Abandoned by his father at the age of 3; was brought up by 3 different stepfathers; dyslexic; his dream of becoming a hockey player was broken by a serious injury; daughter died in childbirth; his wife died in a car accident; the person he cares about the most, his sister, has leukemia; his best friend, River Phoenix, died of an overdose ...
After everything he's been through, Keanu Reeves doesn't miss an opportunity to help those in need. While filming The Lake House, he accidentally overheard a discussion between two ladies in the wardrobe; one cried because she would have lost her home if she had not paid $ 20,000, and on the same day Keanu deposited this amount in the woman's bank account; he also donated huge sums to hospitals.
After earning astronomical sums for the Matrix trilogy, the actor donated over £ 50 million to the staff who cared about costumes and special effects: the true heroes of the trilogy as he defined them. He also gifted each stuntman a Harley-Davidson.
In 1997, some paparazzi even caught him spending the morning with a homeless man in Los Angeles, listening to him and sharing his life for hours.
This man could have bought anything, but instead every day he chooses what cannot be bought: humility.