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| birth_place = Casablanca, French Morocco| nationality = French| occupation = Actor| years_active = 1977–present{{marriage1977end=div}}Nathalie Dyszkiewicz2001{{marriage2006}}}}| children = 6| signature = Jean Reno signature1.png}}Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez (born 30 July 1948), better known as Jean Reno ({{IPA-fr|ʒɑ̃ ʁeno|lang}}), is a French actor. He has worked in American, French, English, Japanese, Spanish and Italian movie productions; Reno appeared in films such as Flushed Away (2006), Crimson Rivers (2000), Godzilla (1998), The Da Vinci Code (2006), (Mission: Impossible (film)|Mission: Impossible) (1996), The Pink Panther (2006), Ronin (1998), Les Visiteurs (1993), Wasabi (2001), The Big Blue (1988), Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014), La Femme Nikita (1990), and (Léon: The Professional) (1994).

Early life

Reno was born Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez, on 30 July 1948 in Casablanca, French Morocco.WEB,www.film.it/cinema/schedapersonaggio.php?id=31338, Jean Reno - scheda attore, Film.it, 30 April 2010, it, 1 October 2011,www.film.it/cinema/schedapersonaggio.php?id=31338," title="web.archive.org/web/20111001081306www.film.it/cinema/schedapersonaggio.php?id=31338,">web.archive.org/web/20111001081306www.film.it/cinema/schedapersonaggio.php?id=31338, dead, His parents were Spanish, natives of Sanlúcar de Barrameda and Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia. They had moved to North Africa to find work and escape Francoist Spain. {{citation needed|date=September 2018}}He has a younger sister named María Teresa (“Maite“); the children were raised Catholic. Their father was a linotypist.NEWS, Jamieson, Teddy, Jean Reno on 22 Bullets, Herald Scotland, 30 August 2010,www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/film-tv-features/jean-reno-on-22-bullets-1.1051548, 30 August 2010,www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/film-tv-features/jean-reno-on-22-bullets-1.1051548," title="web.archive.org/web/20100905011446www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/film-tv-features/jean-reno-on-22-bullets-1.1051548,">web.archive.org/web/20100905011446www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/film-tv-features/jean-reno-on-22-bullets-1.1051548, 5 September 2010, Herald & Times Group, live, Their mother died when he was a teenager.WEB,www.allbusiness.com/services/amusement-recreation-services/4728002-1.html, Jean Reno cracks the ‘Code’, AllBusiness.com, 10 May 2006, 30 April 2010, Angela, Dawson,www.allbusiness.com/services/amusement-recreation-services/4728002-1.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20110810160114www.allbusiness.com/services/amusement-recreation-services/4728002-1.html,">web.archive.org/web/20110810160114www.allbusiness.com/services/amusement-recreation-services/4728002-1.html, 10 August 2011, Nielsen Business Media, Inc., He learned Spanish from his parents, Arabic and French growing up in Morocco, and Italian from studying the language as an interest and acting in Italian films.WEB, Jean Reno tra “A Private Affair” e l’amore per l’Italia,www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnQ1dOl40v8, YouTube: Il Messaggero, 2022, 29 December 2023, 29 December 2023,web.archive.org/web/20231229230723/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnQ1dOl40v8, live, At the age of 17, he moved to France, where he studied acting in the Cours Simon School of Drama.WEB,movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800022061/bio, Jean Reno Biography, Yahoo! Movies, Yahoo, 30 April 2010,movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800022061/bio," title="web.archive.org/web/20110522145346movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800022061/bio,">web.archive.org/web/20110522145346movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800022061/bio, 22 May 2011, When he moved to France, he served in the French Army, which was mandatory after his family gained French citizenship.

Career

File:Juliette Binoche and Jean Reno.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|Jean Reno and Juliette Binoche at Cannes Film FestivalCannes Film FestivalAfter he started to get acting jobs in France, Juan adopted the French version of his name, Jean, and shortened his surname to Reno. Due to his large frame ({{convert|1.88|m|abbr=on|disp=or}}), Reno was called on to play “heavies” in his early career. He later appeared in romantic comedies and action films. He began his film career in France, appearing in many films by director Luc Besson, including his early Le Dernier Combat (1983). The two have continued to work together, collaborating in films produced, written, or directed by Besson. Of their joint work, those that have achieved the most critical and commercial success include: La Femme Nikita (1990), and the English-language films The Big Blue (1988) and (Léon: The Professional) (1994). Reno did the voice-over for Mufasa in the French-language version of The Lion King, a role originally performed in English 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 (film)|Mission: Impossible) (1996) with Tom Cruise, Ronin (1998) with Robert De Niro, and Godzilla (1998) with Matthew Broderick. Reno turned down the role of Agent Smith in The Matrix. He also acted in French productions: Les Visiteurs (1993) (which was remade in English as Just Visiting in 2001); The Crimson Rivers (2000), and Jet Lag (Décalage Horaire) by Danièle Thompson (2002), which was also a box-office success in France.In 2006, Reno had a prominent role in The Pink Panther 2006 remake and its sequel The Pink Panther 2, playing Gilbert Ponton, opposite Steve Martin as Inspector Clouseau. He portrayed Captain Bezu Fache in the Ron Howard film The Da Vinci Code. Among his most successful films are Les Visiteurs and L’Enquète corse.In other media, Reno was involved in the production of the third installment in the popular Capcom 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 dialogue. In advertising work, Reno has appeared in American television commercials for UPS and portrayed Doraemon in a series of Toyota ads in Japan, as part of the “ReBorn” campaign.NEWS,www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-11-18/film-star-jean-reno-live-action-doraemon-ad-streamed, Film star Jean Reno’s live-action Doraemon ad streamed, Anime News Network, 18 November 2011, 9 December 2018, Egan, Loo, 7 December 2018,web.archive.org/web/20181207215053/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-11-18/film-star-jean-reno-live-action-doraemon-ad-streamed, live, He also starred as Jo in the 2013 English-language TV series Jo.

