How education and upbringing influenced the life of Keanu Reeves. A timeline of key moments.
Keanu Reeves is a celebrated Canadian actor and musician with a career spanning four decades. Known for leading roles in action films, an amiable public image, and philanthropic work, Reeves has garnered numerous accolades. The New York Times ranked him as the fourth-greatest actor of the 21st century in 2020, and Time magazine recognized him as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022.
On September 2, 1964, Keanu Charles Reeves was born. He is a Canadian actor and musician known for his action film roles, public image, and philanthropy.
In 1966, Keanu Reeves' parents divorced, leading his mother to move the family to Sydney.
In 1970, Keanu Reeves' mother married Paul Aaron, a Broadway and Hollywood director, and moved to New York City.
In 1971, Keanu Reeves moved with his mother and stepfather, Paul Aaron, to Toronto, where his mother and stepfather subsequently divorced.
In 1976, Keanu Reeves' mother married Robert Miller, a rock music promoter.
In 1980, Keanu Reeves' mother divorced Robert Miller, marking another change in his family life.
In 1981, the murder of Marcy Renee Conrad served as the loose inspiration for the crime drama River's Edge, in which Keanu Reeves was later cast.
In November 2015, People retroactively named Keanu Reeves 1994's Sexiest Man Alive.
In 1998, Keanu Reeves met Jennifer Syme, director David Lynch's assistant, at a party for his band Dogstar, and they began dating.
On December 24, 1999, Jennifer Syme, Keanu Reeves's girlfriend, gave birth eight months into her pregnancy to the couple's child, who was stillborn.
On April 2, 2001, Jennifer Syme, Keanu Reeves's girlfriend, died after her vehicle collided with parked cars in Los Angeles. Syme was under the influence and not wearing a seatbelt. Reeves and Syme had reconciled after a previous breakup.
In 2003, as a wrap gift for the twelve-person stunt team of The Matrix Reloaded, Keanu Reeves purchased Harley-Davidson motorcycles for each of the members, expressing his gratitude for their contribution to the film.
In 2009, Keanu Reeves met Alexandra Grant at a dinner party. They went on to collaborate on two books together.
In 2010, an image of Keanu Reeves sitting on a park bench with a sad facial expression became an internet meme after photographs of him were published on the 4chan discussion board. The images were distributed widely, leading to the "Sad Keanu" meme. An unofficial holiday was created when a Facebook fan page declared June 15 as "Cheer-up Keanu Day".
In 2011, Keanu Reeves, an avid motorcyclist, co-founded ARCH Motorcycle Company with Gard Hollinger. The company builds and sells custom motorcycles.
In November 2015, People retroactively named Keanu Reeves 1994's Sexiest Man Alive.
In 2017, Keanu Reeves, Jessica Fleischmann, and Alexandra Grant founded a book publisher, X Artists' Books (also known as XAB).
In 2017, a meme asserting that Reeves is secretly immortal gained media prominence when Jimmy Fallon asked Reeves about it on The Tonight Show. The meme suggests Reeves has lived throughout the last millennia under different identities.
In March 2019, Keanu Reeves went viral after his United Airlines flight to Burbank, California was grounded in Bakersfield. He took initiative in arranging alternate travel plans, boarded a travel van with the other passengers, read fun facts about Bakersfield from his phone, and played 1950s American country music for them.
In July 2019, while filming Bill & Ted Face the Music, Keanu Reeves signed a "You're Breathtaking" banner for a family, referencing a meme from his appearance at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2019 for the game Cyberpunk 2077.
In November 2019, Keanu Reeves and Alexandra Grant publicly announced their relationship.
In June 2020, Keanu Reeves volunteered for Camp Rainbow Gold, an Idaho children's cancer charity.
In August 2022, Keanu Reeves went viral for attending a fan's wedding in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom, after chatting with the couple at a bar and congratulating them. He participated in a photoshoot with the family.
In 2022, Keanu Reeves's recitation of the Beat poem "Pull My Daisy" for a virtual benefit concert for Tibet House US, stirred a negative reaction from "jingoistic" crowds on Chinese social media. As a result, Reeves's films have been banned from streaming platforms in China.
In March 2023, after filming John Wick: Chapter 4, Keanu Reeves, Chad Stahelski and Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor Dave Camarillo, signed an exclusive training uniform that was put up for auction to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
In October 2023, Keanu Reeves played catch with a young fan named Elijah before a Dogstar concert in Houston, gaining media attention. The boy called it "the top moment" of his life.
In 2024, Keanu Reeves signed a one-day contract with the Windsor Spitfires, and signed items which were auctioned off to benefit the Canadian Mental Health Association of Windsor-Essex.
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