Actor Date of birth 30th July 1948
Place of birth Casablanca, Morocco
Year of debut 1979
First feature film The Hypothesis Of The Stolen Painting
Biography

At the age of 12, Jean Reno and his family left Morocco and moved to France. When he was 17, he moved to Paris and went to drama school. He got his big break in Luc Besson’s short L’Avant Dernier. He has since starred in several Besson movies including Subway and The Big Blue. He got international recognition playing a hit man in Leon. His repertoire includes a mix of Hollywood movies such as Mission Impossible and French movies like The Crimson Rivers.

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  • Jean Reno was born Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jimenez, his parents were Spanish.
  • Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, was his best man at his wedding to Zofia Borucka.
  • He was in charge of arts and entertainment during his year of military service in France.
  • He has five children. He has two from his marriage to Genevieve Reno. He has two from his marriage to Nathalie Dyszkiewicz. He has a son with his third wife Zofia Borucka.
  • In 2004, he launched a women's fragrance called Jean Reno Loves You.

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