Personal life

File: Zofia Borucka Jean Reno Shankbone 2010 NYC.jpg|thumb|Reno with his wife Zofia Borucka at the 2010 Tribeca Film FestivalTribeca Film FestivalReno married a woman named Geneviève in 1977. After his first divorce in 1988, Reno married his second wife, Nathalie Dyszkiewicz, a Polish model, in 1995. They divorced in 2001.On 29 July 2006, Reno married for the third time, to a British model and actress of Polish descent, Zofia Borucka, at the Les Baux-de-Provence city hall.JOURNAL, People.com, July 30, 2006,www.people.com/people/article/0,,1220491,00.html, Da Vinci Code Actor Jean Reno Weds, June 17, 2016, Time Inc.,www.people.com/people/article/0,,1220491,00.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20160827213045www.people.com/people/article/0,,1220491,00.html,">web.archive.org/web/20160827213045www.people.com/people/article/0,,1220491,00.html, 27 August 2016, The presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy served as his best man (Reno endorsed Sarkozy for the 2007 French presidential election).JOURNAL,www.adweek.com/aw/magazine/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003593198, Ad Week,www.adweek.com/aw/magazine/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003593198," title="web.archive.org/web/20071128130534www.adweek.com/aw/magazine/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003593198,">web.archive.org/web/20071128130534www.adweek.com/aw/magazine/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003593198, November 28, 2007, What the French Taught Us, 4 June 2007, Wendy, Melillo, 9 December 2018, Nielsen Business Media, Inc., WEB,www.linternaute.com/sortir/cinema/diaporama/07/les-stars-qui-soutiennent-des-candidats/12.shtml, Les Acteurs qui soutiennent des candidates : Jean Reno - Nicolas Sarkozy, Linternaute, 2007, 30 April 2010, fr,www.linternaute.com/sortir/cinema/diaporama/07/les-stars-qui-soutiennent-des-candidats/12.shtml," title="web.archive.org/web/20101004190526www.linternaute.com/sortir/cinema/diaporama/07/les-stars-qui-soutiennent-des-candidats/12.shtml,">web.archive.org/web/20101004190526www.linternaute.com/sortir/cinema/diaporama/07/les-stars-qui-soutiennent-des-candidats/12.shtml, 4 October 2010, live, Reno maintains three homes in Paris, Malaysia, and Los Angeles.WEB,www.uselessdaily.com/movies/jean-reno-trivia-26-interesting-facts-about-the-french-actor/#.XggZMRdKjIE, Jean Reno Trivia: 26 amazing facts about the french actor! (List), www.uselessdaily.com, 2019-12-28, 30 September 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200930171309/https://www.uselessdaily.com/movies/jean-reno-trivia-26-interesting-facts-about-the-french-actor/#.XggZMRdKjIE, live,

Filmography

Film{| class“wikitable sortable”

