Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: Reeves was born in Beirut , Lebanon , the son of Patricia Bond ( nÃ e Taylor ) , a costume designer\/performer , and Samuel Nowlin Reeves , Jr. , a geologist .
Simplified: He was born in Beirut , Lebanon . His father , Samuel Reeves , a geologist , is of Hawaiian-Chinese descent , and his mother , Patricia Bond , a costume designer\/performer , is British .