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Jean Reno
Jean Reno at Cannes 2002
Born	Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez July 30, 1948 (1948-07-30) (age 60) Casablanca, Morocco
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1980–present
Spouse(s)	Genevieve Reno (1977–1995) Nathalie Dyszkiewicz (1996–2001) Zofia Borucka (2007–present)

Jean Reno (born July 30, 1948) is a French actor. Working in both French and English, he has appeared not only in numerous successful Hollywood productions such as Godzilla, The Da Vinci Code, Mission: Impossible and Ronin, but also European productions such as Léon and the 2005 Italian film The Tiger and the Snow.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 1.3 Personal life 2 Filmography 2.1 Film and television 3 References 4 External links

Biography

Early life

Reno was born Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez¹² (also written as Don Juan Moreno y Herrera Jiménez)³ in Casablanca, Morocco. His Andalusian parents were natives of Sanlúcar de Barrameda and Jerez de la Frontera (Spain), and had moved to North Africa to find work and escape the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. Reno moved to France at the age of seventeen. His mother died when he was an adolescent. He has a younger sister, María Teresa (Maite). Reno is a former student of the Cours Simon.⁴ He was raised Catholic.⁵

Career

Due to his tall, hulking frame (188cm, 6'2"), he mostly played villainous brutes early on in his career. Thanks to his skills as an actor, he has broken away from this stereotype and has played everything from romantic-comedy leads to action heroes. Reno's career began in French cinema, where he appeared in many of Luc Besson's films, including Besson's first short film, L'Avant dernier. The two have continued to work together throughout their careers, in films produced, written or directed by Besson. Of all the films they have done together, achieved critical and commercial success: Nikita (1990), the English-language films The Big Blue (1988), and Léon (1994) (known as The Professional in the United States) which features a young Natalie Portman. Additionally, Reno did the voice-over for Mufasa in the French-language version of The Lion King, a role originally performed by James Earl Jones.

Reno has starred in such high-profile American films as French Kiss (1995) with Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline, Mission: Impossible (1996) with Tom Cruise, Ronin (1998) with Robert De Niro, and Godzilla (1998). Reno turned down the role of Agent Smith in the The Matrix. He has not neglected to work in French productions either—e.g., Les Visiteurs (1993) (which was later remade in English as Just Visiting in 2001) and The Crimson Rivers (2000). In 2006, he had a prominent role in the remake of The Pink Panther and its sequel, playing Gilbert Ponton, the partner of Inspector Clouseau opposite Steve Martin, and also portrayed Captain Bezu Fache in the Ron Howard film The Da Vinci Code. Among his most successful films are 'Les visiteurs', and L'enquete Corse'.

In other media, Reno was involved in the production of the third installment in the popular PlayStation 2 series Onimusha (Onimusha 3: Demon Siege), lending his likeness to the protagonist, Jacques Blanc, as well as providing the voice for the character's French dialog. Reno has also appeared in American television commercials for UPS.

Personal life

On July 29, 2006, the actor married model and actress Zofia Borucka, 35, at the city hall of Baux-de-Provence in southern France. The French President (at the time, only a Presidential candidate) Nicolas Sarkozy was his best man. (Reno endorsed Sarkozy for the 2007 French Presidential Elections.⁶⁷) He was married twice before and has four children, two from each marriage. His first wife was Geneviève, with whom he has a daughter, Sandra (born in 1978), and a son, Mickael (born in 1980). His second wife is model Nathalie Dyszkiewicz, with whom he has a son, Tom (born 1996), and a daughter, Serena (born 1998). He maintains homes in Paris, Malaysia and in Los Angeles.

He is a huge fan of Elvis Presley and can actually imitate Elvis's voice. He used his "Thank you very much" impression in a scene of the film Godzilla when the script needed his character to pass as an American.

Filmography

Film and television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	The Moroccan Stallion
1982	La Passante du Sans-Souci
1983	Le Dernier Combat
1985	Le téléphone sonne toujours deux fois!!	Marraine 's confidence man
	Subway	The Drummer
1988	Le Grand Bleu (The Big Blue)	Enzo Molinari
1990	L'Homme au masque d'or	Father Victorio Gaetano
	Nikita	Victor, nettoyeur
1991	Loulou Graffiti	Pique la Lune
	L'Opération Corned-Beef	Capitaine Philippe Boulier, dit 'Le Squale'/Captain Philippe
1992	Kurenai no buta	Porco Rosso	Voice
1993	La Vis	Monsieur K
	Paranoïa
	Flight from Justice	Charlie Bert	TV
	Les Visiteurs	Godefroy de Papincourt, Comte de Montmirail
1994	Léon (The Professional)	Leon
1995	Les Truffes	Patrick
	French Kiss	Inspector Jean-Paul Cardon
	Al di là delle nuvole	Carlo
1996	Mission: Impossible	Franz Krieger
	Le Jaguar	Jean Campana
1997	Roseanna's Grave	Marcello
	Un amour de sorcière	Molok
	Les Soeurs Soleil	Un spectateur
1998	Les Visiteurs II: Les Couloirs du temps	Comte Godefroy de Montmirail, dit Godefroy
	Godzilla	Philippe Roaché
	Ronin	Vincent
2000	Les Rivières pourpres (Crimson Rivers)	Pierre Niemans
2001	Just Visiting	Count Thibault of Malfete
	Wasabi	Hubert Fiorentini
2002	Décalage horaire	Felix
	Rollerball	Alexis Petrovich
2003	Tais-toi!	Ruby
2004	Onimusha 3: Demon Siege (Capcom-based popular franchise)	Character model of Jacques Blanc also a Seiyuu
	Les Rivières pourpres II: Les anges de l'apocalypse (Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse)	Commissaire Niemans
	Hotel Rwanda	Mr. Tillens (uncredited)
	L'Enquête Corse	Ange Leoni
2005	L'Empire des loups (Empire of the Wolves)	Jean-Louis Schiffer
	The Tiger and the Snow	Fuad
2006	The Pink Panther	Gilbert Ponton
	Flyboys	Captain Thenault
	The Da Vinci Code	Captain Bezu Fache
	Flushed Away	Le Frog	voice
2008	Ca$h	Maxime - Dubreuil
2009	The Pink Panther 2	Gilbert Ponton
	Le Premier Cercle	Milo Malakian
	Margaret	Ramon	awaiting release
	Armored	Quinn	awaiting release
TBA	Couples Retreat	currently filming

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Jean Reno

• Jean Reno at the Internet Movie Database
• Jean Reno: Cannes, Codes, and... Bouillabaisse (MPM interview)
• Jean Reno (fansite)
• Le Cinéma de Jean Reno (fansite in French)
• Le Monde de Jean Reno (fansite in French)
• Personal page at myspace

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NAME	Reno, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Jiménez, Juan Moreno y Herrera
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DATE OF BIRTH	July 30, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Casablanca, Morocco
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH