Keanu Reeves Net Worth, Biography, And Salary

Keanu Reeves net worth is around $380 million dollars. Reeves is one of the legendary actors in Hollywood who has not only made name for himself but has so many actors but young and old.

Keanu is an actor from Canada who has made a lot of influence in the movie industry and beyond. Reeves began acting in theater productions and television movies before making his feature film debut in Youngblood.

Keanu Reeves Net Worth And Biography

Early Life

Keanu  Reeves was born on September 2, 1964, in Beirut, Lebanon, to Patricia, a costume designer and performer, and Samuel Nowlin Reeves Jr. His mother is from Essex and is English meanwhile, his father is Hawaiian and has, Chinese, English, Irish, and Portuguese ancestry. His mother met his father while working in Beirut.

Reeve’s father abandoned his family; wife, and children when Reeves was three years old. After this his mother decided to divorce his father in 1966, his mother moved the family to Sydney, Australia, and then to New York City, where she married Paul Aaron, a Broadway and Hollywood director, in 1970.

They eventually settled in Toronto and became Canadian citizens in 1971. Reeves’ education was hampered by dyslexia. He was kicked out of several high schools. On the ice, he made up for his poor grades by attaining success as a goaltender for his high school hockey team. Reeves left hockey and school after performing in a school production of Romeo and Juliet and discovering his love of performance.

He attended Avondale Secondary Alternative School after leaving De La Salle College, which allowed him to get an education while working as an actor. He dropped out of high school at the age of 17. Three years later, he moved to Los Angeles, United States, after obtaining a green card from his American stepfather.

Career

Beginning with minor roles on Canadian television, commercials, and stage productions, Reeves made his feature film debut in 1986 with Youngblood. He went on to have a number of co-starring roles, including a larger role in the critically acclaimed River’s Edge. With the 1989 smash-hit Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Reeves achieved unexpected box office success, grossing more than $40 million dollars domestically. He went on to star in a number of major and independent films, including the drama Point Break and the indie cult classic My Own Private Idaho.

Reeves rose to prominence after the success of his 1994 action film Speed, which earned two Academy Awards and total gross revenue of $350.5 million both internationally and domestically. Reeves went on to have even more success as the lead in The Matrix franchise, a trilogy of sci-fi action films that grossed $1.6 billion in total. His performance as Neo was well-received and praised, and the films were hugely successful.

In 2014, Reeves landed the title role in the action thriller “John Wick,” in which he played a retired hitman. The films were both critically acclaimed and box office smashes. He went on to reprise his role in two more films. His John Wick film franchise has grossed over $500 million at the box office. After adjusting for inflation, Keanu’s films have grossed more than $4.6 billion at the global box office as of this writing.

Keanu Reeves net worth increased with all these big breaks he witnessed in his career.

Highlight

After Will Smith declined the role of Neo in The Matrix, Keanu stepped in. His starting salary was set to be $10 million. He was also given a portion of the backend, which resulted in total earnings of $35 million for the first film due to the film’s unexpected success. After inflation, that equates to around $53 million. Warner Bros. announced the fourth Matrix installment in August 2019.

In 2017, Reeves agreed to reprise his role in the John Wick sequel, John Wick: Chapter 2. The plot continues from the first film, with John Wick fleeing when a bounty is placed on his head. The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing $171.5 million worldwide, which was $11.5 million more than its predecessor. Empire magazine’s Chris Hewitt praised Reeves’ performance, which complemented his previous action roles (Point Break and Speed).

Keanu earned only $3000 for his film debut in Youngblood in 1986. He received $95,000 for his performance in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Speed, released in 1994, earned him $1.2 million. After adjusting for inflation, that equates to around $2 million. He declined an offer of $11 million to appear in the Speed sequel. He explained that he was unavailable because he was on tour with his band. For Johnny Mnemonic, he earned $2 million, and for The Devil’s Advocate, he earned $8 million.

1. One Step Away
2. Youngblood
3. Speed
4. Johnny
5. A Walk in the Clouds
6. The Devil’s Advocate
7. The Matrix
8. The Matrix Reloaded
9. The Matrix Revolutions
10. Constantine
11. Man of Tai Chi
12. 47 Ronin Kai
13. John Wick
14. John Wick: Chapter 2
15. Siberia
16. The SpongeBob
17. The Matrix Resurrections
18. DC League of Super-Pets
19. John Wick: Chapter 4

As of September 2022, Keanu Reeves net worth has totaled sum of $380 million dollars making of the richest in the world.

Personal Life

Jennifer Syme dated Keanu Reeves for some time, and she gave birth to their stillborn daughter, Ava Archer Syme-Reeves, on December 24, 1999. Their relationship suffered as a result of their grief, and they split up a few weeks later. Syme died on impact after being involved in a car accident in April 2001. Reeves was scheduled to begin filming The Matrix sequels back-to-back at the time and sought time to deal with the incident before beginning filming. He dated China Chow in 2008. He has never married and is notoriously private about his personal life.

Reeves and artist Alexandra Grant began dating in 2019, and they were photographed holding hands at a Saint Laurent fashion show that June. They had also gone to a benefit together a month before. However, it wasn’t until they walked the red carpet holding hands at the LACMA Art + Film Gala that November that the public noticed the adorable couple.

Keanu Reeves Net Worth

Keanu Reeves net worth is estimated to be around $380 million dollars. He is not only, one of the richest actors in the world but also one of the highest-paid actors who have made a difference in the world.