Entertainment Movies The 15 Hottest Keanu Reeves Throwback Photos to Ever Exist on the Internet These early photos of everyone's favorite Internet boyfriend will make you fall in love all over again By Diane J. Cho Diane J. Cho Diane J. Cho is the former features editor of PEOPLE, covering news, features, human interest and more. She left PEOPLE in 2022 People Editorial Guidelines Updated on September 1, 2023 04:06PM EDT Close Keanu Reeves. Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Happy Birthday, Keanu Reeves! If you can believe it, the actor turns 59 on Sept. 2, 2023, and to celebrate our favorite Internet boyfriend, we're throwing it back to some photos from his early years (not that he hasn't aged like fine wine). Sit back and enjoy! 01 of 15 Boyish Good Looks Aaron Rapoport/Corbis via Getty Images A 25-year-old Reeves on the set of his 1989 film, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. 02 of 15 Head-Over-Heels Hair Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images The actor runs his hands through his signature healthy head of hair. 03 of 15 American Hero Murray Close/Getty Images Here's a shot of Reeves as a World War II veteran from his 1995 film, A Walk in the Clouds. 04 of 15 Savor That Smile Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images It's not often that fans get a glimpse of a smiling Reeves, so here he is in all his grinning glory. 05 of 15 Need for Speed The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Costars Sandra Bullock and Reeves pose with their signatures and handprints engraved on cement blocks inside Planet Hollywood in 1994. 06 of 15 Artsy and Athletic The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images If you're going to take on the title of everyone's Internet boyfriend, you must excel in both the arts and sports. Reeves obviously is great at both and this photo from 1988 with the actor posing next to Rob Lowe at a celebrity basketball event is hard proof. 07 of 15 Steamy Shakespeare Solo Terry O'Neill/Iconic Images/Getty Images If anyone can pull off a Shakespearean detailed brown silk vest with a popped collar, it's Reeves. Here he is in costume as Don John in the film adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, which came out in 1993. 08 of 15 Pretty Pensive George Rose/Getty Images Perhaps the actor wanted to shine a light on his intellectual side, going for this thoughtful pose during his 1987 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure photo shoot. 09 of 15 Hot Shot Siemoneit/Sygma/Getty Images The Canadian native plays in a celebrity all-star hockey game. As fate would have it, Reeves was caught walking off the ice in full gear, looking as handsome as ever, with a bit of sweat glistening on his forehead. 10 of 15 Au Naturel Aaron Rapoport/CORBIS OUTLINE/Corbis via Getty When you're this pretty, you don't need socks or shoes. 11 of 15 Beauty in Black and White Frank Edwards/Fotos International/Getty Images Here's a shot of Reeves with his heavenly fluffy bangs and the perfect amount of subtle beard stubble at the screening of his 1986 made-for-TV film Under the Influence. 12 of 15 No Body Double Needed Richard Blanshard/Getty Images The actor, who played Siddhartha Gautama in the 1992 film Little Buddha, is seen on set showing off his toned arms and rock-hard chiseled abs. 13 of 15 Matrix Mania Drink up this action shot of Reeves in character as The Matrix's Neo back in 1999. 14 of 15 Baby-Faced Beauty Ron Galella/WireImage The then-30-year-old actor gracing the Speed L.A. premiere red carpet at Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. 15 of 15 Rockstar Reeves Redferns Only true fans attended Reeves' concerts back in the '90s when he played bass in a grunge band called Dogstar.