Born: 2 September 1964, Beirut, Lebanon (age 41)
Birth Name: Keanu Charles Reeves
Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Nickname: The Wall (due to his position in ice hockey)
Also Known As: Keanu Reeves / K.C. Reeves / Norman Kreeves
Awards: 8 wins & 19 nominations
Credited Years: 1982 - 2008
Biography
One of the most inscrutable actors to ever hit it big, Keanu Reeves has been by turns adored, reviled, and grudgingly respected by the movie-going public. As the controversy over his talent rages on, his career choices and paychecks show him inching toward A-list status. Reeves, whose first name means "cool breeze over the mountains" in Hawaiian, was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1964. His mother, Patricia, was a showgirl; his father, Samuel Nowlin Reeves, a geologist. After their marriage dissolved, Keanu moved with his mother and younger sister Kim to New York City, then Toronto. Stepfather #1 was Paul Aaron, a stage and film director--he and Patricia divorced within a year, after which she went on to marry (and divorce) rock promoter Robert Miller and hair salon owner Jack Bond. Reeves never reconnected with his biological father, who is now in prison on charges of cocaine possession. In high school, Reeves was lukewarm toward academics but took a keen interest in ice hockey (as team goalie, he earned the nickname "The Wall") and drama. He eventually dropped out of school to pursue an acting career.
After a few stage gigs and a handful of made-for-TV movies, he scored a supporting role in the Rob Lowe hockey flick Youngblood, which was filmed in Canada. Shortly after the production wrapped, Reeves packed his bags and headed for Hollywood. Reeves popped up on critics' radar with his performance in the dark adolescent drama River's Edge, but his first popular success was the role of totally rad dude Ted Logan in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. The wacky time-travel movie became something of a cultural phenomenon, and audiences would forever confuse Reeves's real-life persona with that of his doofy on-screen counterpart. Over the next few years, Reeves tried to shake the Ted stigma with a series of highbrow projects. He played a slumming rich boy opposite River Phoenix's narcoleptic male hustler in My Own Private Idaho, an unlucky lawyer who stumbles into the vampire's lair in Dracula, and Shakespearean party-pooper Don Jon in Much Ado About Nothing.
In 1994, the understated actor became a big-budget action star with the release of _Speed (1994)_ . Its success heralded an era of five years in which Reeves would alternate between largely unwatched small films, like Feeling Minnesota and The Last Time I Committed Suicide, and unwatched big films like Johnny Mnemonic and Chain Reaction. After all this Reeves did the unthinkable and passed on the Speed sequel, but he struck box-office gold again a few years later with the Wachowski brothers' cyberadventure The Matrix. Despite his deadpan delivery style and reputation as an oaf, Reeves continues to reel in choice roles and fat paychecks. Whatever he knows, he's not telling the public--his self-deprecating interview tactics and mysterious private life provide little insight into his artistry. As far as Reeves is concerned, it seems, he's just a regular guy who rides a motorcycle, plays in a band (Dogstar), and shows up every now and then for a movie shoot.
re: Constantine (2005)
Quotes
John Constantine: Angels and Demons can't cross over into our plane. So, instead we get what I call half-breeds. The influence peddlers. They can only whisper in our ears. A single word can give you courage, or turn your favorite pleasure into your worst nightmare. Those with the demon's touch and those part angel, living alongside us. They call it the balance. I call it hypocritical bullshit.
Trivia
• Peter Stormare originally auditioned for the role of Balthazar.
• It was really Rachel Weisz in the scene where her character flies backwards through the building. This was achieved by suspending her a few meters high by pulling her vertically. The image is turned 90 degrees in the movie, giving the effect that she is actually pulled back horizontally. The shooting was quite painful. The surrounding office was a miniature, not generated on computer, to achieve the scene.
• A life-size replica of Rachel Weisz was made and used as the corpse of Angela Dodson's twin sister Isabel who committed a suicide.
Goofs
• Continuity: The glass with the spider disappears between shots.
