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Keanu Reeves

The latest news on Keanu Reeves, American actor, producer and director, including showbiz news and updates.

Born

2 Sep 1964

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Entertainment, Film

Job Title

Actor

Wu Jing as Dao Ma in a still from Blades of the Guardians, directed by Yuen Woo-ping, who helped define the martial arts genre in cinema.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

With Blades of the Guardians, Yuen Woo-ping revives the wuxia blockbuster

Hong Kong martial arts choreographer and director Yuen Woo-ping returns with an epic wuxia, starring Wu Jing and Nicholas Tse.

18 Feb 2026 - 4:15PMvideocam

Crime

Chile hands luxury watches stolen from actor Keanu Reeves over to the FBI

30 Jul 2025 - 4:07AM

American cinema

Ana de Armas on co-starring with Keanu Reeves again after 10 years

8 Jun 2025 - 6:16PMvideocam

American cinema

15 of the best female assassin movies as John Wick spin-off Ballerina lands

From Black Widow and Kill Bill to Red Sparrow, Hero and La Femme Nikita, these films showcase some of cinema’s most deadly femmes fatales.

3 Jun 2025 - 5:54PMvideocam

Ana de Armas as Eve in a still from Ballerina. Photo: Larry D. Horricks/Lionsgate

Fame and celebrity

Meet Keanu Reeves’ glamorous English mum, costume designer Patricia Taylor

As Keanu Reeves teases a Constantine comeback, it’s not just the 60-year-old actor who miraculously hardly seems to age: meet his talented and beautiful mother, Patricia Taylor.

24 Apr 2025 - 5:00AM

American cinema

At 16, she writes, she made a pass at Keanu Reeves. He turned her down

‘Even the way he’d rejected me was charming,’ writes Ione Skye in her memoir Say Everything about an encounter with the actor in his shower.

11 Mar 2025 - 6:47PMvideocam

American cinema

Constantine at 20: why Keanu Reeves film deserves another look

Starring Reeves, Shia LaBeouf and Tilda Swinton, 2005 film was initially poorly received but has gained popularity over the past 20 years.

7 Feb 2025 - 7:45PMvideocam

Keanu Reeves (left) and Tilda Swinton in a still from Constantine. Photo: David James/Warner Brothers

Celebrity style

5 of Keanu Reeves’ favourite timepieces, from Rolex to Carl F. Bucherer

The Matrix and John Wick star, and ‘internet boyfriend’, said to be worth US$380 million, made headlines last year when some of his stolen watches were recovered in Chile.

22 Jan 2025 - 5:00AM

Viral stories

Keanu Reeves lookalike from Germany becomes head-turning star in Thailand

A German man with a wife from Thailand has become a media star in the kingdom because he looks like Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves.

31 May 2024 - 2:33PM

Fame and celebrity

8 of the most surprising celebrity film cameos ever, from Elon Musk to MJ

From Matt Damon playing a skinhead punk to Elon Musk pitching ideas to Robert Downey Jr in Iron Man 2, how many of these celebrity cameos have you seen?

20 Mar 2024 - 5:00AMvideocam

Keith Richards, Keanu Reeves and Eminem have all had surprising cameos in Hollywood films. Photos: @johnnys_army_of_love, @lesleychianglove/Instagram; Movie Lines/YouTube

Fame and celebrity

8 scary celebrity home burglary stories, from Taylor Swift to the Beckhams

Lee Byung-hun’s home is the latest to be targeted by burglars, joining a long list of high-profile stars – including the Beckhams and Keanu Reeves – whose homes have also been ransacked

5 Feb 2024 - 7:00PM

David Beckham, Paris Hilton, Lee Byung-hun, Kendall Jenner and Taylor Swift have all had unwanted intruders in their homes. Photos: WireImage; @parishilton, @byunghun0712/Instagram; Getty Images; FilmMagic

Fame and celebrity

Who is Paul Giamatti’s ‘dominatrix’ Asian girlfriend, Clara Wong?

