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 age 17. His career started in French movies, where 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 four children, two from each marriage. His first wife was Geneviève, with whom he had a daughter, Sandra (born in 1978), and a son, Mickael (born in 1980). His second wife was Nathalie Dyszkiewicz, with whom he had a son, Tom (born 1996), and a daughter, Serena (born 1998). He maintains homes in Paris and in Los Angeles.

Reno was also involved in the production of the second sequel of the popular PlayStation 2 series Onimusha (Onimusha 3: Demon Siege), having his likeness created into the protagonist Jacques Blanc as well as providing the voice for the character.

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)
• (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)

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