#Fact1Writes Left-Handed, but Shoots a Gun or Performs Other Actions with His Right Hand. in the Matrix (1999), He Signs for the Package with His Left Hand...
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Writes left-handed, but shoots a gun or performs other actions with his right hand. In The Matrix (1999), he signs for the package with his left hand, but opens the package and holds the phone with his right hand.
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Had a bathtub scene in two films with Rachel Weisz, where she sits in the tub with clothes on and he is outside the tub: Constantine (2005) and Chain Reaction (1996).
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He was the visual inspiration for the original illustrations of superhero Green Lantern/Kyle Rayner (created in 1994). Reeves was 30 years old at the point.
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Is jokingly considered to be immortal due to striking resemblances to Vlad the Impaler and Paul Manet.
Attended press conferences for The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) in Paris, France and Madrid, Spain. [November 2008]
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Los Angeles, California: Announced that he is teaming up with friend Gard Hollinger of L.A. County Choprods to launch the Arch Motorcycle Company. [October 2012]
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Attended the 59th Berlin International Film Festival in Germany. [February 2009]
Was trained for four months in martial arts (kung-fu) for The Matrix (1999) (1998).
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Decided to become an actor at age 15 when he was doing Romeo and Juliet in 10th grade.
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Could have been a professional ice hockey player for the Canadian League, could have tried out for the Windsor Spitfires Ontario Hockey League, but set his heart on acting, leaving hockey as a hobby.
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Was raised in Beirut (since birth until six months), Sydney (until age 3), Upper West Side (Manhattan, New York, until age 6) and in Toronto (until age 21).
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When Reeves first arrived in Hollywood, his agent thought his first name was too exotic, so during the early days of his film career he is sometimes credited as K.C. Reeves, Norman Kreeves or Chuck Spadina.
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Played ice hockey for the California Senior Hockey League (1995).
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(August 4, 2001) Played baseball in the Dodgers Stadium, for the 43rd Hollywood Stars Celebrity Baseball Game. His team won 5 to 4. This was the first time Keanu played baseball.
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Is dyslexic.
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Has named Peter O'Toole as the actor who has influenced him the most.
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Keanu's father, who is an American from Hawaii, has English, Native Hawaiian, Portuguese, Scottish, and Chinese, ancestry, with distant Dutch roots. Keanu's mother is English.
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Close friends with Speed (1994) co-star Sandra Bullock. He also was among the guests at her wedding to Jesse James in 2005.
Joel Schumacher considered him for the role of The Scarecrow (Jonathan Crane) in the fifth Batman movie had Schumacher gone on to direct Batman 5. The failure of Batman & Robin (1997) prevented that from happening.
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Turned down the role of Racer X in Speed Racer (2008), which eventually went to Matthew Fox.
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Has played a former quarterback from the Ohio State University in two films: Point Break (1991) and The Replacements (2000).
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Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#28) (2007).
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Lent one of his basses (a yellow Fender) to be used in the music video, "100%", by Sonic Youth, to bassist Kim Gordon.
His parents married in Hawaii and divorced in 1966. His mother later remarried Paul Aaron (divorced in 1971) and Robert Miller (between 1976 and 1980).
Replaced Val Kilmer as the title role in Johnny Mnemonic (1995) when Kilmer left the project upon being offered the role of Bruce Wayne in Batman Forever (1995). Ironically, Kilmer later replaced Reeves as Chris Siherlis in Heat (1995).
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Auditioned for the Etobicoke School of the Arts in Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; but was rejected.
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Has recently left the band Becky with former Dogstar bandmate Robert Mailhouse, due to scheduling conflicts.
Very good friends with his Bill & Ted co-star, Alex Winter and has remained in contact with him. Keanu has also contributed cameo appearances and helped with a number of Winter's film projects.
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He learned to surf for his role in Point Break (1991)
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His first theater work was with Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, Massachusetts in "The Tempest".
(April 2, 2001) His estranged girlfriend Jennifer Syme was killed when her Jeep Cherokee careered onto the wrong side of a Los Angeles road near Highway 101 and smashed into three parked cars. The force of the crash flipped the car over and she was thrown through the windshield. She was killed instantly.
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In November 1999, the baby girl he was expecting with girlfriend Jennifer Syme was stillborn, just a few weeks shy of the actual delivery date. They had planned to name her Ava Archer Syme-Reeves.
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Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#17). [August 1995]
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His first name, Keanu, is pronounced "keh-ah-noo".
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When trying out for the roles of Bill and Ted in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), each actor was paired up with another. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter were paired up, Reeves trying out for the part of Bill while Winter tried out for the part of Ted. They were cast opposite what they auditioned for.
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Keanu got his abdominal scar from a motorcycle wreck in Topanga Canyon. He was on a "demon ride" (no headlights at night) when he crashed into the side of a mountain. He was hospitalized for a week with broken ribs and a ruptured spleen. When the paramedics came to get him, an emergency medical technician trainee picked up one end of the stretcher... then dropped it by mistake! "It made me laugh, but I couldn't breathe!".
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Was MVP on his high school hockey team, where he was a goalie.
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Hobbies include horseback riding and surfing (both inspired from movie roles).
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Dropped out of high school when he was 17 to become an actor.
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His name means "cool breeze over the mountains" in Hawaiian.
His father was a geologist who served time in prison. He was paroled after serving two years of a ten-year sentence for selling heroin at Hilo Airport in 1992.
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Was manager of a pasta shop in Toronto, Ontario.
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Father left the family when Keanu was very young.
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Was nicknamed "the wall" by high school hockey team De La Salle College "Oaklands".
Named after his uncle Henry Keanu Reeves. "Keanu" is a derivation of Reeves' great-great-uncle Keaweaheulu, whose name means "the soft breeze raising" in Hawaiian.
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Younger sister, Kim Reeves (born in Australia in 1966). Through his mother, he has a half-sister named Karina Miller (born 1976 in Toronto). Through his father, he has a half-sister named Emma Reeves (born 1980 in Hawaii).
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He owns at least two Norton Commando motorcycles whose engines were available in both 750cc and 850cc capacities, the high-compression version being the Combat Commando.
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Loves ballroom dancing.
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Arrested in Los Angeles, California; charged with drunk driving. [May 1993]
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Ranked #23 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
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Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (1995).
Alexander Ross has covered the video game industry for a decade, writing deep dives on game design, esports tournaments, VR developments, and gaming culture.
