A handsome and gallant man, a talented actor, a mysterious personality, the dream of all women - all this is Keanu Reeves. The personal life of a movie star, unfortunately, is not going well. Keanu will soon be exchanged by a fifty dollars, but he still does not have a beloved wife, children, a warm and cozy family nest, in which he is always welcome. A man is Hollywood's most enviable bridegroom, but he is cold about this status, as if by observing the attempts of women to attract attention to themselves. Nevertheless, Reeves does not lose hope of finding the one with whom she will live the best years of her life.
Actor's childhood
Keanu Charles Reeves was born in the capital of Lebanon, Beirut, on September 2, 1964. Through the veins of the actor flows Portuguese, Hawaiian, English and Chinese blood, which was reflected in his exotic appearance. Keanu's mother, Patricia Taylor, worked as a dancer, and her father was a geologist. Samuel Reeves did not pay proper attention to the family, was addicted to drugs. When Kean was 3 years old, and his younger sister Kim was only a year old, his father abandoned them. The family emigrated to the United States, and then moved to Canada. The movie star still has the citizenship of this country.
His mother changed men like gloves. After breaking up with her father, Keanu, she married director Paul Aaron, but in 1971 they broke up. Then there was rock promoter Robert Miller (Karina was born in marriage), but the couple divorced in 1980. The third stepfather to Keanu was the stylist Jack Bond, but he did not stay long. It is known that the actor has another paternal sister - Emma Rose.
Keanu Reeves, whose personal life is still a mystery to the public, from childhood seemed strange to those around him. It is known that at a young age the boy suffered from dyslexia, but, despite this, he was an exemplary student. Studying was hard for him, but he tried, read a lot of literature. Keanu is a very modest, secluded, non-talkative person, because of this he did not have a relationship with his peers: he was called, humiliated, but he did not react to this at all. The guy found his destiny in sports - as a player of the school hockey team he was appreciated and respected.
First part-time jobs
While still a schoolboy, Reeves tried to make money. At first he got a job in a flour products store, then he pruned trees and sharpened his skates. Good looks played a role, and in the early 80s, the guys began to be invited to appear in commercials. From the age of 15, Keanu played in the theater directed by Romeo and Juliet, as well as in the play Teen Wolf, where he played the main role. At the age of 20, he got a job as a correspondent for a youth program. So on television appeared a new employee - Keanu Reeves. The filmography of the actor began to replenish with work in the second half of the 80s.
First success and recognition
In 1986, Keanu first appeared on large screens. His debut was the film "Young Blood." The hero Reeves really liked both the audience and critics. After that, the young talent contacted the former stepfather Aaron, who used his connections and brought Keanu with agent Erwin Stoff. After that, the actor’s life improved a bit: he had a favorite job, offers to act in episodic roles were received regularly.
During this period, Reeves mainly starred in films for teenagers. Many noted the persuasiveness of his game in the film "River Bank", and the comedy "The Incredible Adventures of Bill and Ted" just became a box office hit in 1989. In the late 80s and early 90s, all of America knew a guy named Keanu Reeves. The filmography was replenished with good work, only now everyone perceived him as an actor of teenage comedies, and not as a serious and diverse movie star.
Best Roles Keanu Reeves
Attitude towards him changed after the release of the film “On the crest of a wave” on the big screens in 1991. Keanu brilliantly played the role of an FBI agent, infiltrating a gang of surfers. According to the results of the audience’s vote, Reeves received the status of “Most Wanted Actor”. Every year, Keanu Reeves, whose filmography at that time was already quite impressive, all the time tried to expand the list of genres. So, probably, everyone knows the action "Speed". Thanks to his role in this film, the actor gained worldwide fame. In 1997, the psychological thriller Devil's Advocate was released, in which Reeves starred in the lead role with Al Pacino and Charlize Theron. Keanu appeared before the audience as the embodiment of vanity and pride, but at the same time showed that he was not alien to humanity.
But the greatest fame and fame for the movie star brought the fantastic action movie "Matrix", which was released in 1999. The role of the Chosen One was ideally suited to the young actor, and the combination of Hong Kong action, philosophy and science fiction pleased the audience and film critics. After that, there was also the fantastic thriller Constantine: Lord of Darkness, in which Reeves played a handsome exorcist with his skeletons in the closet. It is also worth highlighting the work of Keanu in such films as “Kings of the Streets”, “47 Ronin”, “Passengers”, etc.
Filmography
Keanu Reeves tried his hand as an actor in 1981, when he starred in the TV series "American Theater", then there were the television series "Night Heat", "Letting Go". In 1985, the young actor starred in the film "One Step Back", and in 1986 - in the films "Young Blood", "Flight", "On the River Bank". But all these were insignificant and inconspicuous roles. The first successful work was the thriller “On the Crest of the Wave”, after which the young star was noticed not only by the audience, but also by the directors, offering Kean a well-paid job. Reeves is one of the most famous, popular and beloved Hollywood stars, he has 154 films.
