Keanu Reeves Biography

Fast Facts

• First name translates to "cool breeze over the mountains" in Hawaiian
• Was invited to try out for the Ontario Hockey League's Windsor Spitfires before he moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting
• Adapted the stage name K
• C
• Reeves for 1986's Young Again but abandoned it soon afterward
• Followed up his success in the 1994 blockbuster Speed by appearing in a Canadian stage production of Hamlet (in lieu of reprising his role in the ill-fated sequel Speed 2: Cruise Control)
• Deferred his salary for The Replacements (2000) so that Gene Hackman would appear in the film
• Presented members of The Matrix Reloaded (2003) stunt crew with Harley-Davidson motorcycles
• Plays bass and was a founding member of the grunge rock band Dogstar
• In 2010, the Internet circulation of a photo of a sad-looking Reeves led to the inception of June 15 as "Cheer Up Keanu" day
• Surfs and rides motorcycles and horses in his spare time