Keanu Reeves

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Biography

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 …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Music

Born

Keanu Charles Reeves on September 2, 1964 in Lebanon

Career Milestones

2009

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

2008

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

2008

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

2006

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

2006

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

2005

Played the title role in "Constantine" based on the DC/Vertigo comic book Hellblazer

2005

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (Jan. 31)

2003

Co-starred with Diane Keaton in the Nancy Meyers directed comedy "Something's Gotta Give"

2003

Again portrayed Neo in the third installment of the trilogy "The Matrix: Revelations"

2003

Reprised role of Neo in "The Matrix Reloaded"

2001

Cast as advertising executive opposite Charlize Theron in the remake of "Sweet November"

2000

Portrayed a wife-beating accused murderer in "The Gift"

2000

Starred in the sports comedy "The Replacements"

1999

Starred as Neo, a computer expert who joins forces with a rebel underground to pursue "The Matrix"

1997

Cast as a lawyer tempted by success and Satan in "The Devil's Advocate"

1995

Played a WWII veteran who pretends to be married in "A Walk in the Clouds"

1995

Appeared as the title character in a Winnipeg production of "Hamlet"

1994

Shot to superstardom as an explosives expert attempting to diffuse a bomb-rigged bus in "Speed"

1994

Portrayed Siddhartha in Bernardo Bertolucci's "Little Buddha"

1994

Re-teamed with Van Sant for a supporting role in "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"

1992

Portrayed Jonathan Harker in Francis Ford Coppola's "Bram Stoker's Dracula"

1991

Reprised the time-travelling Ted for the inferior sequel "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey"

1991

Starred as a politician's son who becomes a street hustler in Gus Van Sant's "My Own Private Idaho"

1990

Had featured role, alongside Ullman and Kevin Kline in the black comedy "I Love You to Death"

1990

Last major TV acting appearance to date, in the "Two Lost Souls" segment of "The Tracey Ullman Show" (Fox)

1989

Breakthrough screen role, as Ted, half of the dim-witted, time-travelling pair in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure"

1989

Offered memorable turn as a teenage hippie in Ron Howard's "Parenthood"

1988

Played Chevalier Danceny, a music teacher infatuated with Uma Thurman's Cecile de Volange in "Dangerous Liaisons"

1987

First starring role, "River's Edge" playing a burned out dope-smoking teen

1986

Appeared as Jack Be Nimble in the ABC small screen remake of "Babes in Toyland" starring Drew Barrymore

1986

Moved to Los Angeles to pursue career

1986

First Canadian-produced feature, "Flying/Dream to Believe"

1986

Film acting debut in "Youngblood"; cast alongside Rob Lowe as a hockey player

1985

US TV debut, "Letting Go" (ABC)

1985

Debut in a Shakespearean play, cast as Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet" in Toronto

1984

Played a street tough in the short film "The Prodigal"

1984

Professional stage debut in Toronto production of the homoerotic drama "Wolfboy"

1980

At age 16, danced in a Coca-Cola commercial

1979

TV acting debut, "Hanging In" (CBC)

Moved from NYC to Toronto with family when he was six

Awards

2004

MTV Movie Award for Best Fight in The Matrix Reloaded

2004

MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss in The Matrix Reloaded

2000

MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance in The Matrix

2000

MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo in The Matrix

1996

MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss in A Walk in the Clouds

1996

MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male in A Walk in the Clouds

1995

MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss in Speed

1995

MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance in Speed

1992

MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male in Point Break