! Year !! Title !! Role !! NotesThe Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting >|Womanlight >|The Moroccan Stallion >|La Passante du Sans-Souci>The Passerby Angry Man 1983 Signes extérieurs de richesse Marc Letellier Le Dernier Combat >|1985 Le téléphone sonne toujours deux fois!! Marraine’s confidence man Subway (film)>Subway The Drummer I Love You (1986 film)>I Love You The dentist The Big Blue >Enzo Maiorca>Enzo Molinari Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting ActorLa Femme Nikita (film)>La Femme Nikita Victor, cleaner 1991 ‘’(:fr:L’Homme au masque d’or|Loulou Graffiti >|L’Opération Corned-Beef >|Porco Rosso >| French dub1993 Les Visiteurs Godefroy de Papincourt, Comte de Montmirail Nominated – César Award for Best ActorLa Vis >|Paranoïa >| Short subject(Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey) >| French dub1994 The Lion King Mufasa (voice) French dub(Léon: The Professional) >| Nominated – César Award for Best Actor1995 Les Truffes Patrick French Kiss (1995 film)>French Kiss Inspector Jean-Paul Cardon Al di là delle nuvole >|1996 ‘’(Mission: Impossible (film)|Le Jaguar >|1997 Roseanna’s Grave Marcello Witch Way Love>Un amour de sorcière Molok Les Soeurs Soleil>Les SÅ“urs Soleil Spectator 1998 ‘’(Les Visiteurs II|Godzilla (1998 film)>Godzilla Philippe Roaché Ronin (film)>Ronin Vincent The Book That Wrote Itself >|Les Rivières pourpres >Crimson RiversNominated – European Film Award: European Film Award#Jameson People’s Choice Award - Best European Actor>Jameson People’s Choice Award - Best European Actor2001 ‘’Just Visiting (film)’’ >|(Atlantis: The Lost Empire) >| French dubWasabi (film)>Wasabi Hubert Fiorentini 2002 ‘’Décalage Horaire (film)’’ >|Rollerball (2002 film)>Rollerball Alexis Petrovich Tais-toi! >|2004 (Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse) Commissaire Niemans Hotel Rwanda >| UncreditedL’Enquête Corse>The Corsican Files Ange Leoni 2005 L’Empire des loups Jean-Louis Schiffer Empire of the WolvesThe Tiger and the Snow >|2006 ‘’The Pink Panther (2006 film)’’ >|Flyboys (film)>Flyboys Georges Thenault >|The Da Vinci Code (film)>The Da Vinci Code Bezu Fache >|Flushed Away >| Also French dubCash (2008 film)>Ca$h Maxime - Dubreuil 2009 The Pink Panther 2 Gilbert Ponton Le Premier Cercle >|Couples Retreat >|Armored (2009 film)>Armored Quinn 2010 ‘’The Round Up (2010 film)’’ >|The Philosopher >|L’immortel >| 22 Bullets2011 ‘’Zookeeper (film)’’ >| French dubYou Don’t Choose Your Family >|Margaret (2011 film)>Margaret Ramon 2012 ‘’Alex Cross (film)’’ >|The Chef (film)>The Chef Alexandre Lagarde Le Jour des Corneilles >|Days and Nights >|2014 My Summer in Provence Paul Hector and the Search for Happiness (film)>Hector and the Search for Happiness Dr. Diego Baresco Benoît Brisefer : Les Taxis rouges|2015 ‘’The Squad (2015 film)’’ >|Brothers of the Wind >| 2016 The Last Face Dr. Mehmet Love (The Visitors: Bastille Day) >|The Promise (2016 American film)>The Promise Louis Dartige du Fournet >|2017 Mes trésors Patrick The Girl in the Fog >|The Adventurers (2017 film)>The Adventurers Pierre 2019 4 Latas Jean Pierre German title: Renault 4Cold Blood (film)>Cold Blood Henry The Lion King (2019 film)>The Lion King Mufasa (voice) French dubPolina and the Mystery of a Film Studio >| 2020 ‘’Waiting for Anya (film)’’ >| Da 5 Bloods >| Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Rogue City Ange Leonetti Netflix filmThe Doorman (2020 film)>The Doorman Victor Dubois Promises (2021 film)>Promises Grandpa The Penguin & The Fisherman >|Lift (2024 film)>Lift Lars Jorgenson Babygirl >| Post-production“>

Television{| class“wikitable sortable”

! Year !! Title !! Role !! NotesFlight from Justice >| TV movieJo (2013 TV Series)>Jo Joachim “Jo” St-Clair 8 episodesWho Killed Sara? >| Netflix TV series A Private Affair (2022 TV series)>A Private Affair Héctor Hugo 8 episodes“>

Video games{| class“wikitable sortable”

! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes(Onimusha 3: Demon Siege) >| Video game, provides voice and likeness

Stage

• Prends bien garde aux zeppelins (1977)
• Ecce Homo (1978)
• Celimare le bien-aimé (1978)
• Je romps et ne plie pas (1979)
• Société Un (1979)
• La Manufacture (1981)
• Terre étrangère (1984)
• Andromaque (1989)
• Montserrat (1991)
• Les Grandes Occasions (2006)
• Nos femmes (2015)

References

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External links

{{Commons|Jean Reno}}

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• www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/Default.aspx?DN=50d6a83b-b8c8-416a-beaf-4f64bcc864b1" title="web.archive.org/web/20070928094558www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/Default.aspx?DN=50d6a83b-b8c8-416a-beaf-4f64bcc864b1">Jean Reno: Cannes, Codes, and... Bouillabaisse (MPM interview)
• blogs.amctv.com/movie-news/2009/10/video-opening-night-couples-retreat.php" title="web.archive.org/web/20091009031700blogs.amctv.com/movie-news/2009/10/video-opening-night-couples-retreat.php">Couples Retreat Video Interview at AMCtv.com

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