Paul Giamatti fell for the woman who played his on-screen dominatrix in the hit TV series Billions – and now, the couple seems ready to celebrate their romance in the public eye

16 Jan 2024 - 7:00PM

Lunar New Year

10 actors born in the Year of the Dragon, from Emma Stone to Keanu Reeves

From recent Golden Globes winner Emma Stone and The Matrix’s Keanu Reeves, to Reese Witherspoon, Sandra Bullock and Chuck Norris, these stars surely embody the zodiac sign’s characteristics

14 Jan 2024 - 10:00AM

Fame and celebrity

29 of the highest-paid film deals of all time, ranked – from Leo to Margot

Some of Hollywood’s greatest actors like Leo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp appear on this list multiple times, but who’s No 1? From Keanu Reeves’ The Matrix millions to Tom Cruise’ Top Gun dollars …

13 Jan 2024 - 10:00AM

Margot Robbie, Will Smith and Tom Cruise all received huge pay cheques from the films Barbie, Men in Black 3 and Top Gun: Maverick, respectively. Photos: AFP, TNS, Reuters

Fame and celebrity

10 Bollywood stars who made it in Hollywood, from Alia Bhatt to Priyanka Chopra

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been in five Hollywood movies, Deepika Padukone played Vin Diesel’s love interest, and Priyanka Chopra Jonas portrayed an antagonist in the film version of Baywatch

4 Jan 2024 - 2:00PM

Freida Pinto, Anil Kapoor and Alia Bhatt are among the Bollywood stars to have found the greatest success in Hollywood. Photos: @freidapinto, @anilskapoor, @aliabhatt/Instagram

Fame and celebrity

Michelle Yeoh takes on a new role in Netflix series The Brothers Sun

Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh is set to prove her acting range yet again in new Netflix series The Brothers Sun, a black comedy that centres on a Taiwanese crime family

2 Jan 2024 - 4:38PM

Video gaming

Profile | ‘His soul is heavy’: Stephen Oyoung on his video-game villain role

Asian-American actor Stephen Oyoung always wanted to make it big on the big screen but his best known role to date is actually in a bestselling video game.

29 Dec 2023 - 5:15PM

Hollywood

Meet Charles Melton, the breakout star of twisty Netflix film May December

The 32-year-old actor is transitioning from LA dog walker to Oscar hopeful for his breakout performance in twisty Netflix film May December – so what else do we know about him?

29 Dec 2023 - 6:15AM

Netflix film May December’s breakout star, Charles Melton. Photo: @melton/Instagram

Fame and celebrity

How Måneskin frontman Damiano David unapologetically disrupts the status quo

The Italian rocker shot to fame when Måneskin won Eurovision in 2021 – but since then his erratic behaviour has sparked rumours over drug use, his sexuality and accusations of ‘demonic’ imagery …

28 Dec 2023 - 6:00PM

Fame and celebrity

Inside Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner’s messy divorce battle

Did Kevin Costner channel his Yellowstone role in his divorce from Christine Baumgartner? Inside the exes’ messy, multimillion-dollar legal battle over their mansion and child support for 3 teen kids

14 Dec 2023 - 5:00PM

Fame and celebrity

Meet Keanu Reeves’ award-winning visual artist girlfriend, Alexandra Grant

The Hollywood actor’s girlfriend is talented in her own right, exhibiting across the globe – so what do we know about her and her famously low-profile relationship?

14 Dec 2023 - 5:00AM

Alexandra Grant and Keanu Reeves attending Saint Laurent men’s spring/summer 2020 show in Malibu, California, in June 2019. Photo: Getty Images

Fame and celebrity

‘It’s not smelly!’ 10 celebrities who have taken the tube or subway

From Bradley Cooper and Karlie Kloss to The Spice Girls’ Geri Halliwell and Tom Cruise’s ex-wife Katie Holmes, here are 10 celebrities who have been spotted on the London tube or New York subway

28 Nov 2023 - 5:00AMvideocam

Karlie Kloss, Sebastian Stan and Nicole Scherzinger have all braved it and taken public transport. Photos: @karliekloss; @hourlyseb/Twitter; Instagram

Fame and celebrity

All 35 stars named ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ since 1985, from Becks to The Rock

As actor Patrick Dempsey is named 2023’s Sexiest Man Alive, we look back at the other stars who have been given the prestigious, tongue-in-cheek title over the years – and discover a few surprises

9 Nov 2023 - 7:00PM

Trending in Hong Kong

‘Unbreakable shield’: Hong Kong star Donnie Yen sorry for security at China event

Hong Kong action movie star Donnie Yen Ji-dan has apologised following fierce online criticism of the security team which was protecting him at an event in China.

