Keanu Reeves starred in a number of unfortunate projects. "The Souvenir", "Hard Ball", "Sugariness Nov", "Thumbsucker", "Ellie Parker", "Something'due south Gotta Requite" – movies not entirely bad, merely the actor of that caliber was expected to be cast in films of a different level.

One of the all-time films with Keanu Reeves – "Constantine"

And the expect was over in 2005 when Keanu portrayed a common cold-blooded cynical exorcist Constantine, who is forced to patrol the border between heaven and hell, in the apprehension of the imminent death. Afterwards "Constantine" Keanu regained his iconic Hollywood figure status. Around that time, he got his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Keanu Reeves with his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

In 2006 Keanu took part in an extraordinary Richard Linklater project, the animated film, based on the novel by Philip Thou. Dick "A Scanner Darkly". Aslope the characters, portrayed by Robert Downey Jr, Winona Ryder and Woody Harrelson, he became involved in a story about the nearest future, where the globe is plagued by a mysterious drug, that fully destroys a person'south body and mind. Keanu played the leading role of the addicted agent of the Drug Enforcement Agency.

"A Scanner Darkly": Keanu Reeves as Robert Arctor

The release of the romantic drama "The Lake Firm" that same yr was quite memorable as the flick moved the hearts of millions – information technology was not just a beloved story, it had elements of fantasy and even some mysticism.

"The Lake House" – romantic drama starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock

In 2013 Keanu fabricated his debut as a director when he presented a martial arts movie "Man of Tai Chi". His directorial debut was well-received despite this genre having loads of clichés.

In addition, Reeves was starring in a period of the fantasy action film "47 Ronin". Keanu was the but American histrion in this project – other roles went to pop, but picayune known outside their country, Japanese actors. This vibrant and aesthetically pleasing film received positive feedback, just like the next, but drastically different Keanu action film "John Wick".

A snapshot from "John Wick"

In 2016 Keanu Reeves appeared as a suspicious hotel manager in a psychological horror moving picture, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn "The Neon Demon".

A snapshot from "The Neon Demon"

It was and so that he starred in a drama "The Whole Truth", where he portrayed a lawyer, trying to evidence the innocence of a young human, accused of killing his male parent for money. Unfortunately, both critics and viewers found the flick exceptionally boring and added this projection to the fail list.

Some people believe that Keanu doesn't age. At all.

That same twelvemonth Keanu voiced a kitten, who turned out to exist his namesake. The comedy movie was simply chosen – "Keanu".

Keanu'south furry namesake

Keanu Reeves' personal life

Keanu Reeves was distinguishably shy as a kid and was quite airtight-off even when he got older. Many girls were captivated by his candid gloominess and found special charm in it, but Keanu never let anyone close to his middle, although he had a number of flings and casual relationships.

Keanu'south personal life is full of tragic moments

Keanu met Jennifer Syme, who was his sister'south friend, at a political party in 1998. It was beloved at first sight and soon Keanu, who earlier claimed that he was afraid of a serious human relationship and, peculiarly, the prospect of having children, inverse his mind.

The baby girl was supposed to be born on 8 January 2000. The couple even chose a name – Ava Archer Syme-Reeves. Just during a follow-up exam one week before she was due, the doc found out that the baby's heart stopped beating.

Keanu'due south daughter died a week earlier the expected engagement of birth

And in 2001 the mother of the unborn child, 29-years quondam Jennifer Syme, died in a car accident. While on her fashion to a Marilyn Manson political party, she lost control of her Jeep and sideswiped three parked cars. Many people believe that this story became the footing of David Lynch'southward "Mulholland Drive", as Jennifer was his assistant at that fourth dimension.

Honey turned out to be a tragedy for Keanu Reeves

But that was merely a beginning of a long string of personal tragedies for Keanu Reeves. In Jan of 2003, his beloved sister Kim had a leukemia relapse. She was diagnosed back in 1993, but up to that point, the malady could be jugulated. Keanu almost stopped shooting and surrounded his sis with love and care. And a few years later he participated in the "Stand up Up to Cancer" programme where he confirmed that his sister managed to fight leukemia.

Keanu's sister beat leukemia

In 2019 the histrion finally constitute dearest. His new girlfriend is an artist Alexandra Grant.

Keanu Reeves and Alexandra Grant

As for his everyday life, Keanu Reeves is a very pocket-sized homo. Even though he has millions in his banking company business relationship, he continues to use public transport where he ordinarily, being a admirer he is, offers his seat to women.

Keanu offered his seat to a lady

In 2010 a pic surfaced on the Internet that led to a variety of jokes about "sad Keanu". Paparazzi took a picture of a seemingly sad actor with his head downward, sitting on the bench and eating a sandwich. From that solar day on, 15 June is unofficially a "Cheer-upwards Keanu day".

Picture that started the "Sad Keanu" meme

Keanu can often be seen with the homeless, buying them nutrient, and engaging in heart-to-eye conversations. The actor believes that at that place'south no need to go to the third world countries in gild to help the less fortunate, and especially to make a scene out of it. "You can aid those in need correct hither, on the streets of your hometown" – that is his position and information technology deserves a deal of respect. When he was younger, the role player indulged in extreme motorcycling, equally a outcome, numerous scars and healed injuries are presented on his body today. He besides used to play in a punk ring Dogstar, when he was younger.

Keanu Reeves loves motorcycles and fast driving

Keanu Reeves Now

An activity motion picture virtually a "polite assassin" John Wick was then well-received that the sequel didn't take long to come out: "John Wick: Chapter 2" was released in 2017 and a "John Wick: Chapter 3" came on screens in 2019.

Keanu Reeves in John Wick 2

Today Keanu Reeves is at the top again. He was working simultaneously on numerous projects – a sci-fi thriller "Replicas" where the thespian plays a new "version" of Victor Frankenstein, a romantic drama "Destination Wedding", where Reeves volition "autumn in dear" with Winona Ryder again and a crime thriller "Siberia", which was partly shot in Saint-Petersburg.

Moreover, he gave his face up to one of 'Cyberpunk 2077' game characters – a guitar-human with a silver hand. During the game presentation, someone chosen him 'scenic'. Keanu said 'No, you're breathtaking' and gave birth to the new web meme.

The fourth part of "John Wick" will be released in 2022 and in December 2021, the premiere of the fourth "Matrix" took identify, despite the fact that after the release of the third part, the Wachowski brothers denied working on a sequel, and in 2015 Lilly Wachowski denied rumors about the quaternary motion-picture show, saying that the audience was tired of all kinds of restarts and sequels from the series "the return of heroes many years subsequently".

However, the film was even so announced in 2019. Filming "Matrix. Resurrections" was handled past Lana Wachowski. Neo forgot nearly the Matrix and lives a normal life under the proper name of Thomas Anderson, until he meets Morpheus once again (played by another actor, Yahya Abdul-Mateen 2).

Keanu Reeves and Carey Ann Moss on the fix of "Matrix-4"

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