• Continuity: When John and Angela are standing in the street near her car, the light inside of the car is alternately on/off between shots.
• Continuity: When John is kicking Angela out of the apartment, the cat on his lap is facing him/facing away from him between shots.
Crazy credits
There are no opening credits, only the company logos and the title of the movie.
The logos for Warner Bros, Village Roadshow Pictures, and DC/Vertigo Comics all appear, smolder and crumble in the hell setting.
After the credits, there's an epilogue to the action of the movie, with Constantine leaving his lighter on a gravestone, whereupon Chaz Kramer shows up as an angel.
2006-07-25 20:13:07
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answered by shaffer56 3
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Most of them (almost all) really: The Day the Earth Stood Still The Lakehouse Bill and Ted Sweet November Speed Point Break A scanner Darker - she might really like this one Constantine - again she might like this Thumbsucker Something's Gotta Give Dracula If she likes the Matrix I recommend: Dark City City of Lost Children The Crow Akira 12 Monkeys She'll likely enjoy these ones more than other Keanu Reeves films.
2016-03-16 05:34:46
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answered by Anonymous
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Keanu was born on the 2nd September 1964. That will make him 41 years old, turning 42 in September. Wow, he sure looks good for his age!! He was born in Beirut in Lebanon.
2006-07-25 20:09:37
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answered by Anonymous
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Autumn Macintosh Actress
2016-12-08 20:31:14
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answered by Anonymous
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42 yrs old
John Constantine is created by comics legend Alan Moore in 1985, Constantine is a working-class mage, a thief, a con-artist, former punk, and savior of the known universe. Constantine is by turns a total bastard, a drunk, a trickster, an adrenaline junkie, a womanizer, and sometimes, when no one is looking, a nice guy. He has no superpowers, only a sharp wit, a little bit of magic... he is easy to relate to.
2006-07-25 20:09:10
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answered by :::shiRo::: 2
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born sep 2 1964 in beirut lebonon (sp).. i think he is the same age as i am..
do this search..
keanu reeves birthday on yahoo.. then search for his facts..
2006-07-25 21:42:08
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answered by KATY 2
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Keanu Reeves
AKA Keanu Charles Reeves
Born: 2-Sep-1964
Birthplace: Beirut, Lebanon
Gender: Male
Religion: Buddhist
Ethnicity: Multiracial
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Dude
Keanu Reeves was born in Lebanon. He is one-quarter Chinese, one-quarter Hawaiian, half-English, and a Canadian citizen. He attended four high schools, playing hockey and soccer before dropping out at 17. He was raised in Hawaii, Australia, New York, and Canada, where he did his first professional acting. His name comes from a Hawaiian word loosely translated as "cool breeze over the mountains".
At 16, he was in a Coca-Cola commercial, and featured in the Canadian sitcom Hangin' In. He later did a Kellogg's Corn Flakes commercial, spent a summer studying acting at the Hedgerow Theatre in Pennsylvania. He briefly co-hosted a kids' show in Canada, with Chris Makepeace. At 22, Reeves came to Hollywood, and slept on his former stepfather's couch until he got his own apartment. In early roles, he played hockey with Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze in Youngblood, and played a troubled teen in River's Edge with Crispin Glover and Dennis Hopper. He danced Jack-Be-Nimble in a TV production of Babes in Toyland starring 11-year-old Drew Barrymore. In 1989, still playing a teenager at 25, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure made Reeves a star. In 1994, Speed with Sandra Bullock made him an A-list star.
As a young actor, Reeves' best friend was River Phoenix. They made My Own Private Idaho together, and joked about filming Romeo and Juliet with Reeves as Romeo and Phoenix as Juliet. Reeves was filming Speed when Phoenix died. Reeves' life has had its share of tragedy. His sister Kim is battling leukemia, and Reeves has reportedly spent more than $5 million on her medical care, so far. He has long been estranged from his natural father, who served a prison term for selling heroin. He dated a backstage Hollywood worker, Jennifer Syme, who bore his stillborn daughter in 1999. They broke up but remained friends, and were reportedly dating again when she was killed in a 2001 car accident.
