Keanu ReevesKeanu ReevesKeanu 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. Speed, released in 1994, was a tremendous success for Reeves, surpassed in 1999 by the sci-fi hit 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 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 (http://beckymusic.com) with former Dogstar drummer Rob Mailhouse, guitarist Paulie Kosta and singer Rebecca Lord. Filmography
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He currently plays bass in a band called becky (http://beckymusic.com) with former Dogstar drummer Rob Mailhouse, guitarist Paulie Kosta and singer Rebecca Lord. He is also an accomplished banjo player. He began playing bass with the rock band Dogstar, who have now gone "into hibernation". He has since starred in the long-running television comedy series Just Shoot Me as the head of the wacky fashion and style magazine "Blush". True to his Buddhist teachings, he does not have (by 'Hollywood' standards) many possessions and keeps his life uncluttered. He was relatively inactive in the 1980s, but bounced back as the sleazy father of Kirstie Alley's baby in Look Who's Talking, and in the 1993 sequel Look Who's Talking Now, and as the left-wing comedy writer in For the Boys (1991). 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. Segal was so appealing that too often he was asked to carry a film on his charm alone, especially in the 1970s. She was buried next to their daughter in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. He played an inept burglar in the 1972 comedy The Hot Rock with Robert Redford, a comically unfaithful husband in A Touch of Class and a midlife crisis victim in Blume in Love. He co-starred with Jane Fonda as suburbanite-turned-bank-robbers in Fun With Dick and Jane, and starred as a faux gourmet in Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?. 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. Valentine's Day Massacre, a perplexed police detective Mo Brummel in No Way to Treat a Lady, a bookworm in The Owl and the Pussycat, and in a pair of impressive dramatic performances, a man laying waste to his marriage in Loving and a hairdresser turned junkie in Born to Win. Friends called his house, congratulating him on a marriage he knew nothing about, which prompted some funny conversations. He followed with top performances as Nick in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (for which he was Oscar-nominated), a Cagneyesque gangster in The St. While they did know each other, this was obviously not the case. in King Rat. 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. The amiable, wavy-haired leading man is equally at home in drama and comedy, although he is more often seen in the latter. Originally a stage actor and musician, Segal appeared in several nondescript films in the early 1960s before raising eyebrows in 1965 as a distraught newlywed in Ship of Fools and as a P.O.W. Reeves reprised his starring role from that movie for the sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, both box-office hits. George Segal (born February 13, 1934) is a well-known American film and stage actor who was born in Great Neck, Long Island, New York. Speed, released in 1994, was a tremendous success for Reeves, surpassed in 1999 by the sci-fi hit The Matrix. 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. 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. Reeves's first popularly successful film was Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, in 1989. 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. His father is Asian American of Chinese and Hawaiian descent and his mother is English. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, his first name means "cool breeze over the mountains" in Hawaiian. 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. Keanu Charles Reeves (born September 2, 1964) is a Hollywood film actor. One Step Away, 1985 TV-Movie. Letting Go, 1985 TV-Movie. Act of Vengeance, 1986 TV-Movie. Young Again, 1986 TV-Movie. River's Edge, 1986. Under the Influence, 1986. Babes in Toyland, 1986. Youngblood, 1986. Flying, 1986. Brotherhood of Justice, 1986. Dangerous Liaisons, 1988. The Prince of Pennsylvania, 1988. Permanent Record, 1988. The Night Before, 1988. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, 1989. Life Under Water, 1989. Parenthood, 1989. Tune in Tomorrow..., 1990. I Love You to Death, 1990. Point Break, 1991. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, 1991. My Own Private Idaho, 1991. Providence, 1991. Bram Stoker's Dracula, 1992. Much Ado About Nothing, 1993. Freaked, 1993. 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. Me and Will, 1998. The Matrix, 1999. The Replacements, 2000. 2000. The Watcher. The Gift, 2000. Sweet November, 2001. Hard Ball, 2001. Mayor of Sunset Strip (documentary), 2003. The Animatrix: Kid's Story, (voice) 2003. The Matrix Reloaded, 2003. The Matrix Revolutions, 2003. Something's Gotta Give 2003. Constantine 2005. A Scanner Darkly 2005. |