Editing Keanu Reeves (section)

==Early life==
Keanu Charles Reeves was born in [[Beirut]], Lebanon, on September 2, 1964, the son of Patricia (née Taylor), a [[costume designer]] and performer, and Samuel Nowlin Reeves Jr. His mother is English, originating from [[Essex]].<ref>{{Cite episode |series=[[The Jonathan Ross Show]] |date=March 28, 2015 |season=8 |number=10 |quote=I am [half English]. My mother is from Essex.}}</ref> His American father is from Hawaii, and is of [[Native Hawaiians|Native Hawaiian]], Chinese, English, and Portuguese descent.<ref name="walkoffame">{{cite web |title=Keanu Reeves |url=https://walkoffame.com/keanu-reeves/ |website=Hollywood Walk of Fame |date=October 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007163722/https://walkoffame.com/keanu-reeves/ |archive-date=October 7, 2022 |quote=Reeves's mother is English, and his father is an American of English, Hawaiian, Chinese, and Portuguese descent. |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref name="Roberts 2014-12-17">{{cite web |url=http://www.americanancestors.org/assortment-famous-actors/ |title=#77 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: An Assortment of Famous Actors |last=Roberts |first=Gary Boyd |date=December 17, 2014 |website=americanancestors.org |publisher=New England Historic Genealogical Society |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025194644/http://www.americanancestors.org/assortment-famous-actors/ |archive-date=October 25, 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 4, 2015}}</ref> Reeves's paternal grandmother is of [[Native Hawaiians|Hawaiian]] and [[Chinese immigration to Hawaii|Chinese]] descent.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Caines|first=Michael|date=August 17, 2018|title=Inbetweeners – Social & cultural studies|url=https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/inbetweeners/|access-date=December 4, 2020|work=The Times Literary Supplement|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125231854/https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/inbetweeners/|url-status=live}}</ref> His mother was working in Beirut when she met his father,<ref>{{cite web|last=Reiman|first=Thomas|date=August 3, 2020|title=Everything You Didn't Know About Keanu Reeves|url=https://collider.com/galleries/surprising-facts-about-keanu-reeves/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702133120/http://collider.com/galleries/surprising-facts-about-keanu-reeves/|archive-date=July 2, 2019|access-date=July 2, 2019|website=Collider}}</ref> who abandoned his wife and family when Reeves was three years old. Reeves last met his father on the Hawaiian island of [[Kauai]] when he was 13.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Shaprio|first=Marc|title=Keanu Reeves' Excellent Adventure – An Unauthorized Biography|publisher=Riverdale Avenue Books|year=2020|isbn=9781626015609|location=New York|pages=6, 9, 15, 23, 28}}</ref>

After his parents divorced in 1966, his mother moved the family to [[Sydney]],<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cultursmag.com/keanu-reeves-and-the-unique-childhood-that-shaped-him/#:~:text=At%20the%20age%20of%20two,the%20introduction%20of%20Australian%20culture | title=Keanu Reeves and the Unique Childhood That Shaped Him > CULTURS — lifestyle media for cross-cultural identity | date=June 7, 2022 | access-date=April 6, 2023 | archive-date=April 6, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406214345/https://www.cultursmag.com/keanu-reeves-and-the-unique-childhood-that-shaped-him/#:~:text=At%20the%20age%20of%20two,the%20introduction%20of%20Australian%20culture | url-status=live }}</ref> and then to New York City, where she married [[Paul Aaron]], a [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] director, in 1970.<ref name=":4" /> The couple moved to [[Toronto]] and divorced in 1971. When Reeves was nine, he took part in a theatre production of ''[[Damn Yankees]]''.<ref>{{cite web|date=September 2, 2014|title=Keanu Reeves at 50|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/keanu-reeves-50-best-memes-quotes-matrix-actors-birthday-1463571|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721235651/https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/keanu-reeves-50-best-memes-quotes-matrix-actors-birthday-1463571|archive-date=July 21, 2019|access-date=July 21, 2019|website=[[International Business Times]]}}</ref> Aaron remained close to Reeves, offering him advice and recommending him a job at the [[Hedgerow Theatre]] in Pennsylvania.<ref name=":4" /> Reeves's mother married Robert Miller, a rock music promoter, in 1976; the couple divorced in 1980. Reeves and his sisters grew up primarily in the [[Yorkville, Toronto|Yorkville]] neighbourhood of Toronto, with a nanny frequently caring for them.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Liu|first=Karon|date=September 15, 2010|title=Keanu Reeves bears witness to TIFF's most awkward moment yet|url=http://www.torontolife.com/tiff/2010/09/15/keanu-reeves-bears-witness-to-tiffs-most-awkward-moment-yet/|magazine=[[Toronto Life]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210223012/http://www.torontolife.com/tiff/2010/09/15/keanu-reeves-bears-witness-to-tiffs-most-awkward-moment-yet/|archive-date=December 10, 2014|access-date=December 6, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Reeves watched British comedy shows such as ''[[The Two Ronnies]]'', and his mother imparted English manners that he has maintained into adulthood.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://keanureeves.tv/in-january-2011-on-the-bbc-program-the-one-show-keanu-reeves-spoke|title=In January 2011 on the BBC Program The One Show Keanu Reeves Spoke|date=April 18, 2012|publisher=keanureeves.tv|access-date=October 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023065933/http://keanureeves.tv/in-january-2011-on-the-bbc-program-the-one-show-keanu-reeves-spoke/|archive-date=October 23, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Because of his grandmother's Chinese ethnicity, Reeves grew up with [[Chinese art]], [[Chinese furniture|furniture]], and [[Chinese cuisine|cuisine]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/113303/keanu-reeves-on-directing-for-the-first-time|title=Keanu Reeves on directing for the first time|date=September 20, 2013|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|first=Ruben V.|last=Nepales|access-date=October 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803041401/https://entertainment.inquirer.net/113303/keanu-reeves-on-directing-for-the-first-time|archive-date=August 3, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

