Keanu Reeves: Wiki, Biography, Personal Life, Age, Career, Net Worth and more

Introduction:

Keanu Reeves is a popular Canadian actor and even well-known as an American actor. He is popularly known as Keanu Reeves. He is popular all over the world for his mesmerising acting skills. He came into the spotlight after he acted in the character of Ted ‘Theodore’ Logan in the film “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” in 1989.

Currently in the year 2023, the new chapter of “John Wick: Chapter 4” has been into the spotlight from 24^th March, 2023. It is released both in theatres and OTT Platforms. It is in news that in the year 2024, he will be seen in the movie “Ballerina”. It is an American thriller movie. 

Keanu Reeves Biography:

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Keanu Reeves was born on 2^nd September, 1964. According to the year 2023, the age of Keanu Reeves is 59 years old. He was nourished and brought up in Beirut which is the capital city of the Middle Eastern country of Lebanon. His family shifted to New York. He is also given a nickname by his fans and followers as “The Nicest Guy”.

He is loved by all for his generous acting skills and personality. He has also gifted the Rolex watch to his stunt crew for the John Wick: Chapter 4. He has even given Harley Davidson bikes to the crew of The Matrix: Reloaded. He has also been praised for taking his coworkers and friends to a paid premiere trip for the movie Matrix. 

Keanu Reeves Personal Life:

The father of Keanu, Sameul Nowlin Reeves Jr. was from Hawaii, China. He has a mixed ethnicity of Native Hawaiian, Irish, English and Portuguese descent. He is a businessman by profession. The mother of Keanu, Patricia Tylor was from Essex, England. She is a costume designer by profession. When Keanu was 3 years old, his father left them.

His mother with Keanu moved to Australia MD. After that they went to New York. In 1970, his mother got married to Paul Aaron and the very next year 1971, the couple got divorced. Subsequently, his mother married two more times to the persons named Robert Miller and Jack Bond. Keanu has three sisters namely Kim Reeves, Emma Reeves and Karina Miller. Keanu and his sisters were taken care of by the nannies. 

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Keanu Reeves Wiki:

Keanu Reeves Early Life: 

Keanu has the nationality of Canada, America and British. His grandmother had the ethnicity of China because of which he grew up and is familiar with the Chinese art, cuisines and furniture. He even watches British comedy shows including The Two Ronnies.

His mother educated him with American culture and manners. He maintains this discipline in his adulthood. When he was at the age of 9, he was a part of the theatre production of Damn Yankees. He was close to Paul Aaron. He even recommended Keanu with job offers including a job at the Hedgerow Theatre in Pennsylvania.

Keanu Reeves Education:

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Keanu started with his school academics from Etobicoke School of Arts. He was expelled from the school. The reason why he was expelled was later made clear by Keanu. He said that he was not a well-oiled machine in the school. He also added that he was a quite rambunctious student and very often he used to shout off his mouth.

He has dyslexia and added that he had trouble in book reading and wasn’t a good student. He then joined Avondale Secondary Alternative School but he dropped his high school education. For his college academics, he joined De La Salle College where he played as an ice hockey goalkeeper. He had a dream of playing for the Canadian Olympics but later he decided to become an actor. 

Keanu Reeves Physical Appearance: 

Keanu Reeves has an attractive personality. He is a hot and dashing person. The height of Keanu is 5 feet and 10 inches. The body weight of Keanu is around 72 kg. He has an impressive body measurement. 

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Keanu Reeves Relationship Status:

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Keanu Reeves is currently dating Alexandra Grant. She is an American visual artist. She examines languages and texts through the paintings, sculptures, videos and other mediums. He was in a couple of relationships previously. He was in a relationship with model China Chow and film maker Brenda Davis.

He and his first girlfriend Jennifer Syme had their first child in 1999 but the child was stillborn. Jennifer died in a car accident in the year 2001. Keanu was scheduled to shoot for the movie The Matrix at this moment. Currently he is unmarried and in a relationship with Alexandra Grant. 

Keanu Reeves Controversies:

Keanu was once caught in an unethical behaviour. It was during the COVID-19 situation where he was found partying. He was caught attending the wrap party of the movie The Matrix. 

Keanu Reeves On Social Media:

There isn’t any information about Keanu’s social media accounts. There are mostly fan pages with followers of more than 200k followers. They are not maintained by Keanu Reeves. 

Keanu Reeves Career: 

Career as an Actor: 

Keanu Reeves started his career in acting from the age of 9. He did television shows and commercial advertisements. He first debuted in the movie Youngblood in 1986. In this movie he played the role of Quebecois goalie. After the movie was into theatres and cinema halls, he moved to Los Angeles to meet with Erwin Stoff.

