Keanu Reeves Network

Trivia

Family

Sisters are Karina and Kim.
Named after his great, great-uncle.
His step-father, Paul Aaron is a film and stage Director.
Father part Chinese part Hawaiian, Mother English.
Father left the family when Keanu was very young.
His father was a geologist. Served time in prison; paroled after serving two years of a 10 year sentence for selling heroin at Hilo Airport in 1992.
His mother, Patricia Taylor (I), was a costume designer for rock stars such as Alice Cooper.
Keanu’s father remarried twice and had a daughter, who lives in Honolulu and is aged 21 (April, 2001), but Keanu has no contact with her.
Around Christmas 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 Eva Archer Syme Reeves.
(2 April 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.

Accidents & Scars

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!”

Hates, Loves & Fears

Loves Ballroom dancing.
Is afraid of the dark.
He loves to play ice hockey (goalie position).
His 1974 850cc Norton Combat Commando motorcycle is among his most prized possessions.
Likes jazz music

Voted as

(1995) Chosen by “People” magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world.
(October 1997) Ranked #23 in Empire (UK) magazine’s “The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time” list.
(1995) Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#17).
(November 4th, 2001) Considered one of the 25 sexiest men in entertainment according to the poll made by E! #11
(November 11, 2001) Voted as the Hollywood male star most wanted to be on a desert island with (USA) and came second place in Argentina, Venezuela, England, France, Brazil and China
(December 17, 2001) Film Four channel’s one of the best 100 film actors of all times #66
(December, 2000) Kono magazine- top actors #1

Random

(May 1993) Arrested in Los Angeles; charge of drunk driving.
Had job sharpening ice skates.
Was nicknamed “the wall” by high school hockey team (La Salle).
Is left-handed.
He useto play bass guitar for the bands Dogstar and Becky.
Was manager of a pasta shop in Toronto.
Dropped out of high school when he was 17 to become an actor.
Hobbies include horseback riding and surfing (both inspired from movie roles).
Was MVP on his high school hockey team, where he was a goalie.
When trying out for the parts of Bill and Ted, 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.
Maintains Canadian citizenship and passport.
Admits that always reads reviews, he can’t avoid it