I think his character from Speed was the one that made him a star, not neccisarily the Matrix movies.
Excellent point, cvskin my friend!
Actually if you ask the man himself, he will tell you that he was already a start before Speed. I don't have a source, but I remember in a interview the reporter said something like "So Speed has definitely made you and Sandra bona fide stars". To which he replied "lets get this straight, I was already a star before Speed".
For what its worth, I think he is right (as arrogant as he makes it sound). Johnny Utah made him a star.
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See, when I look at the movies he did between Point Break and Speed, there's aurguably only one big time movie out of the six he did, Dracula. However inbetween Speed and the first Matrix movies I'd aurgue that atleast 4 out of the 6 could be considered big time movies.