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Friday, February 23, 2007
Keanu Enlists as 'Night Watchman'
'Matrix' man KEANU REEVES will next star in 'The Night Watchman,' written by 'L.A. Confidential' and 'The Black Dahlia' author JAMES ELLROY, according to Daily Variety. Production is expected to begin at the end of April on the drama about a by-the-book cop who decides he must change the rules in order to get by in a world of homicide and gang violence.
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Awards Honour Keanu
Year Award Description | ||
| 2004 | World Stunt Awards | Taurus Honorary Award |
| 2000 | Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | Favorite Actor - Action/Science Fiction |
| 2000 | Csapnivalo Awards | Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| 2000 | MTV Movie Award | Best Male Performance |
| 2000 | MTV Movie Award | Best Fight |
| 1995 | MTV Movie Award | Best On-Screen Duo |
| 1992 | MTV Movie Award | Most Desirable Male |
Reeves Trivia
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. He was one of People's 1995 "50 Most Beautiful People of the World". According to an ETonline survey in 2006, he is in "Top Ten of America's Favorite Stars".
Keanu Filmography
Year | Title | Role | |
| 1986 | Flying | Tommy | |
| Babes in Toyland | Jack | --- | |
| River's Edge | Matt | --- | |
| 1988 | Permanent Record | Chris Townsend | |
| The Prince of Pennsylvania | Rupert Marshetta | --- | |
| The Night Before | Winston Connely | --- | |
| Dangerous Liaisons | Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny | --- | |
| 1989 | Bill Ted's Excellent Adventure | Ted Theodore Logan | |
| Parenthood | Tod Higgins | --- | |
| 1990 | I Love You to Death | Marlon James | |
| Tune in Tomorrow | Martin Loader | --- | |
| 1991 | Point Break | FBI Special Agent John 'Johnny' Utah | |
| Bill Ted's Bogus Journey | Ted Theodore Logan/Evil ed | --- | |
| My Own Private Idaho | Scott Favor | --- | |
| 1992 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Jonathan Harker | |
| 1993 | Much Ado About Nothing | Don John | |
| 1994 | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Julian Gitche | |
| >Little Buddha | Siddhartha | --- | |
| Speed | Officer Jack Traven | --- | |
| 1995 | Johnny Mnemonic | Johnny Mnemonic | |
| A Walk in the Clouds | Paul Sutton | --- | |
| Chain Reaction | Eddie Kasalivich | --- | |
| 1996 | Feeling Minnesota | Jjaks Clayton | |
| 1997 | The Last Time I Committed Suicide | Harry | |
| The Devil's Advocate | Kevin Lomax | --- | |
| 1999 | The Matrix | Thomas Anderson/Neo | |
| 2000 | The Replacements | Shane Falco | |
| The Watcher | David Allen Griffin | --- | |
| The Gift | Donnie Barksdale | --- | |
| 2001 | Sweet November | Nelson Moss | |
| Hardball | Conor O'Neill | --- | |
| 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded | Thomas Anderson/Neo | |
| The Matrix Revolutions | Thomas Anderson/Neo | --- | |
| Something's Gotta Give | Dr. Julian Mercer | --- | |
| 2005 | Constantine | John Constantine | |
| Thumbsucker | Perry Lyman | --- | |
| 2006> | The Lake House | Alex Wyler | |
| A Scanner Darkly | Fred/Bob Arctor | --- | |
| Fishing for Moonlight | --- | --- | |
| 2007 | Stompanato | Johnny Stompanato |
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Keanu Small Screen Show
Night Heat - episode Crossfire (1985) as Mugge
Night Heat - episode Necessary Force (1985) as Thug #1
Letting Go (1985) as Stereo Teen #1
Brotherhood of Justice (1986) asDerek
Act of Vengeance (1986) as Buddy Martin
Young Again (1986) as Michael Riley, Age 17 (credited as K.C. Reeves)
Under the Influence (1986) as Eddie Talbot
Babes in Toyland (1986) as Jack-Be-Nimble
Trying Times - episode Moving Day (1987) as Joey
Life Under Water (1989) - Kip
The Tracey Ullman Show - episode Two Lost Souls (1989) as Jesse Walker
Keanu Personal Diary
In December 1999, Reeves' girlfriend, Jennifer Syme, gave birth to a stillborn daughter who was named Ava Archer Syme Reeves. In April 2001, Syme was killed in a car accident. She was buried next to their daughter in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.Reeves has never reconnected with his estranged biological father, who served time in prison and was paroled after serving two years of a 10-year sentence for selling heroin at Hilo Airport in 1992.
Reeves enjoys riding motorcycles and coined the term "demon ride" to describe how he often rides with no headlights at night. On one of his "demon rides" in 1988, he crashed near Topanga Canyon and broke several ribs and ruptured his spleen; he has had an abdominal scar ever since when the paramedics arrived an emergency medical technician trainee dropped one end of the stretcher by mistake. He does not formally practice any religion, although he has a Christian background and is interested in Buddhism.
