About Keanu Reeves
- Keanu Charles Reeves was born on September 2, 1964, in Beirut, Lebanon, to Patricia Taylor, a showgirl and costume designer, and Samuel Nowlin Reeves, a geologist.
- After his parents' divorce, he moved with his mother and sister, Kim, to New York City and then Toronto.
- Reeves developed an interest in ice hockey and drama during high school, eventually dropping out to pursue an acting career.
- His first notable acting roles included films "Youngblood" (1986) and "River's Edge" (1986), as well as the Oscar-nominated "Dangerous Liaisons" (1988).
- He achieved mainstream success with the time-travel film "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989), creating a strong link between his real-life persona and his "doofy" on-screen character, Ted "Theodore" Logan.
- Throughout the early 1990s, he sought to shake off his on-screen persona through a series of highbrow projects, including "My Own Private Idaho" (1991), "Dracula" (1992), and "Much Ado About Nothing" (1993).
- Reeves emerged as an action star with "Speed" (1994) and later alternated between small and big films, passing on the Speed sequel but finding box-office success again with "The Matrix" (1999).
- Post-Matrix, he balanced mainstream and indie films, including titles like "Something's Gotta Give" (2003), "The Lake House" (2006), "Street Kings" (2008) and films like "Constantine" (2005), "A Scanner Darkly" (2006), and "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (2008).
- He produced and starred in the documentary "Side by Side" (2012) on celluloid and digital filmmaking and directed "Man of Tai Chi" (2013).
- His portrayal of the title role in the action revenge film "John Wick" (2014) was successful with both critics and audiences, and he reprised the role in "John Wick: Chapter 2" (2017), which had an even more enthusiastic response.
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