11 Sep 2023 - 9:14AM

Hong Kong society

Editorial | Honours a reminder of Hong Kong’s golden era

The separate recognition of two of the city’s biggest screen stars – Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung – at major international film festivals should inspire a new generation of creative talent.

10 Sep 2023 - 7:00AM

Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai reacts after he received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award at the 80th Venice Film Festival on September 2, 2023 at Venice Lido. Photo: AFP

Animals

Why did it have to be snakes? Harrison Ford gets new species named after him

Tachymenoides harrisonfordi’s moniker honours the veteran actor, known for playing Indiana Jones, the adventuring archaeologist who famously hates snakes.

16 Aug 2023 - 7:58AMvideocam

Harrison Ford stars in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Photo: Lucasfilm via TNS

ONE Championship

Rodtang on splashing out for dream Mustang car – ‘I like John Wick’

‘The Iron Man’ treats himself to a new ride after ONE Championship confirm his ‘10 million baht’ fight purse.

13 Jun 2023 - 3:36PMvideocam

Celebrity children

Meet Ever Gabo Anderson, Milla Jovovich’s teen daughter in Peter Pan & Wendy

Ever Gabo Anderson is quickly following in her parents Milla Jovovich and Paul W.S. Anderson’s footsteps in showbiz, making her big debut as Wendy in Disney+’s Peter Pan & Wendy

10 May 2023 - 12:10AMvideocam

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Keanu Reeves

With Blades of the Guardians, Yuen Woo-ping revives the wuxia blockbuster

Hong Kong martial arts choreographer and director Yuen Woo-ping returns with an epic wuxia, starring Wu Jing and Nicholas Tse.

Chile hands luxury watches stolen from actor Keanu Reeves over to the FBI

Ana de Armas on co-starring with Keanu Reeves again after 10 years

15 of the best female assassin movies as John Wick spin-off Ballerina lands

From Black Widow and Kill Bill to Red Sparrow, Hero and La Femme Nikita, these films showcase some of cinema’s most deadly femmes fatales.

Meet Keanu Reeves’ glamorous English mum, costume designer Patricia Taylor

As Keanu Reeves teases a Constantine comeback, it’s not just the 60-year-old actor who miraculously hardly seems to age: meet his talented and beautiful mother, Patricia Taylor.

At 16, she writes, she made a pass at Keanu Reeves. He turned her down

‘Even the way he’d rejected me was charming,’ writes Ione Skye in her memoir Say Everything about an encounter with the actor in his shower.

Constantine at 20: why Keanu Reeves film deserves another look

Starring Reeves, Shia LaBeouf and Tilda Swinton, 2005 film was initially poorly received but has gained popularity over the past 20 years.

5 of Keanu Reeves’ favourite timepieces, from Rolex to Carl F. Bucherer

The Matrix and John Wick star, and ‘internet boyfriend’, said to be worth US$380 million, made headlines last year when some of his stolen watches were recovered in Chile.

Keanu Reeves lookalike from Germany becomes head-turning star in Thailand

A German man with a wife from Thailand has become a media star in the kingdom because he looks like Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves.

8 of the most surprising celebrity film cameos ever, from Elon Musk to MJ

From Matt Damon playing a skinhead punk to Elon Musk pitching ideas to Robert Downey Jr in Iron Man 2, how many of these celebrity cameos have you seen?

8 scary celebrity home burglary stories, from Taylor Swift to the Beckhams

Lee Byung-hun’s home is the latest to be targeted by burglars, joining a long list of high-profile stars – including the Beckhams and Keanu Reeves – whose homes have also been ransacked

Who is Paul Giamatti’s ‘dominatrix’ Asian girlfriend, Clara Wong?

