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Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves

25 films · 1,960 frames · top-billed in 20 · 19862025

Born 2 September 1964 · Beirut, Lebanon

Keanu Charles Reeves is a Canadian actor. Reeves is known for his roles in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Speed, Point Break, and The Matrix franchise as Neo.

He has collaborated with major directors such as Stephen Frears (in the 1988 period drama Dangerous Liaisons); Gus Van Sant (in the 1991 independent film My Own Private Idaho); and Bernardo Bertolucci (in the 1993 film Little Buddha). Referring to his 1991 film releases, The New York Times' critic, Janet Maslin, praised Reeves' versatility, saying that he "displays considerable discipline and range.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 25 films · 1,960 frames · top-billed in 20 · 19862025

  • Time 1002022
  • MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance2000
  • MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo1995
  • MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male1992
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

How their films are shot

Measured across 1,960 frames from the 25 films we hold. This is the look of the work Keanu takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 25 films we hold, 53% of their frames are night, 48% low key — the look of the work Keanu takes.

Time of day

Night53%
Day31%
Interior7%
Golden hour6%

Lighting

Low key48%
Natural35%
High key11%
Silhouette4%

Shot size

Medium44%
Wide25%
Closeup19%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level80%
Low angle9%
High angle8%

Mood

Neutral50%
Tense24%
Ominous9%
Lonely7%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,960 frames from Keanu Reeves's 25 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.