Keanu Movie Profiles
 

NOTE: Since Keanu's presence in the movie is obvious, being this HIS Filmography, I haven't included his name in the Cast of any profile.

And - since I couldn't find good summary plots to all his movies and I really wanted to post the page as soon as possible, I will be updating the page with new ones all the time. So, don't forget to check here often.
 
 

The Matrix 2 & 3 (2001) - Completely aware of his powers now, Neo - Keanu -  has to fight the machine and keep Zion from being destroyed.
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Ann Moss
Directors: Larry and Andy Wachowsky
Release Date: 2002*
 

Hardball (2000) -
In this film, Keanu will play an aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking while his friends are settling down and making money at good jobs. When he tries for the umpteenth time to borrow money from a friend, the pal makes the loan conditional on the guy coaching a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing projects in Chicago, a squad that his brokerage house is sponsoring. The man is transformed by mentoring the kids and finds salvation through the experience.
This project will be replacing 'The Ottoman Empire', project shut down by Paramount Pictures.
Cast: unknown
Director: Brian Robbins ('Ready to Rumble')
Release Date: unknown
 

Sweet November (2000)
This is a remake of the 1968 comedy/tear-jerker movie, in which a dying woman choses to take a new lover each month 'till she dies. Keanu will play a man who falls in love with her.
Cast: Charlize Theron
Director: Pat O'Connor
Release Date: 2000*
 

The Gift (2000)
Keanu's fame as a good boy is about to end. In this movie, he portrays Donnie, a wife beater, pointed by a psychic as a suspect of murder.
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Gary Cole, Giovanni Ribisi, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Hilary Swank.
Drector: Sam Raimi ('A Simple Plan' and 'Darkman')
Release Date: 2000*
 

The Watcher - former 'Driven' (1999)
A serial killer, portraied by Keanu, always fools a group of agents with his techniques. But one of the group starts not to fall for his tricks.
Cast: Chris Ellis, Marisa Tomei, James Spader
Director: Joe Charbanic
Release Date:

The Replacements (1999)
A comedy based on the 1987 professional football players' strike. It tells the story of a mismatched crew of outsiders who get a second chance at greatness when they are recruited to play pro football after the regular team goes on strike. As they amaze everyone with their winning streak, the ragtag group discovers in itself the ability to dream bigger. Keanu is the QB of this team of "second chancers".
Cast: Gene Hackman, Jon Favreau, Rhys Ifans
Director: Howard Deutch
Release Date: August, 2000

The Matrix (1998)
In the near future, a computer hacker named Neo (Keanu Reeves) discovers that all life on Earth may be nothing more than an elaborate facade created by a malevolent cyber-intelligence, for the purpose of placating us while our life essence is "farmed" to fuel the Matrix's campaign of domination in the "real" world.
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Ann Moss, HugoWeaving, Jon Pantoliano
Directors: Larry and Andy Wachowsky

Me and Will  (1997)
In the three first minutes of the movies, Keanu appears as himself, playing with Dogstar.
Directors: Melissa Behr, Sherrie Rose

The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Keanu is Kevin Lomax, the newest attorney at the world's most powerful law firm has never lost a case. But he's about to lose his soul.
Cast: Al Pacino, Charlize Theron
Director: Taylor Hackford

The Last Time I Committed Suicide - Harry
Cast: Thomas Jane, Tom Bower (I), Andrew Brody, John Doe, Claire Forlani
Director: Stephen T. Kay

Feeling Minnesota (1996)
As Jjacks Clayton, he finds the woman of her dreams. But she was to be married to his brother. Romance, comedy and drama on this independent movie.
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Vincent D'Onofrio, Delroy Lindo
Director: Steven Baigelman

Chain Reaction (1996)
Eddie Kasalavich (Keanu) finds himself charged on murder and has to runs away from the police, while he finds the real murderer.
Cast: Rachel Weisz, Morgan Freeman
Director: Andrew Davis
 

A Walk in The Clouds (1995)
Returning home from World War 2, Keanu's cahracter Paul Sutton finds himself in the arms of a woman who doesn't want him and sends him away. In the train, he meets a single pregnant woman, afraid to go homa and face the family.
Cast:Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Anthony Quinn, Giancarlo Giannini
Director: Alfonso Arau ('Like Water for Chocolate')
 

Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
Keanu plays the title role, as a data courier, carrying a data package literally inside his head too large to hold for long, must deliver it before he dies from it.
Cast: Dina Meyer, Ice-T, Dolph Lundgreen, Takeshi Kitano
Director: Robert Longo
 

Children Remember the Holocaust (TV - Docummentary) (1994)
Keanu is the host. This documentary captures the true essence of the Holcaust tragedy as it pertains to children.
Director: Mark Gordon
 

Speed (1994)
Keanu is Jack Traven - L.A.P.D. SWAT team specialist -, sent to diffuse a bomb that a revenge driven extortionist has planned on a bus. But until he does, Jack and Annie - Sandra Bullock, must keep te bus speeding thru the streets of Los Angeles at more than 50 mph, or the bomb will go off.
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton, Jeff Daniels
Director: Jan de Bont ('Twister')
 

