where was he from?
He was born in Beirut ,Lebanon.
Keanu Reeves
Keanu Charles Reeves was born in Beirut, Lebanon, 
the day the earth stood still 2008 wiki It is a 2008 American science fiction drama film and a loose adaptation of the 1951 film of the same name. who directed this film? Scott Derrickson. was it commercially successfully one? Yes, it was the 40th-highest grossing film in 2008. who stars in it? Keanu Reeves.
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Keanu Reeves [SEP] Early life
Keanu Charles Reeves was born in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 2, 1964, the son of Patricia (née Taylor), a costume designer and performer, and Samuel Nowlin Reeves Jr. His mother is English, originating from Essex. His father is from Hawaii, and is of Chinese, English, Irish, Native Hawaiian, and Portuguese descent. His mother was working in Beirut when she met his father, who abandoned his wife and family when Reeves was three years old. Reeves last met his father on the island of Kauai when he was 13. After his parents divorced 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.