Born in September 2, 1964, Keanu Charles Reeves is a Canadian actor, producer, director and musician.
He gained fame by playing in blockbuster films like Point Break in 1991, The Devil`s Advocate in 1997, The Matrix Trilogy in 1999-2003, Constantine in 2005 and a couple of others.
But lets talk about his early life. He was born in Beirut. His father is Samuel Nowlin Reeves and his mother is Patricia Taylor, a costume designer and performer. As a child he was surrounded by Chinese cuisine, furniture and art because of his grandmother . Samuel abandoned Patricia and Reeves when he was 3 years old, but Keanu knew him until he was 6. They met for the last time on the island of Kauai when he was 13. As a child he moved out frequently and lived with various stepfathers. Reeves started working at 15 years old as a production assistant on Aaron`s films.
But what about his career? Well he started his acting career at the age of 9 years old in a theatre production of Damn Yankees. He played in Romeo and Juliet at 15 years old as Mercutio. At 17 he dropped out of highschool. Youngblood(1986) was his first studio apperance movie in witch he played a Quebecois goalie.
In 1999 he had the leading role in the movie The Matrix witch was a box office success with great revews followed by the other 2 movies from the same franchise in 2003. Another movie success is John Wick and in 2019 coming with chapter 3 of the story and probably the last.
These are some details about the life and acting career of Keanu Charles Reeves.