Erwin Stoff was convinced to be the manager of Keanu by his father. Erwin Stoff remained the manager of Keanu for a couple of years. He had even co-produced a lot of films with Keanu. 

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After doing many minor roles, he did a substantial part in the 1986 drama film. The drama was River’s Edge which was directed by Tim Hunter. After the success of this film, in late 1980s he appeared in a number of films which were aimed at the teenage audience. The films included Permanent Record (1988) and Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. It was a great success in 1989. In the year 1991, another sequel Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey was released.

Though these films were great successes. The film was stereotyped which showed stories related to a troubled teen. To get relief from such movies, he did another movie My Own Private Idaho (1991) which co-starred River Phoenix. The same year, he starred in the super mega hit film Point Break, which won him the MTV award. In the following years, he showed his amazing skills by appearing in a horror movie Bram Stoker’s Dracula in which he portrayed the character of an unlucky lawyer.

Keeve’s fame hit the roof when he starred in the critically acclaimed movie Speed (1994) alongside Academy Award winning actress Sandra Bullock. The film surfaced to be a huge marketable megahit and Reeves-Bullock on- screen chemistry was appreciated by both the critics and the people throughout the world.

The film also won the MTV Movie Award for Stylish On-Screen Duo. Indeed, after the huge success of Speed, he was veritably choosy about the script and the characters he wanted to portray and thus he indeed refused to star in the effect of the film named Speed 2: Cruise Control.

The Devil’s Advocate in 1997, an American mystery and thriller gave him a major fillip in his career. The film co-starring Al Pacino and Charlize Theron performed veritably well at the box- office and numerous film critics appreciated Keanu for his amazing acting skills. After two years, the actor appeared in one of the most successful pictures of his career, the super megahit The Matrix, a sci- fi, which was directed by The Wachowski Sisters.

After the film, he won the MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance and the Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor in an Action/ Science Fiction Film. The movie was a great success and Reeves reprised the part of Neo in its continuous sequels, The Matrix: Reloaded (2003) and The Matrix Revolutions (2003). Both the movies are blockbusters. 

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In 2015, director Eli Roth cast Keanu Reeves alongside Guillermo Amoedo and Nicolas Lopez in the American erogenous suspense Knock Knock, which was the remake of the 1977 film Death Game directed by Peter Traynor. Although the film entered substantially negative reviews from the critics, it fared well at the box office, grossing further than 5 million USD.

Reeves had quite a busy time in 2016 as he starred in five flicks including Keanu, an American action-comedy film where he advanced his voice to the character name Keanu. His 2017 release includes John Wick Chapter 2, which is the effect to the 2014 film of the same name and clones, a wisdom fabrication suspenser directed by Jeffrey Nachman off and co-starring Alice Eve, Thomas Middleditch. Some of his movies include: 

• Happening of Monumental Proportions (2017)
• Siberia (2018)
• Destination marriage (2018)
• Replicas (2018)
• John Wick Chapter 3- Parabellum (2019)
• Always Be My Maybe (2019)
• Bill & Ted Face, the Music (2020)
• The Matrix 4 (2021)
• John Wick Chapter 4 (2023)

Career as a Producer:

In his outstanding career, Keanu has also been a successful producer of several movies. He started with his career as a producer by making his first debut production with Henry for Crime in 2010.After two years, he produced one of the documentary movies named as Side by Side.

The movie investigates the history and workflow of the digital and photochemical film creation and what the filmmakers have been suitable to achieve with both film and the ultra-modern digital technologies. He has also produced other movies such as John Wick, where he served as the Executive Producer.  

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Keanu Reeves Television Career:

Keanu started his acting career with a theatre production of Damn Yankees. At age of 15 he played the role of Mercutio in a stage production of Romeo and Juliet. It was at the Leah Posluns Theatre. He made his television screen acting debut in one of the episodes of Hangin In. It was a Canadian sitcom which was aired on CBC. 

Following his demoiselle television appearance, Keanu starred in several other television series such as:

• Night Heat (1985)
• The Disney Sunday Movie (1986)
• American Playhouse (1989)
• Swedish Dicks (2016) 

He acted substantially in one or two episodes. Other than television episodes, he has also done many television movies which includes: 

• Letting Go (1985)
• Babes in Toyland (1986)
• Brotherhood of Justice (1986)
• Some of the movies of Keanu Reeves are: 
• The Matrix
• The Lake House
• John Wick
• A Walk in the Clouds
• The Devil’s Advocate
• Constantine 
• The Replacements 
• Dracula 
• Ronin
• Dangerous Liaisons 
• My Own Private Idaho 

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Keanu Reeves Net Worth:

The net worth of Keanu Reeves is $ 380 million. He earns his income as a performer, actor, comedian, producer, writer. He has worked for more than twenty-five years and is a well-recognized personality in the Hollywood Film Industry.