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Jean Reno Biography (1948-)

Surname is pronounced "Ruh-no"; original name, Don Juan Moreno y Jederique Jiminez; born July 30, 1948, in Casablanca, Morocco; son of Spanish parents; married, wife's name Genevieve (divorced); married Nathalie Dyszkiewicz, 1996;children: (first marriage) Sandra, Mickael; (second marriage) Tom, Serena. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211; (voice work) Elizabeth Dalling, Special Artists Agency, 9465 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 890, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Manager: AmyGuenther, Gateway Management Partners, 5225 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036.

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

July 30, 1948

Casablanca, Morocco

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• L'hypothese du tableau vole (also known as The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting), 1978
• Claire de femme (also known as Womanlight, Chiaro di donna, and Die liebe einer frau), 1979
• Bernier, Voulez-vous un bebe nobel? 1980
• (Uncredited) On n'est pas des anges ... elles non plus, 1981
• L'avant dernier, 1981
• Lieutenant Zag, Les bidasses aux grandes manoeuvres, 1982
• La passante du Sans-Souci (also known as The Passerby, La passante, and Die Spaziergaengerin von San-Souci), 1982
• The swordsman, Le dernier combat (also known as The Final Combat, The Last Battle, and The Last Combat), Triumph Releasing, 1983
• Marc Letellier, Signes exterieurs de richesse, 1983
• Ballade sanglante, 1983
• A neighbor, Notre histoire (also known as Our Story and Separate Rooms), 1984
• Ne quittez pas, 1984
• Alea, 1984
• Detective Villechaze, Strictement personnel, 1985
• The drummer, Subway, Island Alive, 1985
• Marraine's confidante, Le telephone sonne toujours deux fois (alsoknown as The Telephone Always Rings Twice), 1985
• Leccia, Zone rouge (also known as Zone Red), 1986
• Dentist, I Love You, AFC/Films A2, 1986
• Enzo Molinari, Le grand bleu (also known as The Big Blue; also released as Le grand bleu, version integrale and Le grand bleu,version longue), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988
• Padre Victorio Gaetano, L'homme au masque d'or (also known as The Man in the Golden Mask and The Man with the Golden Mask), 1990
• Victor, Nikita (also known as La Femme Nikita), Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1990
• Pique La Lune, Loulou Graffiti, 1991
• Captain Philippe "Squale" Bouliere, L'Operation Corned-Beef, Gaumont, 1991
• Narrator of French version, Porco Rosso (also known as CrimsonPig and Kurenai no buta), 1992
• Godefroy Papincourt, Comte de Montmirail, Les visiteurs (also known as The Visitors and Les visiteurs--Ils ne sont pas nes d'hier), Miramax, 1993
• Charlie Bert, Flight from Justice (also known as Les aventuriers ... , Les aventuriers d'Eden River, and Justice a Eden River), Cameras Continentales/Cineroux Films/M6/TF1 Films Productions, 1993
• Monsieur K, La vis (short film; also known as The Screw), 1993
• Leon, The Professional (also known as The Cleaner, Leon, and Le professionnel), Columbia, 1994
• Patrick, Les truffes, 1995
• Inspector Jean-Paul Cardon, French Kiss (also known as Paris Match), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995
• Carlo, "Don't Try to See Me Again," Al di la delle nuvole (also known as Beyond the Clouds, Jenseits der Wolken, Mas alla de las nubes, and Par-dela les nuages), Kidmark/Mercure Distribution/Atalanta Filmes, 1995
• Franz Krieger, Mission: Impossible, Paramount, 1996
• Jean Campana, Le jaguar, Gaumont Buena Vista International, 1996
• Marcello, For Roseanna (also known as For the Love of Roseanna and Roseanna's Grave), Fine Line, 1997
• A spectator, Les soeurs soleil, 1997
• Godefroy Papincourt, Comte de Montmirail/Godefroy le Hardi, Les couloirs du temps: Les visiteurs 2 (also known as The Corridors of Time, The Corridors of Time: The Visitors II, and Les couloirs du temps), Gaumont Buena Vista International, 1998
