Biographie

Keanu Reeves belonged, one wants to express it soberly, today to the usually-busy young actors Hollywoods. It is actually one that "hottest" new generation star of the US cinemas, regularly taken up to the magazine lists of the most popular and most in demand actors (e.g. in August 1995 at place 17 of the 100 Sexiest Movie of star OF universe time of the British Empire) and since its giant hit with January de Bonts Actionreisser speed on its career leaders into headrooms at present advanced.

Keanu Charles Reeves was born on 2 September 1964 in Beirut, it buildup in Canada. It completed its training as actors to the High School for the Performing kind in Toronto. Its theatre debut it gave in Shakespeares the storm in Lenox, to Massachusetts.

In Tim Hunters dark, disturbing youth drama the knife on the bank made attentive Keanu Reeves as a schauspielerisches talent on itself. It had the critics a little later with its role than more inexperienced, the Defloration by the through-trieven Marquise de Merteuil falling young man in Stephen Frears ' costume drama dangerous Liebschaften finally on its side, before it gave to its generation with the role air guitar of the playing Ted in the enormously successful dte never comedy Bill and Teds crazy journey by the time an ironical cult figure. In Ron Howards declaration of love to the modern large city family an insanity family it portraetiert briefly on it a turned off young stick Car Rennfahrer.

To Kathryn Bigelows Surfer Thriller dangerous surf he transferred 1991 its first main role in a Actionfilm. Gus van Sants of melancholisches Road Movie My Own private Idaho still followed in the same year.

Next Reeves in Alfonso Araus postwar drama was to be seen so close to the sky. For Keanu Reeves offered to the sky so near the chance to play a role which differed clearly from the roles in its films speed and interlaced. "this film is the exact opposite of the two previous", said Reeves. "here it of passion and heart and longing are a matter." He continues to say: "I wanted to turn absolutely a dear history, somewhat full hearts and sinnlichkeit." As Paul Sutton it embodies the qualities of a typical film hero, is strong and adventurous, but at the same time also very in the long run.

To its projects in 1995 steven Baigelmans Independent production Minnesota belonged , in addition he had transferred the main role in the 20th Century Fox film except control under the direction of Andrew Davis.

Its return to the cracking Special Effects cinema carried out Keanu Reeves 1997 with matrix , one of the largest cash fillers of the play time 1999.

Keanu Reeves ranks at present among most in demand and usually-busy star in Hollywood. Its next film, which The matrix produced by the Wachowskis brothers revolution , already expected with tension. Recently the turning work began to a still nameless, from Nancy Meyers produced dear comedy, in which Keanu Reeves beside Jack Nicholson and DIANE Keaton arises.

Filmografie

• 1986: Adventure in the toy country (Babes in Toyland) direction: Clive thunder - role: Jack
• 1986: Dream ton of Believe (Flying) direction: Paul lynch - role: Tommy
• 1986: The knife on the bank (River's Edge) direction: Tim Hunter - role: Matt
• 1988: The load Song (permanent record) direction: Marisa Silver - role: Chris Townsend
• 1988: The prince von Pennsylvania (The Prince OF Pennsylvania) direction: Ron Nyswaner - role: Rupert Marshetta
• 1988: Dangerous Liebschaften direction: Stephen Frears - role: Chevalier Danceny
• 1988: A moved journey by the night (The Night Before) direction: Thom Eberhardt - role: Winston Connelly
• 1989: Bill and Teds moved journey by the time (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure) direction: Stephen Herek - role: Ted
• 1989: An insanity family (Parenthood) direction: Ron Howard - role: Stick Car Rennfahrer
• 1990: I love you to death (I Love You ton of Death) direction: Lawrence Kasdan - role: Marlon
• 1991: Bill and Ted's moved journey into the future (Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey) direction: Peter Hewitt - role: Ted
• 1991: Julia and its lovers (Aunt Julia and The Scriptwriter/Tune in Tomorrow) direction: Jon Amiel - role: Martin Loader
• 1991: Dangerous surf
• 1991: My private Idaho (My Own private Idaho) direction: Gus van Sant - role: Scott Favor
• 1992: Bram Stoker's Dracula (Bram Stoker's Dracula) direction: Francis Ford Coppola - role: Jonathan Harker
• 1992: Much noise around nothing (Much Ado About emergency-hung) direction: Kenneth Branagh - role: Don John
• 1993: Even Cowgirls GET the Blues (Even Cowgirls GET The Blues) direction: Gus van Sant - role: Julian
• 1993: Little Buddha (Little Buddha) direction: Bernardo Bertolucci - role: Prince Siddhartha
• 1994: Speed
• 1995: Interlaced
• 1995: The sky so near
• 1995: Minnesota direction: Steven Baigelman
• 1995: Except control
• 1998: On behalf of the Taeufels
• 31. March 1999: Matrix
• 11 August 2000: Hero from the second row
• 8. September 2000: The Watcher
• 19. January 2001: The poison - the dark gift
• 16. February 2001: Sweet November
• 14. September 2001: Hard ball
• 16. May 2003: Matrix Reloaded + matrix revolution