Keanu Reeves: personal life. Keanu Reeves: Filmography and Best Actors

A handsome and gallant man, a talented actor, a mysterious person, a dream of all women - all this to Keanu Reeves. The personal life of the movie star, unfortunately, is not the best way. Keanu will soon exchange fifty kopecks, but he still does not have a beloved wife, children, a warm and cozy family nest, where he is always welcome. The man is the most enviable bride of Hollywood, but he is cold about this status, as if from outside watching the attempts of women to attract attention. However, Reeves does not lose hope to find the one that will live the best years of his life.

Childhood actor

Keanu Charles Reeves was born in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, September 2, 1964. The Portuguese, Hawaiian, English and Chinese blood flows through the veins of the actor, which is reflected in his exotic appearance. Mother Keanu, Patricia Taylor, worked as a dancer, and her father was a geologist. Samuel Reeves did not give the family due attention, was addicted to drugs. When Keanu was 3 years old, and his younger sister Kim was only a year old, their father gave up. The family emigrated to the United States, and then moved to Canada. The movie star still has the citizenship of this country.

His mother changed men like gloves. After parting with her father, Keanu, she married director Paul Aaron, but in 1971 they parted. Then there was rock promoter Robert Miller (Karina was born in marriage), but the couple divorced in 1980. The third stepfather Keanu was the stylist Jack Bond, but he did not stay too long. It is known that the actor has another sister on the paternal line - Emma Rose.

Keanu Reeves, whose personal life is still a mystery to the public, seemed from the very childhood to be strange to others. It is known that at a young age the boy suffered from dyslexia, but, despite this, he was an exemplary pupil. The study was given to him hard, but he tried, read a lot of literature. Keanu is a very modest, closed-minded, non-talkative person, because of this he did not have relationships with peers: he was called, humiliated, but he did not react to it at all. His role as a guy found in sports - as a player of the school hockey team he was appreciated and respected.

The first work

While still a schoolboy, Reeves tried to make money. First he settled into a store of flour products, then he cut trees, sharpened skates. Pleasant appearance played a role, and in the early 80's the guys were invited to appear in commercials. From the age of 15, Keanu played in the theater in the production of "Romeo and Juliet", as well as in the play "The Wolf," where he played the main role. In 20 years I got a job as a correspondent of the youth program. So on television there was a new employee - Keanu Reeves. The filmography of the actor began to be replenished with works in the second half of the 80's.

First success and recognition

In 1986, Keanu first appeared on the big screens. His debut was the film "Young Blood". The hero of Reeves liked both spectators and critics. After that, the young talent contacted the former stepfather Aaron, who used his connections and brought Kianu with agent Erwin Stoff. After that, the life of the actor was a little bit adjusted: he had a favorite work, the proposals to star in episodic roles were received regularly.

During this period, Reeves mainly starred in films for teenagers. Many noted the persuasiveness of his game in the movie "River Shore", and the comedy "The Incredible Adventures of Bill and Ted" so generally became a box-office hit of 1989. In the late 80's - early 90's, America knew a guy named Keanu Reeves. Filmography was replenished with good works, only now everyone perceived him as an actor of teenage comedies, and not as a serious and versatile movie star.

The best roles Keanu Reeves

The attitude towards him changed after the release on the big screens in 1991 of the film "On the crest of the wave." Keanu brilliantly played the role of an agent of the FBI, implanted in a gang of surfers. According to the results of the audience vote, Reeves got the status of "The most desired actor". Every year, Keanu Reeves, whose filmography at that time was already quite impressive, always tried to expand the list of genres. So, probably everyone knows the action "Speed". Thanks to the role in this film, the actor has gained worldwide fame. In 1997, the psychological thriller "Devil's Advocate" came out, in which Reeves starred alongside Al Pacino and Charlize Theron. Keanu appeared before the audience the embodiment of vanity and pride, but at the same time showed that humanity is not alien to him.

But the greatest fame and fame movie star brought a fantastic action movie "Matrix", released in 1999. The role of the Chosen was ideally suited to the young actor, and the combination of the Hong Kong action, philosophy and science fiction was to the liking of viewers and film critics. After that, there was another fantastic thriller "Constantine: Lord of Darkness" in which Reeves played a cute exorcist with his skeletons in the closet. It is also worth mentioning the work of Keanu in such films as "Kings of the streets", "47 roninov", "Passengers", etc.

Filmography

Keanu Reeves tried his hand as an actor in 1981, when he starred in the series "American Theater", then there were the series "Night Heat" and "Release". In 1985, the young actor starred in the film "One Step Back", and in 1986 - in the films "Young Blood", "Flight", "On the River Bank". But all these were insignificant and inconspicuous roles. The first successful work was the thriller "On the crest of the wave," after which the young star was noticed not only by the audience, but also by the filmmakers, offering Keanu a well-paid job. Reeves is one of Hollywood's most famous, popular and favorite stars, he has 154 films on his account.

