Which Keanu Reeves Character Are You Based On Your Zodiac

Keanu Reeves is an actor who’s sheer star power has long since removed the necessity of a surname, and whose triple-decade career has generated some of the most compelling characters in cinema history. Whether audiences have come to view him as a talented actor or simply a lucky one, there’s no denying that his performances have entertained them, from one of his first starring roles as the affable Ted “Theodore” Logan to most recently as the steely-eyed John Wick.

Like a blank vessel, he’s able to fully embody whatever traits and characteristics are required of his role, which demonstrates why despite being in law enforcement, Johnny Utah from Point Break is very different from Jack Traven from Speed. Comparing your zodiac sign to the behavior of his most iconic characters will undoubtedly inform you about yourself as well as Keanu’s range.

12 ARIES – DUKE CABOOM

Keanu joined the star-studded cast of Toy Story 4  in a role that called for unexpected levels of energy, bravado, and theatricality. His sonorous cadence was exchanged for a livelier one as the Evel Knievel-like Duke Caboom.

As Canada’s greatest stuntman and daredevil immortalized in plastic, Duke embodied everything about an Aries. He was confident, brave, and took the risks that other toys would not. He could be full of himself, but beneath his maple leaf beat the heart of a hero.

11 TAURUS – JOHNNY UTAH

A federal agent dedicated to serving his country, Johnny Utah was also perfectly capable of infiltrating a group of surfers suspected of being behind a series of bank robberies. He could shed his stilted bearing just enough to accept the vibe that Bodhi was offering.

Like many Taurus, Johnny was cautious, level-headed, and his loyalty was absolute once he found those worthy to receive it. Unfortunately, he wasn’t always sure who his own loyalties were to – Bodhi, Tyler, and the gang or the law.

10 GEMINI – RUPERT MARSHETTA

In The Prince of Pennsylvania, Rupert Marshetta was a bored teenager living a punk rock life in a small mining town, unwilling to follow his father’s footsteps into the coal mine. He preferred to spend all his time at the local drive-in hanging out with the quirky theater operator, Carla.

In true Gemini fashion, Rupert was quick-witted, resourceful, and inventive. He plotted with Carla to kidnap his dad and hold him for enough ransom to get out of their podunk town forever.

9 CANCER – JOHN CONSTANTINE

Keanu may not have been everyone’s favorite choice to play demon hunter John Constantine, but his sarcastic and morose energy levels are in keeping with both a man who has been to hell and back and a Cancer.

Like most Cancers, Constantine is moody, changeable, and shrewd. He’s been around the supernatural block a few times, but for all his cynicism he’s still protective of the human race as it’s tossed like a flaming volleyball between God and Satan.

8 LEO – KEVIN LOMAX

Keanu has all the effrontery of a charging lion in The Devil’s Advocate when he plays Kevin Lomax, a small-town lawyer who gets the offer of a lifetime. Making partner at a prestigious New York City firm would be the apex of a dream if his boss wasn’t the literal embodiment of The Devil.

While initially taken in by his boss’s magnetism, he begins to see the larger picture of what his subordination would entail. Like many Leos, he’s faithful and loving (especially to his wife) and he cannot in good conscience go through with supporting the conquest of sin.

7 VIRGO – JOHNNY MNEMONIC

Before he was Neo, Keanu starred in another cyberpunk film called Johnny Mnemonic, playing the titular character who acted as a courier for prominent businessmen of the future, his cybernetic implants allowing him to download sizeable amounts of sensitive information directly into his brain.

Meticulous and dependable to a fault, Johnny Mnemonic embodied the most practical traits of a Virgo. Unfortunately, his perfectionist and overly-critical nature made him ill-equipped to adapt to life on the streets once he wasn’t under the protection of his elite employers.

6 LIBRA – PAUL SUTTON

As Sergeant Paul Sutton, Keanu was a hopeless romantic who, despite being shipped off to serve in the Army during WWII, returned home to render aid to a pregnant woman down on her luck.

A Walk In The Clouds depicted Paul as a true Libra, charming to a fault and diplomatic in his relations with the young woman’s parents. He was determined to do the right thing, but his idealism often didn’t correspond to a realistic appraisal of his situation.

5 SCORPIO – JOHN WICK

In the role that reignited his career, Keanu became an indefatigable killing machine as John Wick, the world’s most elite assassin and a lover of monochromatic suits as well as dogs.

Only a Scorpio could be fueled by the sort of obsessive vengeance Wick was, his determination as resolute as his headshots. Dynamic, exciting, but secretive, he embodied the true complexity of his sign.

4 SAGITTARIUS – TED “THEODORE” LOGAN

In perhaps one of his most famous roles, Keanu portrayed Ted “Theodore” Logan who, together with his best friend Bill S. Preston Esq., went on a time-traveling adventure to save their grades in English – and the world.

As the goofy metalhead slacker, Ted perfectly captured being a Sagittarius. He always had a smile on his face, boundless optimistic, and was even prone to bouts of philosophy. While he could be careless and irresponsible, it was difficult for anyone not to like him.

3 CAPRICORN – JACK TRAVEN

Speed was another film that gave Keanu’s career velocity. He played SWAT officer Jack Traven of the LAPD, tasked with maintaining a bus’s speed at 50mph or risk setting off the bomb placed somewhere on board.

The character was originally designed to be a maverick Aries, but after Joss Whedon’s script changes Traven became the calm and collected Capricorn seen in the film. Practical, disciplined, and earnest, he had no time for glib one-liners while he tried not to get anyone killed.

2 AQUARIUS – NEO

In what became one of the most popular and prescient films of the last several decades, The Matrix offered Keanu a role tailor-made for his inscrutability; Neo, The Chosen One destined to lead a revolution between the humans and the machines.

Like many Aquarius, Neo had two sides to him; the compassionate, caring, and inquisitive part in the “real world”, and the emotionally detached, independent, and dogmatic part that existed in The Matrix. His setting decided which portion of his contrary nature emerged.

1 PISCES – SCOTT FAVOR

Based on a science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly starred Keanu as Robert Arctor, a narcotics officer who operated in Orange County, and cozied up to users and dealers alike to try to ferret out the presence of the world’s most powerful drug, Substance D.

Going so far undercover brought out the worst aspects of his sign, and Arctor was weak-willed when it came to not becoming addicted to Substance D himself. It altered his brain chemistry to such an extent he often didn’t know what reality he was in, evoking a Pisces’ want for escapism.

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Kayleena Pierce-Bohen
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Kayleena has been raised on Star Wars and Indiana Jones from the crib. A film buff, she has a Western collection of 250+ titles and counting that she’s particularly proud of. When she isn’t writing for ScreenRant, CBR, or The Gamer, she’s working on her fiction novel, lifting weights, going to synthwave concerts, or cosplaying. With degrees in anthropology and archaeology, she plans to continue pretending to be Lara Croft as long as she can.

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