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Few film stars, and very few who earn $15 million per
movie, have suffered as many critical batterings as
Keanu Reeves. They've usually been fierce, too, contending
that Reeves is so wooden, so expressionless that he
must rank amongst the worst actors in Hollywood. It
seems so unfair. After all, he first broke through playing
a succession of alienated teenagers, culminating with
the arch dumbo Ted "Theodore" Logan in Bill
And Ted's Excellent Adventure. You have to think that
the opinions of Reeves' critics are based more on his
characters than his performances. They think he's some
blockheaded Valley Boy who struck gold - in fact, he's
not even American.
Add to this the rest of his CV. Reeves
has worked with many of cinema's finest directors -
Bertolucci, Coppola, Kenneth Branagh, Gus Van Sant,
Lawrence Kasdan, Ron Howard, Stephen Frears, not to
mention action greats like Kathryn Bigelow, Andrew Davis
and Jan De Bont. He's acted alongside Al Pacino, Cate
Blanchett, Gene Hackman, Denzel Washington, Anthony
Hopkins, William Hurt, John Malkovich, Glenn Close,
Dianne Wiest. If he was as bad as some say, how could
he ever have built up a list like this? And if your
answer to that question is "Well, he's good-looking,
isn't he?" you clearly haven't been watching his
progress. The guy works hard, he's taken risks right
from the start, and he's delivered some startling performances
along the way. Read on, and judge for yourself.
He was born Keanu Charles Reeves on
the 2nd of September, 1964, in Beirut. His father Samuel
Nowlin Reeves, a part-Chinese part-Hawaiian geologist
had married English showgirl Patricia Taylor there,
the couple having met after he'd seen her performing
at a nightclub. His name, Keanu, is Hawaiian for "cool
breeze over the mountains". Well, literally-speaking
it means "the coolness", but the fancy extension
is forgivable. We all need a little more poetry in our
lives, don't we?
His parents' marriage would not last
for long. Within a couple of years of Keanu's birth,
they'd moved to Australia, had a daughter (Kim) and
divorced. Samuel would return to Hawaii, while Patricia
would take the kids to New York. Here she would meet
and marry the stage and film director Paul Aaron (he'd
later direct Chuck Norris in Force Of One and Glenn
Close in Maxie), who'd shift the family to Toronto,
where they'd all take Canadian citizenship. Sadly, this
marriage wouldn't last either, with Patricia later marrying
rock promoter Robert Miller, who'd give Keanu a half-sister,
Karina. He'd also help Patricia into a new career as
a costume designer for pop stars such as David Bowie
and Dolly Parton. Later still would come fourth husband
Jack Bond, owner of a hair salon, though she'd divorce
him, too, in 1994.
Growing up in the bohemian section
of Toronto, Keanu spent the years between kindergarten
and 8th Grade at Jesse Ketchum Public School. After
that, things became a little more complicated. Not keen
on academic pursuits, he much preferred sports to lessons,
particularly ice hockey. Excelling as goalkeeper, he
became known as "The Wall" and would be voted
his school's MVP. His various stepfathers would make
his upbringing more interesting than the norm - the
young Keanu would attend Jewish summer camp and wrestle
with Alice Cooper.
There'd also be Drama. As said, Keanu
was not a happy bunny in class. Teachers would recall
him forever forgetting his books or homework. When called
up on it, he'd just smile and go fetch them. Indeed
later, with his usual self-deprecation, he'd jokingly
comment "I'm a meat-head man. You've got smart
people and you've got dumb people. I just happen to
be dumb". Instead, he found true pleasure in the
adrenaline of live performance. By 14, he'd already
decided on a theatrical career, and began to seek work
in adverts and shows on Canadian TV. In 1979, he made
his professional acting debut in Hanging In, a comedy
set in a youth counselling centre. He played a tough
street kid, his first line on screen being "Hey,
lady, can I use the shower?"
By the next year he'd also scored a
high-profile part dancing in a Coke ad. The company
would employ him again in 1983 when he played a youngster
whose disappointment at losing a bike race is tempered
when his beloved father hands him a Coke. There'd also
be an appearance on behalf of Kellogg's. Laying out
a long breakfast table, Keanu would set out boxes of
corn flakes then, overcome by temptation, would pour
himself a bowl and eat them with near-orgasmic delight.
This would be his first major paycheque. >>>>>
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KEANU REEVES FILMOGRAPHY
• A Scanner Darkly (2005)
• Bill & Ted's Most Excellent Collection (2005)
• Constantine (2005)
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines/Matrix Reloaded
(2005)
• The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
• The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
• Something's Gotta Give (2003)
• Hardball (2001)
• Sweet November (2001)
• The Gift (2000)
• The Replacements (2000)
• The Watcher (2000)
• The Matrix (1999)
• Devil's Advocate (1997)
• The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997)
• Chain Reaction (1996)
• Feeling Minnesota (1996)
• Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
• A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
• Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994)
• Little Buddha (1994)
• Speed (1994)
• Freaked (1993)
• Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
• Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
• My Own Private Idaho (1992)
• Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
• Point Break (1991)
• I Love You to Death (1990)
• Tune in Tomorrow (1990)
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
• Parenthood (1989)
• Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
• Permanent Record l (1988)
• The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988)
• The Night Before (1987)
• Babes in Toyland (1986)
• The Brotherhood of Justice (1986)
• River's Edge (1986)
• Dream to Believe (1985)
• Life Under Water
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