Debut
Correspondent on CBC’s Going Great
Worked as a correspondent on the CBC youth series Going Great.
Source 01 · The Canadian Encyclopedia · Keanu Reeves · opens in a new tab Year from The Canadian Encyclopedia; exact date not confirmed.The year he turned 20, he worked as a correspondent on the CBC youth series Going Great. The year he turned 22, he had a supporting role in the hockey film Youngblood.
The year he turned 23, he was in River’s Edge, which The New York Times reviewed on May 8, 1987. The year he turned 24, he played Danceny in Dangerous Liaisons.
The breakthrough yearThe year he turned 25, he played Ted in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Rolling Stone wrote in 2000 that the film first made him notably famous.
The year he turned 27, he played an FBI agent in Point Break. The year he turned 28, he was in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The year he turned 30, he played an LAPD SWAT-team cop in Speed, and Entertainment Weekly asked that month whether he was the next action star.
The year he turned 35, he played Neo in The Matrix. The year he turned 39, he returned as Neo in two sequels, Reloaded and Revolutions.
The year he turned 49, he presented his directorial debut, Man of Tai Chi, at Cannes. The year he turned 50, he starred in John Wick. The year he turned 53, he returned for John Wick: Chapter 2.
The year he turned 55, he voiced Duke Caboom in Toy Story 4, was announced for the game Cyberpunk 2077, and was reported to be returning for a fourth Matrix film. The year he turned 57, his comic BRZRKR sold over 615,000 copies of its first issue to comic stores, and he returned as Neo in The Matrix Resurrections. The year he turned 59, he starred in John Wick: Chapter 4 and played BottleRock Napa Valley with Dogstar.
The year he turned 60, his first novel, The Book of Elsewhere, was published, and his Broadway debut was announced. The year he turned 61, he played Estragon in Waiting for Godot on Broadway and played the angel Gabriel in Good Fortune. The year he turned 62, Dogstar released its fourth studio album, All In Now.
Keanu Reeves (born Sep 2, 1964) was a correspondent on CBC’s Going Great in 1984, the year he turned 20, and became known in 1989, the year he turned 25, when Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure came out on Feb 17, 1989. He played Neo in The Matrix in 1999, the year he turned 35.
Ages are by calendar year (the year minus the birth year), birthdays aside.