keanu reeves

     

Keanu Charles Reeves (pronounce /kiːˈɑːnuː/; born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian-American actor. He is well known for playing Neo in the action film trilogy The Matrix and Ted Logan in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey. Other notable roles include starring as Scott Favor in the drama My Own Private Idaho opposite River Phoenix; as Johnny Mnemonic in the sci-fi film Johnny Mnemonic opposite Dolph Lundgren; as Kevin Lomax in the supernatural thriller The Devil's Advocate opposite Al Pacino; the chevalier Danceny in Dangerous Liaisons; and starring roles in Speed and Constantine. He played bass guitar in the grunge band Dogstar during the 1990s, and more recently in the band Becky. In an ETonline survey in 2006, he was included in the "Top Ten of America's Favorite Stars". On January 31, 2005, Reeves received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Trivia about keanu reeves

  • When Johnny Depp didn't feel the need for "Speed", the movie, this actor got the starring role
  • 8 years before "Speed", he co-starred with Drew Barrymore in a musical remake of "Babes in Toyland"
  • Fans from around the world sped to Winnipeg to see this "Speed" star play Hamlet there in 1995
  • This "Speed" star was born in Beirut, Lebanon to an English mother & a Chinese-Hawaiian father
  • Before "The Matrix" he debuted as a goalie in the hockey film "Youngblood"
  • Asked to join a couple in a restaurant, this "Bill & Ted" star declined with a polite "No thanks. I'm thinking"
  • (Alex reads from the cockpit of a race car at the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race in Long Beach, CA.) I'm not praying--I'm just psyching myself up for this Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race because I'm gonna face a field that includes this movie star who played the lead... the lead in "Speed"
  • "Johnny Mnemonic"(1995)
  • In "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure", this actor asks, "Want a Twinkie, Genghis Khan?"
  • '"Dudes! So, as Neo, if I die in 'The Matrix
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