Happy Birthday Keanu Reeves!

Happy Birthday Keanu Reeves!  He started in television and appeared in the hockey drama Youngblood (1986) playing the goalie Heaver. Next, he was in th drama, River’s Edge (1986) before playing Chevalier Danceny in Dangerous Liasions (1988). Then, he took the iconic part as Ted Theodore Logan in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989) with Alex Winter as Bill S. Preston, Esq. 

Reeves had another memorable part as Johnny Utah in the action movie Point Break (1991). He reprised his role as Ted Logan to explore the afterlife in Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991). Reeves was also in the drama My Own Private Idaho (1991) written and directed by Gus Van Sant. Next, he was Jonathan Harker in the horror film, Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992). He was in the Shakespearean adaptation, Much Ado About Nothing (1993). 

The Bernardo Bertulucci film, Little Buddha (1993), displayed to me Reeves acting ability playing Siddhartha. Then, Reeves played Jack Traven in the action movie Speed (1994) with co-star Sandra Bullock. In 1994, the band Dogstar was formed with Reeves playing bass. Next, he had the lead in the sci fi film, Johnny Mnemonic (1995). He matched wits with Al Pacino’s John Milton in The Devil’s Advocate (1997). Another iconic part was playing Neo in The Matrix (1999), a sci fi masterpiece written and directed by the Wachowskis, along with co-stars Carrie-Ann Moss as Trinity and Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus. 

The next films of The Matrix Trilogy were filmed back to back with The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and Neo embraced his destiny in The Matrix Revolutions (2003). The anime, The Animatrix (2003) had Reeves and Moss voice their characters. He followed up the trilogy playing John Constantine taking on supernatural threats in Constantine (2005) based on the comic book. In 2006, Reeves played opposite Bullock in the time lost romance, The Lake House, a remake of the South Korean film, Il Mare (2000). Reeves was in the computer animated drama, A Scanner Darkly (2006). He was in the sci fi remake, The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008). Reeves played Kai in the fantasy action movie, 47 Ronin (2013). 

Then, he was in another iconic part in the action film, John Wick (2014). Reeves was in the thriller Knock Knock (2015) with Ana de Armas. The Key and Peele’s comedy Keanu featured the voice of Reeves. He returned as the assassin The Baba Yaga in John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017). Fishburne joined the franchise as the Bowery king. Reeves was back in John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019). He played himself in the comedy Always Be My Maybe (2019). Reeves voiced Duke Caboom in Toy Story 4 (2019). He returned as Ted in Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020). He also played Neo again in The Matrix Resurrections (2021) with Moss also back as Trinity. 

Also in 2021, Keanu Reeves worked with Matt Kindt and Ron Garney on his comic book series, Brzrkr. Reeves continued the story of Brzrkr with the novel, The Book of Elsewhere, writing with China Mieville. In development is a Brzrkr film to be directed by Justin Lin. He voiced Shadow in the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024) film. This year, he played John Wick again with the film, Ballerina, co-starring with de Armas. He also plays the angel Gabriel in the comedy, Good Fortune. Reeves will be on Broadway with Bill & Ted co-star, Alex Winter in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot! Excellent! Happy Birthday Keanu Reeves!

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