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Born: September 2, 1964
Hometown: Beirut, Lebanon
Real Name: Keanu Charles Reeves
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BIO & CREDITS:
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Keanu Reeves is one of Hollywood’s most sought after and busiest leading men. He was seen in the 2003 hit sequels The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, directed by the Wachowski brothers, reprising his iconic role as Neo from The Matrix.
His long list of credits include Hardball, The Gift, Sweet November, The Replacements, A Walk in the Clouds; the hit thriller The Devil’s Advocate, opposite Al Pacino and Charlize Theron, Bernardo Bertolucci’s Little Buddha, Much Ado About Nothing opposite Denzel Washington, Emma Thompson and Michael Keaton and the box office blockbuster Speed. Reeves was also seen in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, My Own Private Idaho, the action-adventure Point Break, the very popular Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure and its sequel, Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey.
Raised in Toronto, Reeves performed in various local theatre productions and on television before relocating to Los Angeles. His first widely acclaimed role was in Tim Hunter’s River’s Edge. He then starred in Marisa Silver’s Permanent Record and opposite Amy Madigan and Fred Ward in The Prince of Pennsylvania. Yet another turn came when the actor was cast as the innocent Danceny in Stephen Frears’ Dangerous Liaisons alongside Glenn Close, John Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer. That same year he was part of the ensemble cast in Ron Howard’s comedy Parenthood and Lawrence Kasdan’s I Love You to Death. Audiences saw Reeves for the first time as the romantic lead opposite Barbara Hershey in Jon Amiel’s Tune in Tomorrow, also starring Peter Falk.