Jean Reno (born July 30, 1948) is an Spanish-born French actor. Working in both French and English, he has appeared not only in numerous successful Hollywood productions such as The Pink Panther, 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.
Reno was born Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez (also written as Don Juan Moreno y Herrera Jiménez) in Ca...
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Jean Reno (born July 30, 1948) is an Spanish-born French actor. Working in both French and English, he has appeared not only in numerous successful Hollywood productions such as The Pink Panther, 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.
Reno was born Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez (also written as Don Juan Moreno y Herrera Jiménez) 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. He was raised Catholic.
Due to his tall, hulking frame (188 cm, 6′2″), he mostly played villainous brutes early on in his career. Thanks to his skills as an actor...
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