10 Of Keanu Reeves's Best Roles, Ranked

Keanu Reeves has played all kinds of role in all kinds of moving picture . He ’s play a time - travel high schooler in a series of wacky stoner comedies , the computer hacker who discovers the secret of human existence in a science fiction trilogy , and a cold , calculated , vengeful ex - bravo in an action thriller enfranchisement .

Whether anyone would like to acknowledge it or not , the guy has range . Few actors can do both comedy and drama ; zaniness and pathos . Reeves is a great actor with a mass of dandy characters on his résumé . With that in mind , here are 10 Of Keanu Reeves ’s best roles , ranked .

Jonathan Harker

Francis Ford Coppola ’s adaptation of Bram Stoker’sDraculahas the sumptuous gothic visuals and gloomy , candlelit atmosphere you have in your head when you ’re reading the book . Keanu Reeves ’ English accent in the character of Jonathan Harker was slammed by many critics , some of whom thought the performance as a whole was also sapless . But anyone ’s performance is going to expect weak next to Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins .

Reeves does a fine line and , as always , he ’s engaging in the role . According to Winona Ryder , an actual Romanian priest was brought in for the wedding aspect and he did n’t really understand what was going on , soshe and Keanu Reeves might really be marriedin real life .

Scott Favor

Make no mistake : My Own Private Idahois River Phoenix ’s movie . But Keanu Reeves proves to be a terrific carbon monoxide - lead in Gus Van Sant ’s play . It ’s not just a movie about one character ’s journey ; it ’s a movie about two characters going on a journeying together . So , Reeves ’ role is polar .

The plot is a combining of a Shakespearian saga and establishing the New Queer Cinema movement . Look no further than the campfire fit in which Mike ( Phoenix ) confesses his unreciprocated honey to Scott ( Reeves ) if you need any test copy that Keanu can playact . The two actor playact the scene so beautifully that it has become of the gay community of interests ’s most tragical and iconic all - time bit .

Don John

Kenneth Branagh’sMuch Ado About Nothinghas an absurdly star - studded cast : Denzel Washington , Michael Keaton , Emma Thompson , Kate Beckinsale , not to cite Branagh himself . Also , Keanu Reeves appears in the role of Don John . Shakespeare is a certain - fervor way to reach some credibility as an actor , and until this movie come along , Reeves had been sleep together for his roles in legal action movies and drollery .

This was the task that proved to the man that he had something more to pop the question . InMuch Ado About Nothing , Don John is one of the bad guys . Keanu Reeves does n’t often get to trifle a bad guy , so it ’s interesting to see .

Kevin Lomax

There are n’t many legal thriller that devolve into a Satanic supernatural repulsion story halfway through the plot , so it ’s a sight to behold when one does . Keanu Reeves ’ turn as a lawyer working for Satan in this movie is often overshadowed by Al Pacino ’s performance as his hirer , John Milton , who turns out to be the Lord of Darkness himself .

However , Reeves is great in the movie . His carrying out is complemented by his wardrobe ; as Kevin ’s soul becomes closer to the Devil , his courting get dark and darker . He ’s not a good guy ; he secure a “ not shamefaced ” verdict for a nipper molester he ’s defending by discrediting his dupe . It was a challenging role for Reeves to take on .

Keanu

Despite the premiss of a pet jeopardise by a gang and the titleKeanu , Keegan - Michael Key and Jordan Peele did not really conceive their first characteristic film as a parody ofJohn Wick . Still , when Keanu Reeves notice out there was a comedy movie being made with his name in the title and a assumption similar to that of his 2014 comeback moving-picture show , he get in touch and offered to cameo in the pic .

Of course , Key and Peele jumped at the chance and rewrote a dream sequence to include Keanu Reeves himself voicing the titular cat . It ’s one of the funniest moments in the movie .

Neo

Neo , also recognise as Thomas Anderson or “ the One , ” is the guy we have to give thanks for peace in the world . Well , not our world – the cosmos ofThe Matrixtrilogy . startle with the moment Neo take up that red pill , we followed him on an incredible journeying through cyberspace as he broke down the barriers of reality and carry through the world .

The character became a piddling silly in the subsequence , as he “ did his Superman affair ” and other cockeyed activities , but there ’s no denying that his sacrifice at the end ofThe Matrix Revolutionssolidified his place as one of cinema ’s swell heroes .

Jack Traven

On paper , “ Die Hardon a bus ” sounds like a stupefied premise for a movie . But that ’s part of the beauty ofSpeed . It sets up this ridiculous premise about a bomb on a bus topology and then it hooks you in and you go along with it for the ride . Most of these “ Die Hardon a … ” motion-picture show simply have a John McClane ringer ( John McClone ? ) as their protagonist .

However , with Jack Traven , Keanu Reeves created a wholly original action at law movie submarine sandwich . The actor noticed the deficiency of originality in the character and had playscript doctor Joss Whedon rewrite Traven to change him from “ a rebel hotshot ” into “ the polite guy trying not to get anybody killed . ”

Johnny Utah

Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze reinvent the sidekick cop genre withPoint Break , the pic that combines gunfights and surfing . These two men authentically get laid each other , to the full point that undercover bull Johnny Utah does n’t actually need to turn in his pal Bodhi in the destruction .

This was the movie that defined the Logos “ bromance , ” so myriad Judd Apatow productions havePoint Breakto thank . Reeves and Swayze accomplish a level of chemistry that few cover duos have ever done . The put-on was actually win over audiences that they are n’t best friends when they first contact , not that they are when they get to cognise each other .

Ted “Theodore” Logan

The role of Ted “ Theodore ” Logan is worlds aside from Keanu Reeves ’ action roles . It ’s difficult to hold on that the same guy who had a grave accent , solemn , cold demeanor as the highly skilled bravo John Wick also plays one of the dopey airhead undoer in theBill and Tedmovies .

But he ’s marvelous – he ’s convincing as both the stern , icy contract killer and the slow , rock ‘ n ’ roll - obsessed idiot . Very few actors could pull that off , if any others at all . The long - awaitedBill and Tedthreequel , Bill and Ted Face the Music , willreportedly begin shooting shortly . It ’ll see the titular couple writing a song that ’s travel to save the world .

John Wick

“ I ’m thinking I ’m back , ” John Wick aver back in 2014 as he found himself tied to a chair by one of his many deadly foes . It adopt him a duo of decennium , but Keanu Reeves finally find the office that would define his career in yet another epic comeback . He ’s the world ’s greatest assassinator , responsible for 100 of people ’s deaths , but what makes him sympathetic is his love for his heel .

When Wick goes after someone , you want him to get the guy cable , too . The third movie in what is have a bun in the oven to be a long - run franchise , Parabellum , is due out afterward this year .