A year later, he played Jonathan Harker in Francis Ford Coppola's Gothic horror Bram Stoker's Dracula, based on Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.
According to Reeves, this decision caused 20th Century Fox to sever ties with him for a decade. Instead, Reeves toured with his band Dogstar, and appeared in the drama The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997), based on a 1950 letter written by Neal Cassady to Jack Kerouac.
Reeves starred in another science fiction film, The Day the Earth Stood Still, a loose adaptation of the 1951 film of the same name.
Keanu Charles Reeves ( ; born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian actor.
He has played bass guitar for the band Dogstar and pursued other endeavours such as writing and philanthropy. ==Early life== Keanu Charles Reeves was born in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 2, 1964, the son of Patricia (née Taylor), a costume designer and performer, and Samuel Nowlin Reeves Jr.
Reeves last met his father on the island of Kauai when he was 13. After his parents divorced in 1966, his mother moved the family to Sydney, Australia, and then to New York City, where she married Paul Aaron, a Broadway and Hollywood director, in 1970.
The first was a romantic drama, Sweet November, a remake of the 1968 film of the same name.
Reeves last met his father on the island of Kauai when he was 13. After his parents divorced in 1966, his mother moved the family to Sydney, Australia, and then to New York City, where she married Paul Aaron, a Broadway and Hollywood director, in 1970.
The couple moved to Toronto, Canada, and divorced in 1971.
Reeves' mother married Robert Miller, a rock music promoter, in 1976; the couple divorced in 1980.
Next, Reeves starred in a smaller-scale horror feature, Knock Knock (2015), a remake of the 1977 film Death Game.
Reeves' mother married Robert Miller, a rock music promoter, in 1976; the couple divorced in 1980.
Janet Maslin of The New York Times describes the performances of the young cast as "natural and credible", with Reeves being described as "affecting and sympathetic". Towards the end of the 1980s, Reeves starred in several dramas aimed at teen audiences, including as the lead in The Night Before (1988), a comedy starring opposite Lori Loughlin, The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988) and Permanent Record (1988).
He was cast as Matt in River's Edge, a crime drama about a group of high school friends dealing with a murder case, loosely based on the 1981 murder of Marcy Renee Conrad.
Reeves holds Canadian citizenship by naturalization. ==Career== ===1984–1990: Early work=== In 1984, Reeves was a correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) youth television program Going Great.
In 1985, he played Mercutio in a stage production of Romeo and Juliet at the Leah Posluns Theatre in North York, Ontario.
He also appeared in a Coca-Cola commercial, and in 1985, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) coming-of-age, short film One Step Away. Reeves made a foray into television films in 1986, including NBC's Babes in Toyland, Act of Vengeance and Brotherhood of Justice.
He also appeared in a Coca-Cola commercial, and in 1985, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) coming-of-age, short film One Step Away. Reeves made a foray into television films in 1986, including NBC's Babes in Toyland, Act of Vengeance and Brotherhood of Justice.
The film premiered in 1986 at the Toronto International Film Festival to a largely positive response.
Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 79% approval rating with the critical consensus: "Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are just charming, goofy, and silly enough to make this fluffy time-travel Adventure work". In 1989, Reeves starred in the comedy-drama Parenthood directed by Ron Howard.
In 1990, Reeves gave two acting performances; he portrayed an incompetent hitman in the black comedy I Love You to Death, and played Martin, a radio station employee in the comedy Tune in Tomorrow.
He also appeared in Paula Abdul's music video for Rush Rush which featured a Rebel Without a Cause motif, with him in the James Dean role. ===1991–1994: Breakthrough with adult roles=== In 1991, Reeves starred in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, a sequel to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, with his co-star Alex Winter.
The rest of 1991 marked a significant transition for Reeves' career as he undertook adult roles.
The film premiered at the 48th Venice International Film Festival, followed by a theatrical release in the United States on September 29, 1991.
At the 1992 MTV Movie Awards, Reeves won the Most Desirable Male award. In 1991, Reeves developed an interest in a music career; he formed an alternative rock band called Dogstar, consisting of members Robert Mailhouse, Gregg Miller and Bret Domrose.
At the 1992 MTV Movie Awards, Reeves won the Most Desirable Male award. In 1991, Reeves developed an interest in a music career; he formed an alternative rock band called Dogstar, consisting of members Robert Mailhouse, Gregg Miller and Bret Domrose.
The film also received four nominations at the British Academy Film Awards. In 1993, he had a role in Much Ado About Nothing, based on Shakespeare's play of the same title.
She subsequently married her fourth husband, a hairdresser named Jack Bond; the marriage lasted until 1994.
