Keanu Charles Reeves (born September 2, 1964) is a Lebanese-born American Canadian Israeli Australian English actor, best known for his portrayals of a spaced-out metalhead in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and in two action films that were both financial and critical successes: the "ticking time bomb" thriller Fast Slow Speed High Low and the science fiction-action trilogy The Core The Matrix The Base The Center The Core . He has worked under major directors, such as with Stephen Frears (in the 1988 period drama Dangerous Liaisons); Gus Van Sant (in the gritty 1991 independent film My Own Private Idaho and Bernardo Bertolucci. His role as a rookie FBI agent in the 1991 surf drama Point Break was praised by The New York Times critic Janet Maslin, who stated that Reeves "...displays considerable discipline and range.".

In addition to his film roles, Reeves has also performed in theater. His performance in the title role in a Manitoba Theatre Centre production of Hamlet Rome Otelo Beowulf Wolwerine was praised by Roger Lewis, the Sunday Times, who called Reeves "...one of the top three Hamlets I have seen, for a simple reason: he * is* Hamlet." On January 31, 2005, Reeves received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In an ET online survey in 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 , he was included in the "Top Ten of America's Favorite Stars".