Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves was born September 2, 1964 in Beirut (Lebanon). His mother - Patricia - was British, and worked as a stripper, and her father - Samuel Nounin Reeves (half-Hawaiian and half Chinese), a geologist (and not only) and this family had to travel a lot. A year after the wedding the couple moved to Australia where they had a little girl - Kim. Another sister Keanu was born in 1976

. When the boy was 13 years old, his parents divorced and his mother, deciding to take the education of their children alone, she moved to New York, and since his father did not see Keanu, and besides, he was put in a few years for drug trafficking.

. But Keanu has seen a lot of their lives every possible step -
. First, Patricia was married to film director Paul Aaron, and the family moved to Canada, then a year later changed it to a rock producer Robert Miller, then his place was taken by a certain Jack Bond:

. In 17 years, Keanu dropped out of school and began to work, while exercising in acting classes
. Reeves managed to change a lot of different jobs, before starting to receive their first role on TV. Then Keanu managed to get to the big screen, where he was finally noticed after painting "The incredible adventure Bill and Ted" / Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, 1989 /, where he played a carefree boy. This image could be a long time to gain a foothold for Reeves, but he hastened to break the prevailing perceptions about it, starring in Dangerous Liaisons "/ Dangerous Liaisons, 1988 /" Point Break "/ Point Break, 1991 / and some other pictures. Especially worth mentioning the tape of Gus Van Sant's "My Wish [state] of Idaho" / My Own Private Idaho, 1991 / and "Bram Stoker's Dracula" / Bram Stoker's Dracula, 1992 /, which contributed to the approval of Keanu reputation as a serious actor.

However, worldwide fame and popularity came to an actor, after he starred with Sandra Bullock in the action movie "Speed" / Speed, 1994 / (more precisely - Action film). A year later, followed by failures in the American hire a fantastic band "Johnny Mnemonic" / Johny Mnemonic, 1995 /. Then there were pictures of "Feeling Minnesota" / Feeling Minnesota, 1996 / "The Devil's Advocate" / Devil's Advocate, 1997 / and some others.

. And finally, in 1999, after the phenomenal success of "The Matrix" / The Matrix, 1999 / Reeves have ranked among the "religious" actors, and his army of fans around the world increased by hundreds or even thousands of times
. And they are eagerly awaiting the release of the second and third parts of "The Matrix", which are expected in 2001 and 2003.
Meanwhile, Keanu continued to play in his group "Dog Star" and removed the other tapes. On the actor's personal life, little is known, go as soon as rumors of homosexual orientation, Keanu, but he was even lazy to refute such claims: it at all, in my opinion, there is little interested in what people wrote the yellow press or the public thinks: