Is Keanu Reeves part-Hawaiian?
David W. Lumpkins
In article <594mb6$t...@mochi.lava.net>, la...@lava.net (Mama Lani) wrote:
> Sorry, but this got asked and I forgot the answer. Is Keanu Reeves
> part-Hawaiian and part-Chinese? Also, I need to know whether he was
> actually BORN HERE in Hawaii. Mahalo!
Part Hawaiian? Yes. Born here? I think so, but he has lived most of his
life on the mainland. Part Chinese? Maybe. He looks like he might be.
Handsome lad, no?
pier
dav...@aloha.net (David W. Lumpkins) wrote:
>Born here? I think so
No, he was born in Beirut. I don't know what ethnic mix he is.
It's interesting that his alt.fan newsgroup is one of the first to
go moderated.
Mr. Mike
dav...@aloha.net (David W. Lumpkins) writes:
>Part Hawaiian? Yes. Born here? I think so, but he has lived most of his
>life on the mainland. Part Chinese? Maybe. He looks like he might be.
>Handsome lad, no?
I think he is also considered "Canadian" because he lived in Canada for a
few minutes, isn't he? ";-/
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In article <594rju$5...@mochi.lava.net>, dav...@aloha.net says...
>Part Hawaiian? Yes. Born here? I think so, but he has lived most of
his
>life on the mainland. Part Chinese? Maybe.
I once read in a magazine that he is 1/4 hawaiian and 1/4 chinese and
1/2 english .... Also don't know about born in Hawaii, but he grew up
in Canada. Also he is estranged from his father who still ives in
Hawaii.
Ken Smith
According to my memory of a People Magazine article a year ago his father
is (was) half Hawaiian half Chinese and his mother was a German
model/actres and he was born in Beirut.
Theodore Lau
Mama Lani wrote:
> Sorry, but this got asked and I forgot the answer. Is Keanu Reeves
> part-Hawaiian and part-Chinese? Also, I need to know whether he was
> actually BORN HERE in Hawaii. Mahalo!
Here's some poop from an entertainment database
here in Los Angeles. Hope this helps:
Baseline Document (bios)
Keanu Reeves
OCCUPATION: actor
BORN: Keanu Charles Reeves in Beirut, Lebanon, September 2, 1964 (male).
NATIONALITY: American
EDUCATION: Switched high schools four times before dropping out in 1984.
Attended High School for the Performing Arts in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada. Failed acting class and left after one year.
Attended De La Salle College. Spent one year; voted Most
Valuable Player as goalie on hockey team.
Attended a Second City workshop in Toronto.
Attended Hedgerow Theatre in Moylan, PA. Studied with Jasper
Deeter.
OTHER OCCUPATIONS: musician; pasta chef
MILESTONES:
Moved from New York City to Toronto with family
1980: Made Coke commercial at age 16 (date approximate)
1980: TV acting debut in the CBC production "Hanging In"
1984: Professional stage debut in Toronto production of "Wolf Boy"
1985: US TV debut, "Letting Go"
1986: Moved to Los Angeles
1986: Film acting debut in "Youngblood"
1987: First film in a starring role, "River's Edge"
1995: Appeared as the title character in a Winnipeg production of
"Hamlet"
1996: Broke ankle in motorcycle accident in May
BIOGRAPHY:
Handsome, laconic young lead of the 1980s and 90s whose variations
on
the role of the confused teen have ranged from Matt in "River's
Edge"
(1987), in which he had to beg his nine-year-old brother not to
shoot
him, to Ted in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989), in which
he resorted to time travel in an attempt to pass a high school
history
test. Keanu (Hawaiian for "cool breeze over the mountains") Reeves
was
born in Beirut, Lebanon, and grew up in such far-flung locales as
Australia, New York and Canada.
Reeves made his TV debut in the Canadian show "Hanging In"
(1980)
and also worked in commercials. He made a sensation starring in the
homoerotic play "Wolfboy" (1984) in Canada. His first US appearance
was on the failed pilot "Fast Food" (ABC, 1985). Reeves began
getting
larger and larger roles in a series of TV-movies over the next few
years: "Letting Go" (ABC, 1985), "Act of Vengeance" (HBO, 1986),
"Brotherhood of Justice" (his first starring role, ABC, 1986),
"Babes
in Toyland" (as Jack Be Nimble, co-starring Drew Barrymore, NBC,
1986).