The film grossed $350 million from a $30 million budget and won two Academy Awards in 1995Best Sound Editing and Best Sound. ===1995–1998: Continued acting efforts=== Following Speed, Reeves' next leading role came in 1995, in the cyberpunk action thriller Johnny Mnemonic.
Film critic Mick LaSalle opined that "A Walk in the Clouds is for the most part a beautiful, well-acted and emotionally rich picture", whereas Hal Hinson from The Washington Post said, "The film has the syrupy, Kodak magic-moment look of a Bo Derek movie, and pretty much the same level of substance". Besides film work, Reeves retreated briefly to the theatre playing Prince Hamlet in a 1995 Manitoba Theatre Centre production of Hamlet in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The band had released two albums during their decade together; Our Little Visionary in 1996 and Happy Ending in 2000.
He starred in the 1997 supernatural horror The Devil's Advocate alongside Al Pacino and Charlize Theron; Reeves agreed to a pay cut of several million dollars so that the film studio could afford to hire Pacino.
Greater stardom came for playing Neo in the science fiction series The Matrix, beginning in 1999.
Film critic James Berardinelli called the film "highly enjoyable" and wrote, "There are times when Reeves lacks the subtlety that would have made this a more multi-layered portrayal, but it's nevertheless a solid job". ===1999–2004: Stardom with The Matrix franchise and comedies=== In 1999, Reeves starred in the critically acclaimed science fiction film The Matrix, the first instalment in what would become The Matrix franchise.
A comedy adapted from the 1999 Walter Kirn novel of the same title, the story follows a boy with a thumb-sucking problem.
BRZRKR is an upcoming comic written by Reeves which is set for release in 2021. ==Personal life== On December 24, 1999, Reeves' girlfriend, Jennifer Syme, gave birth eight months into her pregnancy to Ava Archer Syme-Reeves, who was stillborn.
The band had released two albums during their decade together; Our Little Visionary in 1996 and Happy Ending in 2000.
Film critic Paul Clinton of CNN thought the film was fairly compelling, saying of Reeves' acting: "[Raimi] managed to get a performance out of Reeves that only occasionally sounds like he's reading his lines from the back of a cereal box." In 2001, Reeves continued to explore and accept roles in a diverse range of genres.
On April 2, 2001, Syme was killed when her vehicle collided with three parked cars on Cahuenga Boulevard in Los Angeles.
Reeves took time to sign the banner and talk to the family. Reeves appeared on Forbes' annual Celebrity 100 list in 2001 and 2002, at number 36 and 49, respectively.
Film critic Roger Ebert took note of the film's desire to tackle difficult subjects and baseball coaching, but felt it lacked depth, and Reeves' performance was "glum and distant". By 2002, his professional music career had come to an end when Dogstar disbanded.
After being absent from the screen in 2002, Reeves returned to The Matrix sequels in 2003 with The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, released in May and November, respectively.
Reeves took time to sign the banner and talk to the family. Reeves appeared on Forbes' annual Celebrity 100 list in 2001 and 2002, at number 36 and 49, respectively.
After being absent from the screen in 2002, Reeves returned to The Matrix sequels in 2003 with The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, released in May and November, respectively.
Something's Gotta Give, a romantic comedy, was Reeves' last release of 2003.
Sometime afterwards, Reeves performed in the band Becky for a year, founded by Dogstar band-mate Rob Mailhouse, but quit in 2005, citing a lack of interest in a serious music career.
Something's Gotta Give received generally favourable reviews. ===2005–2013: Thrillers, documentaries and directorial debut=== In 2005, Reeves played the titular role in Constantine, an occult detective film, about a man who has the ability to perceive and communicate with half-angels and half-demons.
He next appeared in Thumbsucker, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005.
He has written two books: Ode to Happiness and Shadows, both of which are collaborations with Grant; he provided the text to her photographs and art. ==In the media== In a 2005 article for Time magazine, Lev Grossman called Reeves "Hollywood's ultimate introvert".
In 2005, Reeves received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion picture industry.
Reeves and the rest of the cast garnered positive critical reviews, with The Washington Post describing it as "a gently stirring symphony about emotional transition filled with lovely musical passages and softly nuanced performances". Reeves appeared in the Richard Linklater-directed animated science fiction thriller A Scanner Darkly, which premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
Towards the end of 2006, he co-narrated The Great Warming with Alanis Morissette, a documentary about climate change mitigation. Next in 2008, Reeves collaborated with director David Ayer on the crime thriller Street Kings.
Towards the end of 2006, he co-narrated The Great Warming with Alanis Morissette, a documentary about climate change mitigation. Next in 2008, Reeves collaborated with director David Ayer on the crime thriller Street Kings.
