Trivia

Very good friends with his Bill & Ted co-star, Alex Winter and has remained in contact with him. Keanu has also contributed cameo appearances and helped with a number of Winter's film projects.

Learned over 200 martial arts moves for The Matrix Reloaded (2003).

Took a 90% pay cut on his salary on The Replacements (2000) so Gene Hackman could be cast. Previously, he had deferred $2 million of his salary so that Al Pacino could be cast on The Devil's Advocate (1997).

His name means "cool breeze over the mountains" in Hawaiian.

His mother, Patric Reeves, was a costume designer for rock stars such as Alice Cooper.

Because he values his private life, he doesn't participate in social media.

For a Halloween party as a teenager, Keanu once wore the bunny costume his mother Patric Reeves had designed for Dolly Parton's 1978 Playboy magazine cover.

His best friend was actor River Phoenix. He is also friends with River's brother Joaquin Phoenix.

Was raised in Beirut (since birth until six months), Sydney (until age 3), Upper West Side (Manhattan, New York, until age 6) and in Toronto (until age 21).

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on January 31, 2005.

Dropped out of high school when he was 17 to become an actor.

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 is sometimes credited as K.C. Reeves, Norman Kreeves or Chuck Spadina.

Was trained for four months in martial arts (kung-fu) for The Matrix (1999) (1998).

Keanu got his abdominal scar from a motorcycle wreck in Topanga Canyon. He was on a "demon ride" (no headlights at night) when he crashed into the side of a mountain. He was hospitalized for a week with broken ribs and a ruptured spleen. When the paramedics came to get him, an emergency medical technician trainee picked up one end of the stretcher... then dropped it by mistake! "It made me laugh, but I couldn't breathe!".

Could have been a professional ice hockey player for the Canadian League, could have tried out for the Windsor Spitfires Ontario Hockey League, but set his heart on acting, leaving hockey as a hobby.

When trying out for the roles of Bill and Ted in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), each actor was paired up with another. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter were paired up, Reeves trying out for the part of Bill while Winter tried out for the part of Ted. They were cast opposite what they auditioned for.

Writes left-handed, but shoots a gun or performs other actions with his right hand. In The Matrix (1999), he signs for the package with his left hand, but opens the package and holds the phone with his right hand.

Close friends with Speed (1994) co-star Sandra Bullock. He also was among the guests at her wedding to Jesse James (2005).

Named after his uncle Henry Keanu Reeves. "Keanu" is a derivation of Reeves' great-great-uncle Keaweaheulu, whose name means "the soft breeze raising" in Hawaiian.

He learned to surf for his role in Point Break (1991)

In November 1999, the baby girl he was expecting with girlfriend Jennifer Syme was stillborn, just a few weeks shy of the actual delivery date. They had planned to name her Ava Archer Syme-Reeves.

His father was a geologist who served time in prison. He was paroled after serving two years of a ten-year sentence for selling heroin at Hilo Airport (1992).

Decided to become an actor at age 15 when he was doing Romeo and Juliet in 10th grade.

Has named Peter O'Toole as the actor who has influenced him the most.

Was manager of a pasta shop in Toronto, Ontario.

His best friend is his younger sister Kim Reeves.

Hobbies include horseback riding and surfing (both inspired from movie roles).

He has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: My Own Private Idaho (1991) and The Matrix (1999).

He is a popular subject of jokes on the internet due to not having aged very visibly over the course of his career with many joking that he is immortal.

Keanu's father, who is an American from Hawaii, has English, Native Hawaiian, Portuguese, Scottish, and Chinese ancestry, with distant Dutch roots. Keanu's mother is English.

Younger sister, Kim Reeves (born in Australia in 1966). Through his mother, he has a half-sister named Karina Miller (born in 1976 in Toronto). Through his father, he has a half-sister named Emma Reeves (born in 1980 in Hawaii).

(August 4, 2001) Played baseball in the Dodgers Stadium, for the 43rd Hollywood Stars Celebrity Baseball Game. His team won 5 to 4. This was the first time Keanu played baseball.

(April 2, 2001) His estranged girlfriend Jennifer Syme was killed when her Jeep Cherokee careened onto the wrong side of a Los Angeles road near Highway 101 and smashed into three parked cars. The force of the crash flipped the car over and she was thrown through the windshield. She was killed instantly.

Was MVP on his high school hockey team, where he was a goalie.

Was good friends with the late Anthony Quinn. They starred together in A Walk in the Clouds (1995).

Lent one of his basses (a yellow Fender) to be used in the music video, "100%", by Sonic Youth, to bassist Kim Gordon.

Was originally offered the role of Private Chris Taylor in Platoon (1986), which he turned down. The role went to Charlie Sheen.

Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (1995).

The character of Jimbo Jones on The Simpsons (1989) is based on his character from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989).

Had job sharpening ice skates.

Stanley Kubrick, David Lean, Frank Capra and Martin Scorsese are some of his favorite filmmakers.

Was nicknamed "the wall" by high school hockey team De La Salle College "Oaklands".

Met Stephen Hamel in 1986, when Hamel photographed Reeves. The two went on to create their production outfit Company Films.

Replaced Val Kilmer as the title role in Johnny Mnemonic (1995) when Kilmer left the project upon being offered the role of Bruce Wayne in Batman Forever (1995). Ironically, Kilmer later replaced Reeves as Chris Siherlis in Heat (1995).

Co-Owner of Arch Motorcycles.

Founding member and bass player for Dogstar (1991-2002). Was invited to opened for David Bowie in 1995 at the Hollywood Palladium, where they covered Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb. Also opened for Bon Jovi on his 1995 These Days - Crossroads Tour in Australia and New Zealand. Dogstar released one EP and two LPs before they disbanded.

He owns at least two Norton Commando motorcycles whose engines were available in both 750cc and 850cc capacities, the high-compression version being the Combat Commando.

Is jokingly considered to be immortal due to striking resemblances to Vlad the Impaler and Paul Manet.

Ranked #23 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. (October 1997)

Resides in the Hollywood Hills area, Los Angeles, California, and is said to maintain an apartment in Manhattan as well.