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Keanu Charles Reeves

Keanu Charles Reeves is an actor born on the 2^nd of September 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon to an English mother and an American father of Hawaiian and Chinese origins. Keanu Reeves came to stardom with Point Break, Speed. With the fame recognition, he became a global star for his role as Neo in Matrix. Alongside his acting career, he was the bassist in Dogstar, a grunge band from 1991 to 2002, and more recently in the band Becky.

Keanu began his acting career at the age of nine. He appeared in the production Damn Yankees. At fifteen years old, he played Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet,

A romantic tragedy in Leah Posluns's theater. Keanu made ​​his screen debut in a comedy series on CBC Hangin'in. In the early 1980s, he appeared in commercials (including one for Coca-Cola), short films including a NFB drama One Step Away and finally, the cult hit Brad Fraser's Wolf Boy. In 1984, he starred in the series Going Great.

The first notable movie was for Keanu, a film about ice hockey Youngblood Peter Markle, alongside Patrick Swayze and Rob Lowe, which was shot in Canada. He played a “Québécois” goalie. Shortly after the film's release, he moved to Los Angeles in his Volvo 1969.After a few minor roles, a more important one was in 1986 in River Edge.

In January 2009, we learnt that Keanu Reeves would act in the role of Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Beebop, a manga adaptation, scheduled for 2011.

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