One of the greatest films of the end of the second millennium was the picture "The Matrix", which later turned into a trilogy. It is with this fantastic action movie that many associate an actor named Keanu Reeves. And for the actor himself, this trilogy has become one of the main projects of his career.
Biography of Keanu Reeves, how he got into the cinema
Keanu Charles Reeves was born in Lebanon, in the city of Beirut. His mother was a costume designer, and his father was a simple worker. Their father left them when Keanu was 3 years old. He does not see his father and does not maintain a relationship with him. According to the zodiac sign of Keanu Reeves Virgo. His birthday is September 2, 1964. After a divorce from her first husband, his mother married three more times. Therefore, they moved very often. Lived in Australia, then moved to New York, and later to Toronto.
The boy was very passionate about hockey. But one day he was injured, and he had to say goodbye to dreams of great sports. He studied at school and at the same time worked as an actor in the theater, in commercials, in short films. The first role he played in the "full meter" was the role of the goalkeeper. The film was called Young Blood. His path in big cinema was not without the help of one of his mother's husbands. One of his stepfathers, director Paul Aaron, arranged with film producer Erwin Stoff to help the guy. Erwin became his agent for many years.
What films did he star in and what pictures brought him success and recognition
Reeves has starred in several teen films: On the River Bank, The Eternal Song, Bill & Ted's Incredible Adventure and Bill & Ted's Horrific Journey. His first role, for which he received the MTV Most Desirable Actor award, was his role in the movie On the Crest of the Wave. Then he starred in the movie "Speed" with Sandra Bullock. This film becomes very popular in the world and receives 2 Oscars. There were also disastrous films, such as "Johnny the Mnemonic" and "Chain Reaction".
There were also more successful films: "The Devil's Advocate" and "Understudies". But there was also a very significant and one of his memorable roles in The Matrix (in all three of its parts). For his role in The Matrix, he received an MTV Award for Best Actor and Best Screen Duet with Laurence Fishburne, as well as a Saturn Award for Best Actor. In addition to the films listed, he also starred in a large number of films: "The Gift", "Constantine", "Love by the Rules and Without", "Street Kings", "47 Ronin", "John Wick" and others (more than 80 films in total) …
Keanu Reeves: the actor's personal life now
The actor's personal life is not very rosy and cheerful. On the one hand, he is an open person, but on the other, he is completely unknown to anyone and reserved. Very often he can be found sad and lonely. After all, his whole life is filled with a series of troubles and sadness, with which, perhaps, he does not manage to cope very well. He throws out emotions in his works in the cinema, but in life there are no special emotions.
He still has not married, although he lived in a civil marriage with Jennifer Syme (also an actress). She was pregnant from him, but there was a miscarriage at a later date, or rather, there was a premature birth with a dead fetus at the eighth month. Later, Jennifer herself was killed in a car accident. He was grieving at the loss. His sister was diagnosed with leukemia, which also did not please Reeves. Later, he was credited with a relationship with a mysterious blonde, and a mysterious brunette, and with Charlize Theron, his partner in the films "Sweet November" and "Devil's Advocate". But it seems that all this remained only rumors.
Now he plays bass in the band "Becky" and is filming the fourth "Matrix", which is scheduled to premiere in early 2019. Here he is such a wonderful actor and an unhappy person in his personal life.
