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Jean Reno (born Don Juan Moreno y Jederique Jimenez, July 30, 1948 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a French actor.
Born to Andalusian parents, who moved to North Africa to escape the fascism of Francisco "El Caudillo" Franco. He moved to France at 17. His career started in French films. He appeared in many of Luc Besson's films, two of which brought huge success for him as well: The Big Blue (1988) and Léon (1994). He played in the American movies French Kiss (1995) with Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline, Mission: Impossible (1996) with Tom Cruise, Ronin (1998) with Robert De Niro, while not neglecting French productions either, e.g.: The Visitors (1993) and The Crimson Rivers (2000).
He was married twice, and has 4 children, two from each marriage. The first one was with Geneviève, with whom he had Sandra (born in 1978) and Mickael (born in 1980). The second was with Nathalie Dyszkiewicz, with whom he had Tom (born 1996) and Serena (born 1998). He keeps homes in Paris and Los Angeles.
Reno was also involved in the production of the second sequel popular PlayStation 2 series Onimusha (Onimusha 3: Demon Siege), having his likeness created into the protagonist Jacques Blanc as well has providing the voice for the character.
Some believe Reno to bear a strong resemblance to U.S. singer/songwriter Billy Joel.
Filmography, as actor, includes
- The Da Vinci Code (2006 - in pre-production)
- L'Enquête corse (2004)
- Hotel Rwanda (2004)
- Les Rivières pourpres II - Les anges de l'apocalypse (2004)
- Tais-toi! (2003)
- Rollerball (2002)
- Décalage horaire (2002)
- Wasabi (2001)
- Just Visiting (2001)
- Les Rivières pourpres (2000)
- Ronin (1998)
- Godzilla (1998)
- Les Couloirs du temps: Les visiteurs 2 (1998)
- Les Soeurs soleil (1997)
- Un amour de sorcière (1997)
- Roseanna's Grave (1997)
- Le Jaguar, Le (1996)
- Mission: Impossible (1996)
- Al di là delle nuvole (1995)
- French Kiss (1995)
- Les Truffes (1995)
- Léon (1994)
- Les Visiteurs (1993)
- Paranoïa (1993)
- La Vis (1993)
- L'Opération Corned-Beef (1991)
- Loulou Graffiti (1991)
- Nikita (1990)
- L'Homme au masque d'or (1990)
- Le Grand Bleu (1988, The Big Blue)
- I Love You (1986)
- Zone rouge (1986)
- Strictement personnel (1985)
- Subway (1985)
- Le Téléphone sonne toujours deux fois (1985)
- Notre histoire (1984)
- Alea (1984)
- Signes extérieurs de richesse (1983)
- Le Dernier combat (1983)
- Ballade sanglante (1983)
- La Passante du Sans-Souci (1982)
- Les Bidasses aux grandes manoeuvres (1981)
- On n'est pas des anges... elles non plus (1981)
- L'Avant dernier (1981)
- Voulez-vous un bébé Nobel? (1980)
- Clair de femme (1979)
- L'Hypothèse du tableau volé (1979)