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Keanu Reeves

  • Birthplace: Lebanon
  • Birthday: September 2, 1964

Few moviegoers would have guessed from his laconic and occasionally blissed-out performances in films like "River's Edge" (1986) and "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989) that in less than a decade, Keanu Reeves would be one of Hollywood's most popular and bankable leading men. He had to first endure a long, awkward period, during which he struggled to find his footing in big-budget features like "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992) and independent fare like "Little Buddha" (1993); in the …more

Career Milestones

  • 2009

    Played Robin Wright Penn's lover in "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee," written and directed by Rebecca Miller

  • 2008

    Played a veteran LAPD officer who is framed for murder in "Street Kings"; written and directed by David Ayer

  • 2008

    Starred in the remake of the 1951 science fiction movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still"

  • 2006

    Re-teamed with Bullock in the romantic drama, "The Lake House"; a remake of the Korean film "IL Mare"

  • 2006

    Starred in the Richard Linklater directed, "A Scanner Darkly"; adapted from the novel by Philip K. Dick

Awards

  • 2000

    MTV Movie Award: Best Fight

  • 2000

    MTV Movie Award: Best Male Performance

  • 1995

    MTV Movie Award: Best On-Screen Duo

  • 1992

    MTV Movie Award: Most Desirable Male