• Molok, Un amour de sorciere (also known as Witch Way Love),NTV-PROFIT, 1998
• Philippe Roache, Godzilla, TriStar, 1998
• Vincent, Ronin, United Artists, 1998
• Himself, The Book that Wrote Itself, 1999
• Pierre Niemans, Les rivieres pourpres (also known as The Crimson Rivers), Gaumont Buena Vista International, 2000, subtitled version, TriStar, 2001
• Count Thibault of Malfete, Just Visiting, Buena Vista, 2001
• Hubert Fiorentini, Wasabi (also known as Wasabi-The Japanese Dip that Kicks Like a Mule and La petite moutarde qui monte au nez),subtitled version, TriStar, 2002
• Alexis Petrovich, Rollerball, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2002
• Felix, Decalage horaire (also known as Jet Lag), Miramax, 2003
• Ruby, Tais-toi! (also known as Ruby & Quentin), UGC Distribution, 2003
• (Uncredited) Mr. Tillens, Hotel Rwanda, United Artists, 2004
• Ange Leoni, L'enquete corse (also known as The Corsican Investigation), Gaumont Buena Vista International, 2004
• Commissioner Niemans, Les rivieres pourpres II-Les anges de l'apocalypse (also known as Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse and I fiumi di porpora II--Gli angeli dell'apocalisse), Sony Pictures HomeEntertainment, 2005
• Jean-Louis Schiffer, Das Imperium der Woelfe (also known as L'empire des loups), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2005
• Fuad, La tigre e la neve (also known as The Tiger and the Snow), Focus Features, 2005
• Gendarme Gilbert Ponton, The Pink Panther, Sony Pictures Releasing, 2006
• Bezu Fache, The Da Vinci Code, Columbia, 2006
• Ramon, Margaret, Fox Searchlight, 2006
• Flyboys, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2006
• Voice of le Frog, Flushed Away (animated), DreamWorks, 2006
• Television Appearances
• Miniseries
• Moraglia, L'aeropostale, courrier du ciel, 1980
• Quelques hommes de bonne volonte, 1983
• Dr. Dangen, Tender Is the Night, Showtime, 1985
• Specials
• Himself, Faire un film pour moi c'est vivre (special; also known as Making a Film for Me Is to Live and Fare un film per me e vivere), 1995
• Presenter, MTV Europe Music Awards 2000, MTV, 2000
• Himself, Un jour dans la vie du cinema francais, 2002
• Episodic
• Director of Trespasses, "Charmant Weekend," Allo Beatrice, 1984
• Christiani, "Pour venger Pepere," Serie noire, 1985
• Himself, L'aventure du grand bleu, 1989
• Himself, Les nuls, l'emission, 1990
• Felix (in archive footage), La mandragora, 2005
• Television Guest Appearances
• Episodic
• Lo + plus, 1998
• "Reussir ailleurs," Capital, 1998
• Smap x Smap, 2001, 2002
• Campus, le magazine de l'ecrit (also known as Campus), 2004
• On ne peut pas plaire a tout le monde (also known as O.N.P.P., ONPP vu de la loge, ONPP vu de la plate, ONPP vu du bocal, and ONPP vue du desert), 2004, 2005
• Le Grand journal de Canal+, 2005
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, 2006
• Paris derniere, 2006
• Corazon de ... , 2006
• Television Appearances
• Other
• Et demain viendra le jour, 1984
• Joel, Un homme comble, 1985
• Rommin, Monsieur Benjamin, 1987
• Stage Appearances
• (Stage debut) Ecco Homo, Paris, 1974
• Member of a French traveling theatre company under the direction of Didier Flamand, 1970s.
• RECORDINGS
• Videos
• Godzilla: On Assignment with Charles Caiman, Columbia TriStar HomeEntertainment, 1998
• Revealed: The Making of "La Femme Nikita," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment, 2003
• Voice of Jacques Blanc, Onimusha 3 (video game; also known as Onimusha 3: Demon Siege), Capcom Entertainment, 2004
• 10 Year Retrospective: Cast and Crew Look Back, Sony Pictures HomeEntertainment, 2005
• Jean Reno: The Road to "Leon," Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2005

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Detroit Free Press, October 9, 1998, p. 8F
• Empire, March, 1995, p. 46