Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves Keanu Charles Reeves (born September 2, 1964) is a Hollywood film actor. Although currently working in the United States, Reeves is a Canadian citizen and an avid ice hockey player/fan who was his High School team's MVP. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, his first name means "cool breeze over the mountains" in Hawaiian. His father is Asian American of Chinese and Hawaiian descent and his mother is English. 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.

Despite the fact that his acting has frequently been derided as wooden, Reeves has become a major box-office draw, and several of his films have become extremely popular. His most commercially successful film to date is the 1999 sci-fi hit The Matrix. Reeves has reprised his role from that movie for the sequel, The Matrix Reloaded, which performed better at the box office than its predecessor. Reeves also appeared in the third movie of the trilogy, The Matrix Revolutions. In the mid-1990s it was reported that he and gay CEO David Geffen, of the prolific but sporadic record company Geffen Records and Dreamworks pictures had gotten married. While they did know each other, this was obviously not the case. Friends called his house, congratulating him on a marriage he knew nothing about, which prompted some funny conversations. In December of 1999, Reeves had a daughter with actress Jennifer Syme. Eva Archer Syme-Reeves was stillborn and in April of 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. Independent of speculation Keanu 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 hard-working special-effects crew to motorcycles, among other things. True to his Buddhist teachings, he does not have (by 'Hollywood' standards) many possessions and keeps his life uncluttered. He began playing bass with the rock band Dogstar, who have now gone "into hibernation". He currently plays bass in a band called becky with former Dogstar drummer Rob Mailhouse, guitarist Paulie Kosta and singer Rebecca Lord. Filmography A Scanner Darkly 2005 Constantine 2004 Something's Gotta Give 2003 The Matrix Revolutions, 2003 The Matrix Reloaded, 2003 The Animatrix: Kid's Story, (voice) 2003 Mayor of Sunset Strip (documentary), 2003 Hard Ball, 2001 Sweet November, 2001 The Gift, 2000 The Watcher. 2000 The Replacements, 2000 The Matrix, 1999 Me and Will, 1998 The Devil's Advocate, 1997 The Last Time I Committed Suicide, 1997 Feeling Minnesota, 1996 Chain Reaction, 1996 A Walk in the Clouds, 1995 Johnny Mnemonic, 1995 Speed, 1994 Little Buddha, 1993 Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, 1993 Freaked, 1993 Much Ado About Nothing, 1993 Bram Stoker's Dracula, 1992 Providence, 1991 My Own Private Idaho, 1991 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, 1991 Point Break, 1991 I Love You to Death, 1990 Tune in Tomorrow..., 1990 Parenthood, 1989 Life Under Water, 1989 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, 1989 The Night Before, 1988 Permanent Record, 1988 The Prince of Pennsylvania, 1988 Dangerous Liaisons, 1988 Brotherhood of Justice, 1986 Flying, 1986 Youngblood, 1986 Babes in Toyland, 1986 Under the Influence, 1986 River's Edge, 1986 Young Again, 1986 TV-Movie Act of Vengeance, 1986 TV-Movie Letting Go, 1985 TV-Movie One Step Away, 1985 TV-Movie