The most notable and successful works include Little Buddha, Speed, Johnny Mnemonics, Devil's Advocate. Many fans of the actor agree that The Matrix is the best movie with Keanu Reeves. The list of successful films with a movie star can be continued indefinitely. In the 2000s, such popular and well- known films were released as The Doubles (comedy), the melodrama Sweet November, the fantastic action movie Matrix: Reloaded and The Matrix: Revolution, the melodrama House by the Lake, an adventure action movie with elements of science fiction "47 ronin."
A series of failures in his personal life
Keanu Reeves is a talented and successful actor, the dream of many women, a rich and handsome man. It would seem that what else is needed for a happy and carefree life? But just this person was fortunate enough to be fortunate. From childhood, Keanu suffered from peer attacks, due to dyslexia, the guy has many complexes that he still struggles with. In life, the actor is very similar to his characters - the same mysterious, thoughtful, laconic, modest. Fearing to converge with women, to become attached to someone, encloses himself with a wall of Keanu Reeves.
The personal life of a movie star is not as intense as that of some of his colleagues. It is known that in 1998 he met Jennifer Syme, a sister friend of Keanu. The girl was not famous or talented, but she completely suited the guy, understood him perfectly. The couple drove a motorcycle, smoked marijuana, they were comfortable together. In 1999, Reeves learned that he would soon become a father, he would have a daughter. An inspired man bought children's things, even came up with a name for his baby - Ava Archer. Unfortunately, a couple of weeks before giving birth, the child died in the womb, the doctors said that the reason was the drugs used by Keanu. It was a great blow.
Misfortune never comes alone. After the death of their daughters, Syme and Reeves broke up, it was hard for them to be around. And in April 2001, Jennifer crashed in a car, alcohol and, again, drugs were to blame ... The girl was returning from a party hosted by Marilyn Manson. Since then, with reporters on the topic of relations with Syme never speaks to Keanu Reeves. The man’s personal life did not work out, he was constantly afraid that his partner might become pregnant, and everything would start all over again.
In 2003, Keanu's younger sister, Kim, began to progress leukemia, which she had been sick with for 10 years. Reeves spent $ 5 million on her treatment, and he never left the bed a single step. The disease has receded, but there is no guarantee that it will not return. The actor lives in constant fear for the life of relatives, fearing to lose them.
Novels with famous women
With whom only, according to the media, did not meet Keanu Reeves. The personal life (photo with women, you see, is not yet proof of the novel) of the actor, however, is covered in a dense curtain of secrecy. Therefore, the press has to tirelessly follow the movie star and come up with love stories for him. After the death of Sime Keanu for a long time did not meet with anyone. Then he was credited with an affair with Sandra Bullock, but it soon became known that they were just old friends.
Assumptions were also made about a close relationship with Charlize Theron. Yes, in the films Devil's Advocate and Sweet November, they really looked like a beautiful and happy couple, but you do not need to transfer the relationship from the screen to real life. Sophia Coppola, Claire Forlani, Parker Posey, Lynn Collins, Cameron Diaz were also recorded as Reeves' girlfriends ... With whom they had a real relationship, and with whom they were fictional - no one can know for sure, except for himself. But the actor Keanu Reeves, whose personal life remains a secret behind seven seals, is silent as usual.
Passion for motorcycles
Reeves is already 49 years old, but he still constantly risks his life, rushing at a furious speed on his bike. A dangerous ride allows a movie star to get rid of stress, recharge with positive emotions, and feel freedom. He understands that at any moment he can crash into a cake on the asphalt (Keanu has repeatedly had an accident, and once survived only thanks to the professionalism of surgeons), but he is not going to give up his hobby.
Horse riding, chess, surfing - these activities are also included in the circle of interests of the star. But still, his main passion remains motorcycles. Steep turns, the road running away under the wheels of an iron horse, inconceivable speed - this is the whole of Keanu Reeves. A photo of an actor flying a bike is not uncommon.
Future plans
The movie star travels a lot, recently he has been attracted to the East. Reeves even admitted that the type of Western man does not suit him at all and is even the source of all his troubles. As for the creative plans, they are truly grandiose. Keanu is going to continue to act in film, as well as to try herself as a producer. But the actor does not want to bind himself by marriage yet.
Interesting facts from the biography
Not only films with Keanu Reeves are interested in fans of the actor’s creativity, but also the facts of his biography. Here are some of them:
- Keanu typed texts for a long time on an old-fashioned typewriter until he was presented with a computer.
- The movie star is left-handed.
- The actor has dual citizenship - British and Canadian.
- In the Dogsta group, Reeves played the bass.