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  1. Jan 26, 2018 · Samuel Reeves is most famous as the father of actor Keanu Reeves. Samuel was a Hawaiian-Chinese farmer. He was born and lived most of his life in Honolulu. [1] He studied geology at the American University in Lebanon in the early 1960s.

  2. Samuel Nowlin Reeves Jr was 22 years old when Keanu was born. He gave his son a traditional Hawaiian name, which literally means ‘cool breeze over the mountains.’

  3. Dec 27, 2023 · Samuel Nowlin Reeves Jr. was of Chinese-Hawaiian descent and had a background in geology. His ethnic heritage played a significant role in his identity and, by extension, influenced the upbringing of his son, Keanu.

  4. Mar 16, 2024 · Keanu's mother Patricia hails from England, while his father Samuel was Chinese and Hawaiian. Because of his father, Keanu has Asian heritage, which he opened up about with NBC News in 2021.

  5. Apr 22, 2001 · It is not surprising that Samuel Reeves, who was born in Honolulu and attended Waikiki Elementary, became a wanderer. After his parents divorced and his mother remarried, the family moved to various cities in Europe. Reeves left Hawaii at age 10. He remained in Beirut because he liked the city, working for a time in a publishing house as a clerk.

  6. 1964. View full family tree. Source : tdowling. More information. Reeves was born in Beirut, Lebanon, the son of Patricia Bond (née Taylor), an English costume designer/performer, and Samuel Nowlin Reeves, Jr., a geologist and Hawaiian-born American of English, Irish, Portuguese, Hawaiian, and Chinese descent.

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  8. Keanu’s father, Samuel Nowlin Reeves Jr. was an American of Chinese, Irish, English, Portuguese, and Hawaiian descent, and although he was an educated individual, specializing in geology, he often ended up on the wrong side of the law. At 22, he was a fairly young man when he married English fashion designer Patricia Taylor. But this wouldn ...

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