Little Buddha (1993)
Lama Norbu comes to Seattle in search of the
reincarnation of his dead teacher, Lama Dorje. His search leads him to young Jesse Conrad, Raju, a boy from Kathmandu, and a Indian girl. Together, they journey to Bhutan where the three children must undergo a test to prove which is the true reincarnation. Interspersed with this, is the story of Siddharta (Keanu Reeves), later known as the Buddha. It traces his spiritual journey from ignorance to true enlightenment.
Cast: Chris Isaak, Bridget Fonda Ruocheng Ying
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci ('The Last Tango in Paris')
 

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993) - As Julian Gitche
Sissy Hankshaw is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking through the US from a young age. She becomes a model in advertising and her NY agent 'the Countess' sends her to his ranch in CA to shoot a commercial, set against the background of mating whooping cranes. There, she befriends Bonanza Jellybean, one of the cowgirls at the beauty- ranch. The cowgirls take command of the ranch from the Countess and 'drug' the cranes with 'peyote'. The police besiege the ranch.
Cast: Uma Thurman, Pat Morita, Lorraine Bracco, Angie Disckinson
Director: Gus Van Sant )'My Own Private Idaho', 'Good Will Hunting')
 

Freaked (1993) - An uncredited presence, as Ortiz the Dog Boy
A company that produces a toxic chemical tries to improve its image via a popular spokesperson,
Ricky Coogan. Ricky travels to South America to get a first-hand look at the chemical's effects and finds himself at a mutant freak farm. Elijah, who runs the farm, is only too happy to have new subjects on which to try his freak machine. The very chemical that Ricky is supposed to promote is the one responsible for creating the great variety of freaks.
Cast: Brooke Shields, William Sadler, Eduardo Ricard, Henry Carbo
Directors: Alex Winter, Tom Stern
 

Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
In a very sensitive way, Kenneth Branagh tells the story of various characters and their adventures on love, in a romantic and light time in Italy. Keanu is the classic vilain Don John in this Shakespearean based film.
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington, Robert Sean Leonard
Director: Kenneth Branagh

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
The director Francis Ford Coppola retunrs to the original source of the Dracula mythm and from that gothic romance creates a modern masterpiece. Keanu plays Jonathan Harker, fiance of Dracula's object of affection, Whilemina Murray.
Cast: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins
Director: Francis Ford Coppola

My Own Private Idaho (1992)
Based on the Shakespeare play 'Henry V'. Keanu and real-life friend River Phoenix play two young hustlers who discover friendship and adventure on the twisting, turning road of life.
Cast: River Phoenix, James Russo, William Richert, Rodney Harvey, Flea Chiara Caselli

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
Bill and Ted (Keanu Reeves) are killed by their evil robot doubles, sent from the future by the megalomaniacal DiNomolos. In order to save the babes and win the San Dimas Battle of the Bands, they must escape from Hell, challenge the Grim Reaper, meet God, and defeat the evil Bill and Ted.
Cast: Alex Winter, William Sadler, Joss Ackland, Pam Grier
Director: Peter Hewitt
 

Point Break (1991)
Young FBI agent Johnny Utah (Keanu) goes undercover at the suggestion of his partner to learn if a group of wild surfers is actually a gang of bank robbers. He soon comes unedr the dangerous spell is the surfers' charismatic leader Bodhi, a mystical mastermind who'll do absolutely anything for a thrill - and expect his followers to do the same.
Cast: Patrick Swaize, Gary Busey, Lori Petty
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
 

Providence (1991) - As ????????????
A talented but disenchanted high school student seeking more advanced instruction sneaks inside the ivy covered gates of nearby Brown University. Masquerading as a college student he is soon
matching morals with a young co-ed, and wits with his literature professor. His passion for learning affects and amazes all those around him, but soon his house of cards begins to crumble and the penalties could do more than jeopardize just his academic future.
Cast: John David Cullum, David Greenlee, Dedee Pfeiffer
Director: David Mackay
 

"Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" (TV Series) (1990) - Voice of Ted
Animation on the movie 'Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure', featuring the "Wild Stalions" in new adventures through time.
Cast (voices) - Alex Winter, George Carlin
 

I Love You to Death (1990) - As one of Joey's 'murderer's' Marlon James
With these people trying to kill him, Joey may live forever.
Cast: Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, Joan Plowright, River Phoenix
Director: Laurence Kasdam
 

Tune in Tomorrow (1990) (aka Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter)
Pedro Carmichael, an eccentric writer of soaps is hired to liven upa  radio ratings. There, he meets Martin Loader (Keanu Reeves), a young writer witha  problem: Matin has fallen madly in love with his older, twice divorced Aunt Julia, but she resisted all attempts at seduction - so far. Pedro develops a number of schemes abd draws on a variety of exotic disguises to help Martin out. But his real motives only become apparent when Martin and Julia discover that Pedro has used the affair to develop the plot of his soap opera! The scandalous drama has everybody hooked and ratings soar - but will the two lovers ever escape the clutches of Pedro's lively imagination?
Cast: Peter Falk, Barbara Hershey
Director: Jon Amiel
 