Reeves' feature film debut came with the ice hockey drama
"Youngblood" (1986). After a 1986 Canadian film, "Flying", Reeves
hit
the big time with "River's Edge" (1987), based on a true murder
case.
He followed up with four films in 1988: the teen flicks "The Night
Before", "Permanent Record" and "The Prince of Pennsylvania", and as
the youthful 18th-century music teacher caught up in games of
seduction in Stephen Frears' "Dangerous Liaisons" (1988). A huge
comedy hit followed with Reeves performance as the air-headed time
traveler in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989). He
good-naturedly appeared in the 1991 sequel, "Bill and Ted's Bogus
Journey", and even voiced the 1990 CBS cartoon version.
A role as Martha Plimpton's hippie boyfriend in Ron Howard's
"Parenthood" (1989) followed. The rising star marked time with "I
Love
You to Death" and "Tune in Tomorrow" (both 1990), and the Kathryn
Bigelow-directed actioner "Point Break" (1991), in which he was an
FBI
agent. A turning point came with Reeves' performance as the mayor's
son who trades in the good life for street life in Gus Van Sant's
"My
Own Private Idaho" (1991), co-starring River Phoenix. An
honest-to-josh leading man by now, Reeves was tagged for the part of
Jonathan Harker in "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992), played a dark Don
John in the sunny Shakespeare adaptation, "Much Ado About Nothing"
(1993) and a beatific Prince Siddhartha in Bernardo Bertolucci's
"Little Buddha" (1994).
Reeves proved his mettle as a traditional action lead in the
public transportation thriller "Speed" (1994). Described by some as
"'Die Hard' on a bus", the flick pitted lawman Reeves against a
maniacal Dennis Hopper. Less impressive (from both critical and box
office standards) were the cyber-punk thriller "Johnny Mnemonic" and
the WWII-era romance "A Walk in the Clouds" (both 1995). That same
year, Reeves turned down a role in Michael Mann's "Heat" to play
"Hamlet" in a Canadian theatrical production. He continued to
alternate between romantic and action hero roles: in "Feeling
Minnesota", Reeves plays a man who runs off with his brother's wife
(Cameron Diaz), while in Andrew Davis' "Chain Reaction" (both 1996),
he is an engineer on the run from the FBI.
--Written by David Straussman & Eve
Golden
AWARDS:
Received MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male for "Point Break"
(1992).
Received MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo for "Speed" (1995).
Award shared with Sandra Bullock.
FAMILY MEMBERS:
Paternal step-grandfather: Made a fortune exporting Encyclopedia
Brittanicas to Canada.
Father: Reeves, Samuel Nowlin. Geologist. Left when Keanu was two;
of
Hawaiian-Chinese descent; sentenced to 10 years for
cocaine
and heroin possession in 1994.
Mother: Patricia. Costume designer. English.
Stepfather: Aaron, Paul. Theater director. Divorced Reeves' mother
after six months of marriage.
Stepfather: Miller, Robert. Rock promoter. Married to Reeves mother
for five years.
Stepfather: Bond, Jack. Hair salon owner. Divorced Reeves' mother in
1994.
Sister: Reeves, Kim. Horse breeder. Born c. 1966.
Half-sister: Reeves, Karina. Born c. 1976; father Robert Miller.
NOTES & QUOTES:
Various sources list either September 2 or September 4 as his date
of
birth (one lists August 2); since the majority indicate September 2,
that is the date this database is listing
Reeves was diagnosed with dyslexia as a child
The Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, began a class
called
"The Films of Keanu Reeves" as of January 1994.
"He has only three possessions of any consequence. A bass guitar, so
he can play with his folk-rock band, Dogstar, and two Norton
motorcycles, British-made in the 1970s".--Michael Shnayerson, VANITY
FAIR, 8/95
On fame: "I'm Mickey Mouse. They don't know who's inside the
suit."--quoted in VANITY FAIR, 8/95
David W. Lumpkins
In article <59di7i$b...@mochi.lava.net>, tr...@earthlink.net wrote:
> Mama Lani wrote:
> > Sorry, but this got asked and I forgot the answer. Is Keanu Reeves
> > part-Hawaiian and part-Chinese? Also, I need to know whether he was
> > actually BORN HERE in Hawaii. Mahalo!
>
>
> Here's some poop from an entertainment database
> here in Los Angeles. Hope this helps:
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Well, Mama Lani, we got da poop on dis one, eh? No more questions about
Keanu from this quarter for at least one year, I promise!
Isn't Keanu a pretty name!