During his long career, Reeves has occasionally disappeared from Hollywood for a year at a time, and he turned down a $12 million offer for Speed 2 to do Shakespeare on stage in a small Canadian theater. He is famously generous with his money, lavishing large gifts on charities and for his movies' backstage workers. A Buddhist and a pacifist, he opposes war on principle, and has turned down several films because the part seemed too violent.
Reeves has spoken of using drugs, but is understandably reticent to discuss which drugs he has used. He often says drugs have given him some "amazing" experiences, then pauses, then says "amazing" a second time.
Father: Samuel Nowlin Reeves (geologist, imprisoned for selling heroin, paroled in 1996)
Mother: Patricia Taylor (costume designer)
Sister: Kim Reeves (actress, b. 1966)
Father: Paul Aaron (stepfather, stage and TV director)
Father: Robert Miller (stepfather, music promoter)
Sister: Karina Miller (half-sister, b. 1976, stage director)
Father: Jack Bond (stepfather, salon owner)
Girlfriend: Jill Schoelen (actress, b. 1963, dated 1986-90)
Girlfriend: Jennifer Syme (b. 7-Dec-1972, d. 2-Apr-2001 auto accident)
Daughter: Eva Archer Syme-Reeves (stillborn, Dec-1999)
Girlfriend: Autumn Macintosh (actress, dated early 1990's, 2003-05, engaged)
High School: (dropout at age 17)
Driving While Intoxicated May-1993 Los Angeles
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6801 Hollywood Blvd.
Chinese Ancestry
English Ancestry Maternal
Risk Factors: Dyslexia, Smoking
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Lake House (16-Jun-2006)
Constantine (8-Feb-2005)
Thumbsucker (23-Jan-2005)
Something's Gotta Give (12-Dec-2003)
The Matrix Revolutions (27-Oct-2003)
The Matrix Reloaded (7-May-2003)
The Animatrix (17-Apr-2003) [VOICE]
Hardball (10-Sep-2001)
Sweet November (12-Feb-2001)
The Gift (20-Dec-2000)
The Watcher (07-Sep-2000)
The Replacements (7-Aug-2000)
Me and Will (19-Oct-1999)
The Matrix (31-Mar-1999)
The Devil's Advocate (17-Oct-1997)
The Last Time I Committed Suicide (05-Jun-1997)
Feeling Minnesota (13-Sep-1996)
Chain Reaction (2-Aug-1996)
A Walk in the Clouds (27-May-1995)
Johnny Mnemonic (15-Apr-1995)
Speed (10-Jun-1994)
Little Buddha (1-Dec-1993)
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (13-Sep-1993)
Much Ado About Nothing (7-May-1993)
Dracula (13-Nov-1992)
My Own Private Idaho (12-Sep-1991)
Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (19-Jul-1991)
Point Break (12-Jul-1991)
Tune in Tomorrow... (15-Sep-1990)
I Love You to Death (6-Apr-1990)
Parenthood (2-Aug-1989)
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (17-Feb-1989)
Dangerous Liaisons (16-Dec-1988)
The Prince of Pennsylvania (11-Sep-1988)
Permanent Record (Apr-1988)
The Night Before (1988)
Babes in Toyland (19-Dec-1986)
Under the Influence (28-Sep-1986)
River's Edge (10-Sep-1986)
Youngblood (31-Jan-1986)
Brotherhood of Justice (1986)
2006-07-26 08:20:39
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answered by proffitt_b03 3
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I think hes 40.
2006-07-25 20:30:54
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answered by ItalianRose29 4
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This is the best place for info...here is the direct link:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000206/
Try over 40!!
2006-07-25 20:07:52
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answered by Gothic Martha™ 6
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one year older than last year.
2006-07-25 20:08:44
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