Describing himself as a "private kid",<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Heath|first=Chris|date=August 31, 2000|title=The Quiet Man: The Riddle of Keanu Reeves|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/the-quiet-man-the-riddle-of-keanu-reeves-97442/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429053555/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/the-quiet-man-the-riddle-of-keanu-reeves-97442/|archive-date=April 29, 2020|access-date=May 6, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> Reeves attended four different high schools, including the [[Etobicoke School of the Arts]], from which he was expelled. Reeves said he was expelled because he was "just a little too rambunctious and shot my mouth off once too often&nbsp;... I was not generally the most well-oiled machine in the school".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Reimann|first=Thomas|date=April 17, 2019|title=Everything You Didn't Know About Keanu Reeves|url=https://collider.com/galleries/surprising-facts-about-keanu-reeves/|access-date=October 18, 2020|website=Collider|archive-date=July 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702133120/http://collider.com/galleries/surprising-facts-about-keanu-reeves/|url-status=live}}</ref> Reeves has [[dyslexia]] and has said, "Because I had trouble reading, I wasn't a good student".<ref>{{Cite web |title=An interview with Keanu Reeves :: WINM :: Keanu Reeves Articles & Interviews Archive |url=http://www.whoaisnotme.net/articles/2005_03xx_ani.htm |access-date=March 10, 2023 |publisher=Whoa Is (Not) Me |archive-date=March 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310162500/http://www.whoaisnotme.net/articles/2005_03xx_ani.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> At [[De La Salle College (Toronto)|De La Salle College]], he was a successful [[ice hockey]] goalkeeper. Reeves had aspirations to play for the Canadian Olympic team and was once considered an [[Ontario Hockey League|OHL]] prospect, but his hockey career ended due to injury.<ref>[https://x.com/Sportsnet/status/1826794600872427911 Sportsnet@X.com: "The newest member of the Windsor Spitfires, Keanu Reeves!The former OHL goalie prospect, had his hockey career cut short by injury.], August 22, 2024</ref>  At the age of 15, he decided he wanted to become an actor.<ref>{{cite web|last=Arpe|first=Malene|date=October 22, 2013|title=Keanu Reeves talks memes, hockey and Licks burgers during Reddit AMA|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stargazing/2013/10/22/keanu_reeves_talks_memes_hockey_and_licks_burgers_during_reddit_ama.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209111336/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stargazing/2013/10/22/keanu_reeves_talks_memes_hockey_and_licks_burgers_during_reddit_ama.html|archive-date=December 9, 2014|access-date=December 6, 2014|work=Toronto Star}}</ref> After leaving De La Salle College, he attended [[Avondale Secondary Alternative School]], which allowed him to get an education while working as an actor. Reeves dropped out of high school when he was 17.<ref>{{cite web|title=Keanu Reeves- Biography|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/keanu-reeves/biography.html|work=[[Yahoo! Movies]]|access-date=June 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630015504/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/keanu-reeves/biography.html|archive-date=June 30, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> He obtained a [[green card]] through his American stepfather and moved to Los Angeles three years later.<ref name=":4" /> Reeves holds only Canadian citizenship.<ref name="irresistible"/><ref name="citizenship"/>