Reeves in 2019 Keanu Reeves is a Canadian actor who has appeared in films, television series and video games. He made his film debut in the short One Step Away in 1985. [ 1] The following year, Reeves appeared in the crime film River's Edge , and the television films Babes in Toyland , Act of Vengeance , and Brotherhood of Justice . His first lead role was as a teenager dealing with his best friend's suicide in the 1988 drama Permanent Record . [ 1] His breakthrough role came when he played time-travelling slacker Ted "Theodore" Logan in the science fiction comedy Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) with Alex Winter , which was an unexpected commercial success. [ 2] Reeves followed this with a supporting role in Ron Howard 's comedy Parenthood . In 1991 he starred in the action film Point Break with Patrick Swayze , the science fiction comedy sequel Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey , and the independent drama My Own Private Idaho . [ 3]
He starred as a police officer in the action thriller Speed (1994) with Sandra Bullock , which was a commercial and critical success. [ 3] However he followed this with a series of films that performed poorly at the box office, including Johnny Mnemonic (1995) and Chain Reaction (1996). [ 4] His career experienced a turnaround when he played computer hacker Neo in the science fiction film The Matrix (1999). [ 5] The film was a commercial success and received critical acclaim. [ 6] He reprised the role in its sequels, The Matrix Reloaded , The Matrix Revolutions (both 2003), and The Matrix Resurrections (2021). Reeves played exorcist John Constantine in Constantine and a dentist in the comedy-drama Thumbsucker (both 2005). He reunited with Bullock in the 2006 romantic drama The Lake House . In 2008, Reeves played alien Klaatu in The Day the Earth Stood Still .
Reeves played the titular assassin in the neo-noir action thriller John Wick (2014), which was a commercial success and had a generally positive reception from critics. He starred in its sequels, John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) and John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023). In 2016, he played the ghost of a stuntman in the American-Swedish television series Swedish Dicks . Reeves voiced Duke Caboom in the animated film sequel Toy Story 4 (2019), which grossed over $1 billion at the worldwide box office, [ 7] and in 2020 portrayed rock star Johnny Silverhand in the video game Cyberpunk 2077 . Reeves reprised his role as Silverhand alongside Idris Elba in Cyberpunk's Phantom Liberty expansion (2023), and starred alongside Elba in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024) as Shadow the Hedgehog . [ 8]
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