About

About Keanu ^_^

Name: Keanu Reeves (say it Key-ah-new). Hawaiian for ‘Cool breeze over the mountains’. In Honolulu there is also a street called ‘Keanu Street’.
Born as: Keanu Charles Reeves. It has been reported that he is named after his great, great-uncle.
Nick Name: The Wall – in response to his amazing performance on the school hockey field.
Also known as: ‘Chuck Spidena’ and ‘K.C. Reeves’.
Birth Date: September 2, 1964.
Birth Place: Beirut, Lebanon. In a time when Beirut was more known for the beautiful beaches then for the bombs.
Birth Sign: Sun in Virgo, moon in Leo.
Height: 6’1″. (1,85m)
Weight: About 175 lbs. (79,5kg)
Color Eyes: Hazel brown.
Left-handed: Keanu is left-handed, although he plays the bass right-handed.
Married: No.
Marital status: Single.

Background

• Education: Keanu attended Jesse Ketchum Public School in Toronto from kindergarten through the eighth grade, and attended several high schools (including De La Salle College; Toronto High School for the Performing Arts and Hedgerow Theatre) before dropping out completely at age 17.
• Lives: All over the place, mostly below the famous Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, California. He lives in hotels. May 2003 Keanu bought his first permanent home in the Hollywood Hills built in the 1980s as an art collector’s residence.
• Scars: Keanu got his abdominal scar from a motorcycle wreck in Topanga Canyon. He was on a “demon ride” (no headlights at night) when he crashed into the side of a mountain. He was hospitalized for a week with broken ribs and a ruptured spleen. When the paramedics came to get him, an emergency medical technician trainee picked up one end of the stretcher … then dropped it by mistake! “It made me laugh, but I couldn’t breathe!”
• Name: In Hawaiian, “ke” means “the” and “anu” means “cool or coolness”; hence “the coolness” or (very) interpretively, “the cool breeze over the mountain.”

Jobs

• Previous jobs: Skate sharpener, pasta chef (shop in Toronto) and tree cutter.
• First acting job: Dancing in a Coca Cola advert.
• Current jobs: Actor.

Favorites hobbies

Playing hockey. Keanu was MVP on his high school hockey team.
Loves ballroom dancing.
Riding his 2 Norton Motorcycles: a 1974 Combat Commando 850 and a 1972 Commando 750, although he collided with a mountain once. This resulted into a prominent scar that runs from his chest to his navel. It has been reported that he also owns a Moto Guzzi and a dirt bike. He recently bought a shiny black porsche breaking local speed limits.
He also loves to play bass guitar in his own band Dogstar. The other two band members are Rob Mailhouse (drums), and Bret Domrose (guitar, vocals). In 2003 Keanu and Rob also joined the band Becky.
More hobbies include horseback riding and surfing both inspired by his own movie roles.

Fashion

The “I haven’t brushed my hair for a year” look.

Music

• Favorite bands: John Coltrane, The Ramones, The Exploited, Joy Division, Clash, Fugazi, Sonic Youth, Lync and Robert Johnson. Mentioned in interviews are also The Butthole Surfers, The Pixies, The Velvet Underground, Wire, Sham 69, Discharge, Agent Orange, Big Black and Husker Du.
• Favorite albums of his youth (pre 16): Beatles “Abbey Road”; Vivaldi “Four Seasons”; Stevie Wonder “Innervisions”; Otis Redding “Greatest Hits”.
• Favorite concert: The Ramones at the “Salty Dog” in Buffalo, New York in 1987. “I drove with friends in my first car from Toronto, Canada to the venue.”

Literature

Favorit literature: Especially Shakespeare, but also Thomas Mann, Dostoevsky, Oriana Fallaci, Arthur Rimbaud, Stephen Hawking, Denis Diderot, William Gibson, Philip K. d**k, Stanislavsky and Jack Kerouac.

Food & Drinks

Coke, beer, burgers… anything in fact!
According to a Japanese report Keanu told in an 2003 interview when he was in Japan promoting “The Matrix Reloaded” that he likes eating Ramen. “I already went to a noodle restaurant two times in four days.” Keanu said. “It’s fantastic! I ate spicy Tonkotsu Ramen and Sho-yu Ramen.” More about Ramen at worldramen.net.

Places

June 27th 2003 Keanu visited Kyoto. “Kyoto is so beautiful and mysterious. I want to visit there again to find out what makes mysterious Kyoto,” Keanu said.

Fears

In both Seventeen and People magazine he has been quoted as saying that he is afraid of the dark

Curiosities

- Chosen by “People” magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. [1995]
- Ranked #23 in Empire (UK) magazine’s “The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time” list. [October 1997]
- Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#17). [1995]
- Arrested in Los Angeles; charged with drunk driving. [May 1993]
- Has appeared in 3 movies whose title contains a US state: Feeling Minnesota (1996), My Own Private Idaho (1991), and The Prince of Pennsylvania (198 cool .
- Deferred part of his salary on The Replacements (2000) so Gene Hackman could be cast.
- Was originally offered the role of Pvt. Chris Taylor in Platoon (1986). Keanu turned it down and the role went to Charlie Sheen.
- Was originally cast as Chris Shiherlis in Heat (1995) but later backed out of the project, and the part went to Val Kilmer.
- Replaced Val Kilmer as “Johnny Mnemonic” in Johnny Mnemonic (1995) when Kilmer left the project upon being offered the role of “Batman” in Batman Forever (1995). Ironically, Kilmer later replaced Reeves as “Chris Siherlis” in Heat (1995).
- Read the script of Constantine (2005) while filming The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
- He learned to surf for his role in Point Break (1991)
- Is very good friends with his Bill & Ted co-star, Alex Winter and has remained in contact with him. Keanu has also contributed cameo appearances and helped with a number of Winter’s film projects.
- He is physically unable to pull facial expressions and has a special team of Stunt Doubles to act out his every Expression.
- He has given a gift of several million dollars of his back-end deal for The Matrix and its sequels to a group of 29 technical personnel such as special-effects and costume-design workers for their work.
- Reeves supported the Wachowski brothers signing away $38 million (his cut of the films’ ticket sales) to cover the expenses for the special effects in The Matrix sequels so that the movies could be finished.
- After filming The Matrix Reloaded Reeves had a dozen Harleys delivered to the set as a gift for his stunt men.
- According to an ETonline survey in 2006, he is in “Top Ten of America’s Favorite Stars”.
- He has a tendency to re-team with actresses after a number of years:
- Charlize Theron in The Devil’s Advocate and Sweet November
- Uma Thurman in Dangerous Liaisons and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
- Winona Ryder in Bram Stoker’s Dracula and A Scanner Darkly and The Secret Lives of Pippa Lee)
- Sandra Bullock in Speed and The Lake House
- Rachel Weisz in Chain Reaction and Constantine
- Monica Bellucci in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions
- Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, and The Matrix Revolutions
- Tilda Swinton in Constantine and Thumbsucker