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Keanu Reeves
2 September 1964
Beirut, Lebanon
Hovedroller i kassesucceser som 'Speed' (1994) og 'The Matrix' (1999) har gjort Keanu Charles Reeves til en af nyere films helt store actionstjerner.
Selvom han har optrådt i så forskellige film som 'Youngbloods' (1986) og 'Farlige forbindelser' (1988) fik han først sit egentlige gennembrud i ungdomskomedien 'Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure' i (1989).
Keanu Reeves har spillet mange forskellige typer af roller. Lige fra ungt hashhoved over første elsker i Kenneth Brannagh s Shakespeare-komedie 'Stor ståhej for ingenting' (1993) til skurkeroller i 'The Gift' (2000) og 'The Watcher' (2000).
Selvom Keanu er blevet stærkt kritiseret for at være såvel talentløs som smådum, har han formået at vælge sin roller med en omhu, der efterhånden har rykket ham op i Hollywoods superliga. Med en mave som et vaskebræt og stærkt markerede kindben er Keanu Reeves med tiden blevet en af nyere tids største sexsymboler.
Keanu betyder 'kølig brise over bjergene' på hawaiiansk. I high school var hans store interesse ishockey. Han spillede som målmand hvilket gav ham øgenavnet 'The Wall'. Til hverdag pudser Keanu sin motorcykel og spiller bas i rockbandet Dogstar.
Reeves er søn af en engelsk showgirl og en kinesisk/hawaiiansk geolog.
Stompanato (2007) .... Johnny Stompanato
The Night Watchman (2006)
Mare, Il (2006) (efter-produktion) .... Alex Burnham
The 8th Voyage of Sinbad
.... (2006) Sinbad
Scanner Darkly, A (2005) .... Fred/Bob Arctor
Thumbsucker (2004) .... Dr. Perry Lyman
Constantine .... John Constantine
Matrix Revolutions, The
(2003) .... Thomas A. Anderson/Neo
Matrix Reloaded, The (2003) .... Thomas
A. Anderson/Neo
Matrix Revisited, The (2001) (V) .... Himself/Neo
Hard Ball (2001) .... Conor O'Neill
Sweet November (2001) .... Nelson Moss
Gift, The (2000) .... Donnie Barksdale
Watcher, The (2000) .... David Allen Griffin
Replacements, The (2000) .... Shane Falco
Matrix, The (1999) .... Thomas A. Anderson/Neo
Me and Will (1998) .... Dogstar
Devil's Advocate, The (1997) .... Kevin Lomax
Last Time I Committed Suicide, The (1997) .... Harry
Feeling Minnesota (1996) .... Jjaks Clayton
Chain Reaction (1996) .... Eddie Kasalivich
Walk in the Clouds, A (1995) .... Paul Sutton
Johnny Mnemonic (1995) .... Johnny Mnemonic
Speed (1994) .... Officer Jack Traven
Little Buddha (1993) .... Siddhartha
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993) .... Julian Gitche
Freaked (1993) (uncredited) .... Ortiz the Dog Boy
Much Ado About Nothing (1993) .... Don John
Dracula (1992) .... Jonathan Harker
Captivated '92: The Video Collection (1991) (V) .... Jim
Providence (1991) .... Eric
My Own Private Idaho (1991) .... Scott Favor
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) .... Ted 'Theodore' Logan/Evil Ted
Point Break (1991) .... FBI Agent Johnny 'John' Utah
Tune in Tomorrow... (1990) .... Martin Loader
I Love You to Death (1990) .... Marlon James
Life Under Water (1989) (TV) .... Kip
Parenthood (1989) .... Tod Hawkes
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) .... Ted 'Theodore' Logan
Dangerous Liaisons (1988) .... Chevalier Danceny
Prince of Pennsylvania, The (1988) .... Rupert Marshetta
Permanent Record (1988) .... Chris Townsend
Night Before, The (1988) .... Winston Connelly
Brotherhood of Justice (1986) (TV) .... Derek
Flying (1986) .... Tommy
Babes in Toyland (1986) (TV) .... Jack/Jack-be-Nimble
Under the Influence (1986) (TV) .... Eddie Talbot
River's Edge (1986) .... Matt
Young Again (1986) (TV) .... Michael Riley (17)
Act of Vengeance (1986) (TV) .... Buddy Martin
Youngblood (1986) .... Heaver
One Step Away (1985)
Letting Go (1985) (TV) .... Client
Engelsk :
One of the most inscrutable actors to ever hit it big, Keanu Reeves has been by turns adored, reviled, and grudgingly respected by the movie-going public. As the controversy over his talent rages on, his career choices and paychecks show him inching toward A-list status.
Reeves, whose first name means "cool breeze over the mountains" in Hawaiian, was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1964. His mother, Patricia, was a showgirl; his father, Samuel Nowlin Reeves, a geologist. After their marriage dissolved, Keanu moved with his mother and younger sister Kim to New York City, then Toronto. Stepfather #1 was Paul Aaron, a stage and film director--he and Patricia divorced within a year, after which she went on to marry (and divorce) rock promoter Robert Miller and hair salon owner Jack Bond. Reeves never reconnected with his biological father, who is now in prison on charges of cocaine possession.
In high school, Reeves was lukewarm toward academics but took a keen interest in ice hockey (as team goalie, he earned the nickname "The Wall") and drama. He eventually dropped out of school to pursue an acting career. After a few stage gigs and a handful of made-for-TV movies, he scored a supporting role in the 'Rob Lowe' hockey flick Youngblood (1986), which was filmed in Canada. Shortly after the production wrapped, Reeves packed his bags and headed for Hollywood. Reeves popped up on critics' radar with his performance in the dark adolescent drama River's Edge (1986), but his first popular success was the role of totally rad dude Ted Logan in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989). The wacky time-travel movie became something of a cultural phenomenon, and audiences would forever confuse Reeves's real-life persona with that of his doofy on-screen counterpart.
Over the next few years, Reeves tried to shake the Ted stigma with a series of highbrow projects. He played a slumming rich boy opposite River Phoenix's narcoleptic male hustler in My Own Private Idaho (1991), an unlucky lawyer who stumbles into the vampire's lair in Dracula (1992), and Shakespearean party-pooper Don Jon in Much Ado About Nothing (1993). In 1994, the understated actor became a big-budget action star with the release of Speed (1994). Its success heralded an era of five years in which Reeves would alternate between largely unwatched small films, like Feeling Minnesota (1996) and Last Time I Committed Suicide, The (1997), and unwatched big films like Johnny Mnemonic (1995) and Chain Reaction (1996). After all this Reeves did the unthinkable and passed on the Speed sequel, but he struck box-office gold again a few years later with the Wachowski brothers' cyberadventure _The Matrix (1999)_ .
Despite his deadpan delivery style and reputation as an oaf, Reeves continues to reel in choice roles and fat paychecks. Whatever he knows, he's not telling the public--his self-deprecating interview tactics and mysterious private life provide little insight into his artistry. As far as Reeves is concerned, it seems, he's just a regular guy who rides a motorcycle, plays in a band (Dogstar), and shows up every now and then for a movie shoot.
