Keanu Reeves may have played a few “nice guy” characters on screen, but it isn’t just an act, as his kindness has carried to his real life. That’s right, when it came time to negotiate his back-end profit sharing deal for Matrix 2 and 3, he insisted on handing over a significant portion of his share to the films’ special effects and costume design teams. Since the sequels grossed more than $1.2 billion at the worldwide box office, Reeves purportedly gave away an estimated $75 million dollars, making each member of these teams instant millionaires. Continue reading for more random acts of kindness by well known celebrities.

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