Keanu Reeves was born on
september 2nd 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon. His mother is from England
and his father is half Chinese and half Hawaiian, it was his
fatherīs idea to name the newborn baby Keanu (which means
"cool brize over the mountains").
The family moved from Libany to Australia and from there to New
York.
His parents devorced when he was 13 and then he, his mother and
his two sisters Kim and Carina moved to Toronto, Canada. Keanu
wasnīt so thrilled about going to school so he was kicked out of
three schools before he started at a Theatre-school. In 1984 he
moved to Los Angeles to be a big star. And we all know that he
successed after several years of smaller parts and commercials.
Nowadays he
plays in a punkband called Dogstar, heīs a goalie in a
halfprofessional hockeyteam, drives his motorbike and often goes
out to party, but he also enjoys to sit and discuss the
world-problems etc. He was best friends with River Phoenix who
died of an overdose in october -94. Keanu was filming
"Speed" when he found out about it.
Keanu has also admitted that ha has tested some drugs.
He loves Shakespeare and reads it every day! When keanu was 18 years old he played a Romeo & Juliet-production in a theatre and in 1995 he was Hamlet in a theatre in Winnipeg, Canada.
It has been
rumours arround Keanu that says that heīs gay and married to
David Greffen but according to Keanu himself ha hasnīt even met
David.
At the moment heīs singel but he has often been seen in
nightclubs with diffrent women. Weīll see in the future...