Reeves is fond of chess, motorcycles, ice hockey, and table tennis. He is left-handed, but plays the bass guitar right-handed and loves punk rock bands such as the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, and the Clash, as well as legendary R&B singers such as Stevie Wonder and Otis Redding. Reeves is reported to be very generous with his time and money, lending both to a variety of causes. He took a significant amount of the profits from his Matrix series and treated the twelve stuntmen who worked on the films to motorcycles, among other things. In June 2006, he said that he would like to get married and to have children.
Keanu Reeves Career
Reeves made his screen acting debut in Canada, in a 1979 CBC production, Hanging In. Throughout the early 1980s, he appeared in commercials (including one for Coca-Cola), short films and stage work in Toronto.His first studio movie appearance was in the Rob Lowe ice hockey film Youngblood, which was filmed in Canada. In it, he played an ice hockey goalie. Shortly after the movie's release, Reeves obtained his green card and drove from Toronto to Los Angeles in his 1969 Volvo.
After a few minor roles, he gained the notice of the critics in 1986's River's Edge, a teenage drama that received positive reviews. Following the film's success, he spent the late 1980s appearing in a number of movies aimed at teenage audiences, including Permanent Record, a dark film about teenage suicide, and the successful 1989 comedy, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, which (along with its 1991 sequel, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey) typecast Reeves somewhat during the next few years, as much of his subsequent portrayal in the press has been influenced by his portrayal of the comically airheaded character, Ted. Reeves was originally offered the role of Pvt. Chris Taylor in Platoon (1986) but turned it down as he disliked the violence involved; the role went to Charlie Sheen.
During the early 1990s, Reeves appeared in high-budget action films like Point Break and lower-budget independent films, including the well-received 1991 film, My Own Private Idaho, and the critically hated 1994 film, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.In 1992, Reeves starred in Bram Stoker's Dracula, which was a box office success. However, his acting was criticized by many, and director Francis Ford Coppola claims that Reeves was only cast because he wanted a male character that teenagers could look up to. In 1994, Reeves also starred in the action film Speed, which was a commercial success and raised his profile, leading to his casting in films like Johnny Mnemonic and Chain Reaction, both of which failed at the box office.
Hitting a low in his career, Reeves then did the unthinkable and turned down the role of Jack Traven in the Speed sequel (which was ultimately a critical and financial disappointment). He was reportedly offered $11 million dollars for the sequel but opted instead to star in the horror/drama The Devil's Advocate with Al Pacino and Charlize Theron. Reeves deferred his salary for The Devil's Advocate so that Pacino would be cast, and he did the same for The Replacements, guaranteeing the casting of Gene Hackman. In 1995, Reeves performed the title role in a Manitoba Theatre Centre production of Hamlet in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
His 1999 science fiction hit, The Matrix, re-established him as a Hollywood leading man after a few years of films that received only moderate box office success and mixed critical reception.In between the first Matrix film and its sequels, Reeves appeared in several films that received mostly negative reviews and average box office grosses, including The Watcher, Sweet November and Hardball. However, the two Matrix sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, as well as his 2005 horror-action film, Constantine, proved to be box office successes and brought Reeves back into the public spotlight.On January 31, 2005, Reeves received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Reeves accompanied former Speed costar Sandra Bullock to the 2006 Academy Awards, which caused some controversy, as Bullock is married to bike builder Jesse James. It was later revealed to be a publicity stunt to coincide with Bullock and Reeves having a movie rolling out that same year called The Lake House.His film A Scanner Darkly was released on July 7, 2006, shortly after the June 2006 release of The Lake House, in which he played a starring role.
K.C.Reeves Become Keanu
Reeves was born to Samuel Nowlin Reeves, Jr. born 1942, an American geologist, and Patricia Taylor born 1944, an English showgirl and costume designer who was working in Beirut.The name originated with Reeves' great-great-uncle Keaweaheulu, whose name means "cool breeze over the mountains" in Hawaiian.When Reeves first arrived in Hollywood, his agent thought his first name was too exotic, so during the early days of his film career he was sometimes credited as K.C. Reeves, Norman Kreeves or Chuck Spadina an avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Reeves has a sister, Kim a half-sister named Karina Miller and another half-sister named Emma Rose Reeves. Kim has been battling leukemia for several years. Keanu visits her often at the home he purchased for her on the island of Capri.
Reeves grew up in Toronto and worked at a pasta shop, sharpened skates at an ice rink, and was voted MVP on his high school ice hockey team De La Salle College.Within a span of five years, Reeves attended four different high schools, including a performing arts school from which he was expelled. Reeves began his acting career at the age of 15, appearing in a stage production of Romeo and Juliet at the Leah Posluns Theatre. After leaving the Catholic boys' high school where he played ice hockey, he attended a free school, which allowed him to obtain an education while working as an actor; he later dropped out, never obtaining his high school diploma.
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