Over two days, nine of his films were screened for guests. As early as 2008, Reeves and Alex Winter had shown enthusiasm for a third Bill & Ted film, but the project went into development limbo.
At the 2009 Razzie Awards, the film was nominated for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel.
Many critics were unimpressed with the heavy use of special effects; The Telegraph credited Reeves' ability to engage the audience, but thought the cinematography was abysmal and the "sub-Al-Gore environment lecture leaves you light-headed with tedium". Rebecca Miller's The Private Lives of Pippa Lee was Reeves' sole release of 2009, which premiered at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival.
In 2009, Reeves met Alexandra Grant at a dinner party; they went on to collaborate on two books together.
In 2010, he starred in another romantic comedy, Henry's Crime, about a man who is released from prison for a crime he did not commit, but then targets the same bank with his former cellmate.
Stoff said Reeves "is a really private person" and keeps his distance from other people. In 2010, an image of Reeves became an internet meme after photographs of him were published, sitting on a park bench with a sad facial expression.
Reeves' only work in 2011 was an adult picture book titled Ode to Happiness, which he wrote, complemented by Alexandra Grant's illustrations.
Reeves co-produced and appeared in a 2012 documentary, Side by Side.
(2012), an independent drama which was critically panned. In 2013, Reeves starred in his own directorial debut, the martial arts film Man of Tai Chi.
Also in 2013, Reeves played Kai in the 3D fantasy 47 Ronin, a Japanese fable about a group of rogue samurai.
Following a setback, Reeves made a comeback by playing the titular assassin in the John Wick film series, beginning in 2014. In addition to acting, Reeves has directed the film Man of Tai Chi (2013).
47 Ronin was a box office flop and was mostly poorly received. ===2014–present: Resurgence with John Wick=== After this series of commercial failures, Reeves career rebounded in 2014.
In a retrospective interview in 2015, director Coppola said, "[Reeves] tried so hard [...] He wanted to do it perfectly and in trying to do it perfectly it came off as stilted".
His other releases in 2015 were the documentaries Deep Web, about crime on the dark web, and The Last Samurai, about the life of a Japanese actor (Toshiro Mifune) famous for playing samurai characters.
He narrated both films. Reeves appeared in five film releases in 2016.
In 2016, The Hollywood Reporter calculated that Reeves had earned $250 million for The Matrix franchise, making him one of the highest-paid actors.
Reeves also appeared in Swedish Dicks, a two-season web television series. In 2017, Reeves agreed to reprise his role for a sequel in the John Wick franchise, Chapter 2.
It premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, followed by distribution on Netflix in July.
In 2017, Reeves, Jessica Fleischmann, and Alexandra Grant founded book publisher, X Artists' Books (also known as XAB).
2017 also saw Reeves make cameo appearances in the films A Happening of Monumental Proportions and SPF-18. Reeves reunited with Winona Ryder in the 2018 comedy Destination Wedding, about wedding guests who develop a mutual affection for each other.
Reeves was nominated for Favorite Male Movie Star of 2019 in the People's Choice Awards, and the film itself was nominated for Best Contemporary Film in the Art Directors Guild Awards.
Reeves then voiced Duke Caboom in 2019's Toy Story 4, the fourth instalment of Pixar's Toy Story franchise.
In 2019, Reeves travelled to São Paulo to produce a Netflix series, Conquest.
They went public with their relationship in November 2019. Reeves is discreet about his spiritual beliefs, saying that it is something "personal and private".
He said, "Most of the things I’ve come away with from Buddhism have been human—understanding feelings, impermanence, and trying to understand other people and where they’re coming from." When asked on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in 2019 about his views on what happens after death, Reeves replied, "I know that the ones who love us will miss us." ==Business and philanthropy== Reeves supports several charities and causes.
In March 2019, Reeves was flying into Los Angeles when the flight was diverted to Bakersfield, California.
While filming Bill & Ted Face the Music in July 2019, Reeves and other cast members came across a house with a banner reading "You're Breathtaking" and ‘Mini Keanu’, 2 memes that had come out of Reeves' appearance at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2019 for the game Cyberpunk 2077.
Finally in 2020, Bill & Ted Face the Music, the third film in the franchise was released.
In June 2020, he volunteered for Camp Rainbow Gold, an Idaho children's cancer charity.
Reeves appears as Johnny Silverhand in the video game Cyberpunk 2077. ====Upcoming projects==== A fourth Matrix film is set to be released in December 2021 with Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss reprising their roles.
BRZRKR is an upcoming comic written by Reeves which is set for release in 2021. ==Personal life== On December 24, 1999, Reeves' girlfriend, Jennifer Syme, gave birth eight months into her pregnancy to Ava Archer Syme-Reeves, who was stillborn.
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