Keanu Reeves Biography: Keanu Reeves is no doubt a household name – as well as an internet meme! His well-rounded repertoire from indie and comedy to action movies has proven his diverse skills as an actor.
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This soft-spoken celebrity has preferred a life of privacy, however, there’s still a lot of intriguing facts we’ve dug up!
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Keanu Reeves Biography
Here are 15 interesting facts about Keanu Reeves!
1-Keanu Reeves is 59 years old. He was born on September 2, 1964, in Beirut, Lebanon. His mother was a showgirl and costume designer, while his father was a geologist.
2-Sadly, when Keanu was only 3 years old, his father walked out on his family. From then, he was raised by just his mother, Patricia.
3-Keanu Reeves Biography: During his childhood, he moved around a lot from Hawaii, Australia, New York, and finally Canada.
4-After settling in Toronto, Canada, his mother worked as a costume designer working in the rock and roll industry. Oddly enough, this resulted in Alice Cooper babysitting a young Keanu Reeves.
5-Keanu attended high school in Canada, but he was often expelled so he ended up attending four different high schools. Eventually, he dropped out when he was 17 to pursue acting.
6-While his mother is English, his father’s side is a bit more diverse. His dad is an American from Hawaii with Chinese-Hawaiian, English, Irish, and Portuguese descent.
7-While in high school, he considered playing ice hockey for the Canadian Olympics team, but changed his mind and decided to be an actor when he was just 15.
8-Keanu Reeves Biography: Keanu Reeves has been known to take pay cuts for movies to help pay for alternative needs. He offered up $1 million of his paycheck in “The Devil’s Advocate” so Al Pacino could be cast. As well, he took a pay cut of his share of ticket profits for “The Matrix” so the producers could afford better special effects – this cut was $38 million.
9-After his rise in popularity by becoming an internet meme, “Sad Keanu,” Reeves wrote a grown-up picture book as a joke called “An Ode to Happiness.”
10-There is a conspiracy that believes that Keanu Reeves is immortal. Fans have noted that Keanu looks extremely similar to Paul Mounet, who was a French actor born in 1847, and they claim Keanu never seems to age.
11-Oddly enough, Keanu Reeves has never been nominated for an Oscar.
12-Keanu Reeves Biography: Reeves has been through a lot of hardships in his life. In 1993, his best friend River Phoenix passed away from a drug overdose.
Later on, he and his girlfriend were expecting a child which was tragically stillborn and the relationship ended due to the strain. About a year later, his then ex-girlfriend was in a fatal car accident. Since then, Keanu has avoided serious relationships and having children.
13-Keanu has had a few run-ins with the law, albeit far fewer than most A-lister celebs. In 1993 he was arrested for driving under the influence where he confessed right away, and in 2006 he was pulled over for running a red light.
14-Keanu has mentioned that he doesn’t care about money – he says he could live off of what he’s already made for the next few centuries, which explains why he’s so generous.
15-Keanu Reeves Biography: Due to his love for motorcycles, he’s ended up in a few accidents resulting in broken ribs and ankle, a ruptured spleen, and a few lost teeth.
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