Keanu was born to Samuel Nowlin Reeves (half-Hawaiian, half-Chinese) and Patricia (English). There was a move to Australia for a year, which was where his first sister, Kim, was born. A second (half) sister, Karina, was born about ten years later.
Keanu took on lots of different jobs before he began acting, including landscaping, sharpening skates at an ice rink shop (he's a very avid hockey player), and making pasta (and managing the place to top it all off!)
Next came some stage work and some small parts on TV. His big motion picture debut was in "Dream To Believe".
His first big movie debut in a US film was in "Young Blood", in which he had a small part.
VITAL STATS
Real Name: Keanu Charles Reeves
Date Of Birth: September 2,1964
Place of Birth: Beirut, Lebanon
Did You Know...?: Keanu (pronounced Key-ah-nu) means "cool breeze over the mountains" in Hawaiian
