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| Birth Name(s) : Keanu Charles Reeves |
Date of Birth: May 2, 1964 |
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Full Keanu Reeves Biography
Keanu Reeves has in turn been adored, reviled and grudgingly respected by the movie-going public for his feature film roles. For some reason controversy over his talent rages, while his career choices and paychecks slowly move him to super-stardom.
Keanu's first popular success was the totally rad role of Ted Logan in "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989). He has since made quite a reputation for himself with wise career choices such as turning down the "Speed" (1994) sequel and hitting box-office gold with "The Matrix" (1999). He calls himself 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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Additional Keanu Reeves Biography
Reeves was born to an English showgirl and costume designer who was working in Beirut when she met Reeves' father (Samuel Nowlin Reeves, Jr., born in Honolulu, 1942) at a local nightclub. His parents were Sarah Monilani Victor and husband Samuel Nowlin Reeves (Honolulu, on August 21, 1921 – August, 1978), the son of Charles Armistead Reeves (May 1, 1868 – November 17, 1927), an Irish American from Tennessee who died at Honolulu (son of Sampson Reeves and wife Mary Virginia Armistead Nowlin), and wife Rose Lokalia Miguel (June 29, 1884 – May 21, 1977), born and died in Honolulu, of Portuguese ancestry on her father José Miguel (Portugal, c. 1832 – Honolulu, c. 1913)'s side, Chinese and Hawaiian ancestry on her mother Malaia Lokalia (Honolulu, c. 1863 – Honolulu, c. 1920)'s side. Reeves' father worked as an unskilled laborer and earned his GED while imprisoned in Hawaii for selling heroin at the Hilo airport. Reeves does not currently have any relationship with his biological father.
Reeves has one full sister named Kim (born 1966 in Beirut). Kim was diagnosed with leukemia in December 2002. Reeves visits her often at the home he purchased for her on the island of Capri, Italy. Through his mother he has a half-sister named Karina Miller (born 1976 in Toronto). Through his father he has a half-sister named Emma Reeves (born 1980 in Hawaii).
Reeves' parents divorced in 1966. In 1969, his mother moved to New York City with her children where she met and married Paul Aaron, a Broadway and Hollywood director. The couple then moved to Toronto but would divorce in 1971. Reeves' mother was later married to Robert Miller (between 1976 and 1980). Subsequently, Reeves grew up primarily in Toronto and worked at a pasta restaurant, sharpened skates at an ice rink, and was voted MVP on his high school ice hockey team (De La Salle College "Oaklands").
His first studio movie appearance was in the Rob Lowe ice hockey film Youngblood, which was filmed in Canada. In it, he played an ice hockey goalie. Shortly after the movie's release, Reeves drove from Toronto to Los Angeles in his 1969 Volvo. His ex-stepfather Paul Aaron, a stage and television director, gave him a place to stay and got him Erwin Stoff as a manager and agent before he even arrived in Los Angeles.
In 1992, Reeves starred in Bram Stoker's Dracula, which was a box office success. However, his acting was criticized by many, and director Francis Ford Coppola claims that Reeves was only cast because he wanted a male character that teenagers could look up to. In 1994, Reeves also starred in the action film Speed. His casting in the film was questioned since previously he'd mostly been known for comedies and had never been the sole headliner on a film. The summer action film had a fairly large budget and was helmed by novice cinematographer-turned-director Jan De Bont. The success of the film invoked a similar situation for studio Twentieth Century Fox with Die Hard (a large summer action film with a lead mostly known for comedies). Its commercial success raised his profile, leading to his casting in films like Johnny Mnemonic and Chain Reaction, both of which failed at the box office.
His 1999 science fiction hit, The Matrix, re-established him as a Hollywood leading man after a few years of films that received only moderate box office success and mixed critical reception. In between the first Matrix film and its sequels, Reeves appeared in several films that received mostly negative reviews and average box office grosses, including The Watcher, Sweet November and Hardball. However, the two Matrix sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions co-starring Carrie-Anne Moss, as well as his supporting role in the 2003 movie, Something's Gotta Give, co-starring Jack Nicholson and his 2005 horror-action film, Constantine, proved to be box office successes and brought Reeves back into the public spotlight. Movie producer Lauren Shuler Donner stated in a November 18-19, 2006 interview that writers are currently developing a script for Constantine 2. She claims that Keanu Reeves is willing to reprise his role as John Constantine.
On November 3, 2006, he co-hosted, with Alanis Morissette, the premiere of the environmentalist documentary The Great Warming.
Reeves is fond of chess, motorcycles, ice hockey, and table tennis. He is also interested in Formula 1 racing, and he was in attendance as a Honda guest at the 2007 Chinese Grand Prix. 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, he also has a taste for Indie Rock citing to be a fan of They Might Be Giants and Crooked Fingers, as well as Mary J Blige and RnB legends Stevie Wonder and Otis Redding
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 12 stuntmen who worked on the films to Harley Davidson motorcycles, among other things. |
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