Paul Giamatti fell for the woman who played his on-screen dominatrix in the hit TV series Billions – and now, the couple seems ready to celebrate their romance in the public eye

10 actors born in the Year of the Dragon, from Emma Stone to Keanu Reeves

From recent Golden Globes winner Emma Stone and The Matrix’s Keanu Reeves, to Reese Witherspoon, Sandra Bullock and Chuck Norris, these stars surely embody the zodiac sign’s characteristics

29 of the highest-paid film deals of all time, ranked – from Leo to Margot

Some of Hollywood’s greatest actors like Leo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp appear on this list multiple times, but who’s No 1? From Keanu Reeves’ The Matrix millions to Tom Cruise’ Top Gun dollars …

10 Bollywood stars who made it in Hollywood, from Alia Bhatt to Priyanka Chopra

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been in five Hollywood movies, Deepika Padukone played Vin Diesel’s love interest, and Priyanka Chopra Jonas portrayed an antagonist in the film version of Baywatch

Michelle Yeoh takes on a new role in Netflix series The Brothers Sun

Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh is set to prove her acting range yet again in new Netflix series The Brothers Sun, a black comedy that centres on a Taiwanese crime family

.css-sioo19{color:#c79a00;}Profile | ‘His soul is heavy’: Stephen Oyoung on his video-game villain role

Asian-American actor Stephen Oyoung always wanted to make it big on the big screen but his best known role to date is actually in a bestselling video game.

Meet Charles Melton, the breakout star of twisty Netflix film May December

The 32-year-old actor is transitioning from LA dog walker to Oscar hopeful for his breakout performance in twisty Netflix film May December – so what else do we know about him?

How Måneskin frontman Damiano David unapologetically disrupts the status quo

The Italian rocker shot to fame when Måneskin won Eurovision in 2021 – but since then his erratic behaviour has sparked rumours over drug use, his sexuality and accusations of ‘demonic’ imagery …

Inside Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner’s messy divorce battle

Did Kevin Costner channel his Yellowstone role in his divorce from Christine Baumgartner? Inside the exes’ messy, multimillion-dollar legal battle over their mansion and child support for 3 teen kids

Meet Keanu Reeves’ award-winning visual artist girlfriend, Alexandra Grant

The Hollywood actor’s girlfriend is talented in her own right, exhibiting across the globe – so what do we know about her and her famously low-profile relationship?

‘It’s not smelly!’ 10 celebrities who have taken the tube or subway

From Bradley Cooper and Karlie Kloss to The Spice Girls’ Geri Halliwell and Tom Cruise’s ex-wife Katie Holmes, here are 10 celebrities who have been spotted on the London tube or New York subway

All 35 stars named ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ since 1985, from Becks to The Rock

As actor Patrick Dempsey is named 2023’s Sexiest Man Alive, we look back at the other stars who have been given the prestigious, tongue-in-cheek title over the years – and discover a few surprises

‘Unbreakable shield’: Hong Kong star Donnie Yen sorry for security at China event

Hong Kong action movie star Donnie Yen Ji-dan has apologised following fierce online criticism of the security team which was protecting him at an event in China.

.css-1m2rp1p{color:#34b8b5;}Editorial | Honours a reminder of Hong Kong’s golden era

The separate recognition of two of the city’s biggest screen stars – Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung – at major international film festivals should inspire a new generation of creative talent.

Why did it have to be snakes? Harrison Ford gets new species named after him

Tachymenoides harrisonfordi’s moniker honours the veteran actor, known for playing Indiana Jones, the adventuring archaeologist who famously hates snakes.

Rodtang on splashing out for dream Mustang car – ‘I like John Wick’

‘The Iron Man’ treats himself to a new ride after ONE Championship confirm his ‘10 million baht’ fight purse.

Meet Ever Gabo Anderson, Milla Jovovich’s teen daughter in Peter Pan & Wendy

Ever Gabo Anderson is quickly following in her parents Milla Jovovich and Paul W.S. Anderson’s footsteps in showbiz, making her big debut as Wendy in Disney+’s Peter Pan & Wendy

Profile | ‘His soul is heavy’: Stephen Oyoung on his video-game villain role

Editorial | Honours a reminder of Hong Kong’s golden era