Keanu Reeves was born on September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon. His mother is British His father was of American, Hawaiian, Chinese, Portuguese and English descent.
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But finally, he chose to hold Canadian citizenship based on where he grew up and began his acting career.
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His full name is Keanu Charles Reeves, which the word “Keanu” can be translated as “Keanu”. “The cold wind blowing over the mountains” in Hawaiian But the deeper meaning of this word is “The one who appreciates God”
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He comes from a troubled family. His father was arrested when he was 12 for drug trafficking. So his mother moved to Canada and there he had several stepfather.
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Keanu Reeves played hockey so well as a goalkeeper that his friend nicknamed “The Wall, the Wall” and was a team MVP player when he was at high school.
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He had had to transfer 4 high school schools in just 5 years, and one of them was fired.
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In the end, he decided to drop out of school to focus on acting that was more interested. And never received any academic qualifications
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Starting to climb in the advertising industry And most notably, the role of a bicycle man in a 1983 Coca-Cola ad.
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Has gone on to play small roles in many movies and TV series Until he got his birth in earnest in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
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In addition to being an actor, he was a bassist for the band “Dogstar” between 1990 and 2000.
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In 1993, his best friend, River Jude Phoenix (his brother Wakin Phoenix) died of overdose.
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In 1994, the chase action movie Speed was celebrated alongside actress Sandra Bullock.
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But in the next installment, he turned down a huge fee, not taking the lead role to go on tour with his band.
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Keanu Reeves is in a relationship with Jennifer Zheim and she is about to give birth in a few months. But in the end, his daughter died of premature birth.
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And 18 months later, Jennifer died in a car accident. It was when Keanu Reeves was filming The Matrix, her corpse was laid by her beloved daughter.
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The misfortune was not over when his sister Kim Reeves suffered from leukemia. He has not taken care of her for the past 10 years and has donated huge sums to hospitals that treat the disease.
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Gave the Matrix team a staggering $ 80 million of the total revenue of $ 114 million.
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And also bought a Harley Davidson motorcycle for a different team of The Matrix stuntmen for the reason that “They are good people”
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He explains that money is the last thing he thinks of in life. The money he had could support his life for the next few hundred years. So he chose to share with others instead of keeping it alone.
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Today, although he is worth over $ 100 million in acting, he lives as simple as he can, not holding himself. Have hospitable everyone on set
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He has no bodyguards. Often choose to travel anywhere by subway. Stand up for a woman to sit while in a bus Take a walk down the streets to soak up the slow pace of life. And stopped talking to the homeless along the way
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Become a real martial arts expert Because before filming The Matrix, he had to learn as many as 200 martial arts fields, where he had to shoot for the role of John Wick again.
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With the liking of vintage motorcycles He and a close friend formed a motorcycle company “Arch Motorcycle Company”.
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Many fans have noted why he never gets old, and there is a hilarious theory that Keanu Reeves might be a vampire.
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When filming Speed, Sandra Bullock secretly crushed him during the filming of Speed, with his handsome appearance making her almost unable to concentrate.
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On the Ellen Show talk show, Keanu Reeves confessed in front of everyone that Bullock was also the woman he had secretly liked. “I had a crush on her too. But you don’t know. “
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Unfortunately, the two of them never dated, but Sandra Bullock found it good. Because they have made them both friends until today
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Keanu Reeves never touched the woman asking for a photo. In which he would only act as if he was a far away hug
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Initially, the John Wick film was titled Scorn, but because of its whereabouts, Keanu Reeves always liked to say that he was in the movie John Wick, so the director changed the title to John Wick after the title. The character is broken.
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Keanu Reeves is currently in a relationship with actress Alexandra Grant, who had been a close friend and colleague for years before finally developing a relationship.
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September 2 Happy Birthday Keanu Reeves turns 56
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