Parenthood (1989) -
Keanu plays Tod, a young soon to be father in this wonderful comedy that portrays so well the neurosis of the American society.
Cast: Steve Martin, Mary Steeburgen, Dianne Wiest, Rick Moranis
Director: Ron Howard
 

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
Ted "Theodore" Logan - Keanu - and Bill S. Preston esquire won't graduate if they don't do well in their History presentation. This would be both bogus and uncool! A dude called Rufus comes from the future in a telephone box to help them, as their lives are apparently rather important to the future of
mankind ! They travel through time doing some interesting research for their history presentation, and generally being excellent to each other !
Cast: Alex Winter, George Carlin
Director: Stephen Herek
 

Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Close to the French Revolution, the Marquise of Mertuil and the Vicomte of Valmont involve Madame de Tourvel and the young Cécile de Volanges in a complex intrigue to satisfy their not very nobles desires. Everything begins when the Marquise asks the Vicomte to seduce and deflower her rival's daughter, who gets involved with the young Chevalier Danceny - Keanu Reeves - and the Vicomte.
Cast: John Malkovich, Glenn Close, Michelle Pfeiffer, Uma Thurman
Director: Stephen Frears
 

The Night Before (1988)
Winston Connelly, played by Keanu, wakes up in the middle of the night in an alley with no idea of how he got there. Nor does he know where in Los Angeles he is or why he is wearing a beat-up tuxedo. Through a series of flashbacks, he remembers that he was sidetracked on his way to the prom the night before. In the meantime, he has to figure out what happened to his wallet, his car keys, his date, and why a pimp named "Tito" wants him dead.
Cast: Lori Loughlin, Theresa Saldana, Trinidad Silva
Director: Thom Eberhardt
 

Permanent Record (1988) - Chris Townsend
When David Sinclair, a popular and talented high school student commits suicide, his best friend Chris Townsend - a wonderful Keanu Reeves - takes over many of his responsibilities; from the school production of "HMS Pinafore" to caring for his family, and soon finds himself under the same pressures.
Cast: Pamela Gidley, Alan Boyce, Michael Elgart
Director: Marisa Silver
 

The Prince Pennsylvannia (1988) - Ruppert Marshetta
Cast: Bonnie Bedelia, Todd Bryiant, Linda Carola
Director: Ron Nyswaner

River's Edge (1987) - Matt
Cast: Crispin Glover, Dennis Hopper, Ione Skyie
Director: Tim Hunter
 

Babes in Toyland (TV) (1986) - Alex/Jack-be-Nimble
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Richard Mulligan, Eileen Brennan, Pat Morita
Director: Cliv Donner
 

Act of Vengeance (TV) (1986) - Buddy Martin
Cast: Charles Bronson, Ellen Burstyn, Wilford Brimley, Ellen Barkin
Director: John Mackenzie
 

Brotherhood of Justice (TV) (1986) - Derek
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Lori Loughlin, Joe Spano
Director: Charles Braveman
 

Flying (aka Dream to Believe; aka Teenage Dream) (1986) - Tommy
Cast: Olivia D'Abo, Rita Tushingham, Jessica Steen
Director: Paul Lynch
 

Under the Influence (TV) (1986) - As Eddie Talbot
This movie does an excellent portrayal of the alcoholic family, and the son's unconscious recording of his fathers'personality. Everyone plays their role well, but you could swear Andy and his oldest son developed a problem, on purpose, for the reality of this sad, but real, film.
Cast: Dana Andersen, Poddi Edwards, Andy Griffith
Director: Thomas Carter
 

Young Again (TV) (1986) - As Michael Riley (at 17)
Cast: Jack Gilford, Jessica Steen, Robert Urich
Director: Steven Hilliard
 

Young Blood (1986)- As Heaver
Cast: Rob Lowe, Cynthia Gibb, Patrick Swayze, Ed Lauter
Director: Peter Markle
 

Letting Go (1985) - As Client
Cast: John Ritter, Sharon Gless, Max Gail
Director: Jack Bender

TV APPEARANCES:
 

Action (1999) - as Himself Episode: Pilot (9/16/99) Directed by: Adam Bernstein, Ted Demme Cast: Jay Mohr, Illeana Douglas, Jarrad Paul

The Tracey Ullman Show (1987) - Jesse Walker Episode: segment: Two Lost Souls (12/17/87) Directed by: Ted Bessel  Cast: Tracey Ullman, Julie Kavner

Hanging In (1979) - Thug #1 Episode: ??? (I Don't Know) Directed by: Walter C. Miller, Alan Rafkin Cast: Dennis Burkley, Bill Macy, Darian Mathias

* = Release Date are subject to change, so, check your local listings before you head off to the theater.

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