The most notable and successful works include "Little Buddha", "Speed", "Johnny Mnemonics", "Devil's Advocate". Many fans of the actor agree that the "Matrix" is the best film with Keanu Reeves. A list of successful films with a movie star can be continued indefinitely. In the 2000s, there were such popular and well- known paintings as "Doublers" (comedy), the melodrama "Sweet November", a fantastic action movie "The Matrix: Reloaded" and "The Matrix: Revolution", the melodrama "The House by the Lake", the adventure thriller With elements of science fiction "47 roninov."

A succession of failures in his personal life

Keanu Reeves is a talented and successful actor, a dream of many women, a rich and handsome man. It would seem, what else is needed for a happy and carefree life? But it was this man who fortunately lost destiny and deprived. Since childhood Kianu suffered from attacks of peers, because of dyslexia, the guy has many complexes with which he struggles until now. In life, the actor is very similar to his characters - the same mysterious, pensive, terse, modest. Fearing to converge with women, get attached to someone, protects himself by the wall of Keanu Reeves.

The personal life of a movie star is not as saturated as some of his colleagues. It is known that in 1998 he met Jennifer Syme, a friend of Sister Keanu. The girl was not known or talented, but she completely approached the guy, understood him from a half-word. The couple chased a motorcycle, smoked marijuana, they were comfortable together. In 1999, Reeves learned that he would soon become a father, he would have a daughter. The inspired man bought children's things, even came up with a name for his baby - Ava Archer. Unfortunately, a couple of weeks before childbirth the child died in the womb, the doctors said that the reason for all the drugs that Kiana used. It was the strongest blow.

Misfortune never comes alone. After the death of her daughter, Sim and Reeves parted, it was hard for them to be around. And in April 2001, Jennifer crashed in a car, with all the alcohol and, again, drugs ... The girl was returning from a party that was arranged by Marilyn Manson. Since that time, Keanu Reeves has never spoken to journalists about the relationship with Sim. His personal life did not develop, he constantly feared that his partner might get pregnant, and everything would start again.

In 2003, the younger sister of Keanu - Kim - began to progress leukemia, which she had been sick for 10 years. Reeves spent 5 million dollars on her treatment, did not leave the bed a single step. The disease has receded, but there is no guarantee that it will not return. The actor lives in constant fear for the life of his family, fearing to lose them.

Novels with famous women

With whom only, according to the media, did not meet Keanu Reeves. Personal life (photo with women, you see, not yet proof of the novel) of the actor, however, is covered with a dense veil of secrecy. Therefore, the press has to tirelessly follow the movie star and think up love stories for him. After the death of Sime Kianu for a long time no one met. Then he was assigned a novel with Sandra Bullock, but soon it became known that they were just old friends.

Also, there were suggestions of close relations with Charlize Theron. Yes, in the films "Devil's Advocate" and "Sweet November" they really looked like a beautiful and happy couple, but you do not need to transfer the relationship from the screen to real life. Reeves's friends also wrote to Sofia Coppola, Claire Forlani, Parker Posey, Lynn Collins, Cameron Diaz ... Who had a real relationship, and with whom fictional - no one can know for sure except himself. But the actor Keanu Reeves, whose personal life remains a mystery behind seven seals, as usual is silent.

Passion for Motorcycles

Reeves is 49 years old, but he still constantly jeopardizes his life, riding at frenzied speed on his bike. Dangerous riding allows a movie star to get rid of stress, recharge positive emotions, feel freedom. He understands that at any moment he can break into a flat cake about asphalt (Kianu repeatedly got into an accident, and one day he survived only due to the professionalism of surgeons), but he is not going to refuse from his hobby.

Horse riding, chess, surfing - these activities are also among the interests of the star. But still his main passion is motorcycles. Steep turns, escaping under the wheels of an iron horse road, unthinkable speed - this is the whole Keanu Reeves. A photo of an actor flying on a bike is not uncommon.

Future plans

A movie star travels a lot, recently he is drawn to the East. Reeves even admitted that the type of Western man does not suit him at all and is even the source of all his troubles. As for creative plans, they are truly grandiose. Keanu is going to continue to withdraw, as well as try himself as a producer. But the actor does not want to bind himself by marriage yet.

Interesting facts from biography

Not only films featuring Keanu Reeves are interested in fans of the actor's creativity, but also the facts of his biography. Here are some of them:

• Keanu for a long time typing texts on an old-fashioned typewriter, until he was given a computer.
• The movie star is left-handed.
• The actor has dual citizenship - British and Canadian.
• In the Dogsta group, Reeves played bass.