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Date of Birth

30 July 1948, Casablanca, French Protectorate of Morocco [now Morocco]

Birth Name

Juan Moreno y Herrera Jiménez

Height

6' 2" (1.88 m)

Mini Biography

Born in Casablanca, Morocco, to Spanish parents (from Andalucía) who moved to North Africa to seek work, Jean Reno settled in France at 17. He began studying drama and has credits in French television and theater as well as films. His first two marriages both ended in divorce, and he had two children with each of them. He keeps homes in Paris and Los Angeles.

IMDb Mini Biography By: A. Nonymous

Spouse

Zofia Borucka	(29 July 2006 - present) 1 child
Nathalie Dyszkiewicz	(1996 - 2001) (divorced) 2 children
Genevieve Reno	(1977 - 1995) (divorced) 2 children

Trade Mark

Low-key, raspy voice

Trivia

His parents were born in Sanlucar de Barrameda, Cadiz (Spain) and they left Casablanca to go to France when Jean was 12 years old.

His mother died when he was an adolescent.

Lives in Paris with his two children and his wife, a model.

Daughter born in Paris, France [28 June 1998]

Turned down the role of Agent Smith in the The Matrix (1999) to do Godzilla (1998)

He has twice played characters whose occupation of "cleaner" - psychotic Victor the Cleaner (Victor nettoyeur) in La Femme Nikita (1990), and the calm assassin Léon in Léon: The Professional (1994).

He has two children from his first marriage to Geneviève: Sandra (b. 1978) and Mickael (b. 1980)

He met his second wife, model Nathalie, on the Champs Elysées (Paris biggest avenue)

He has two children with Nathalie: Tom (b. 1996) and Serena (b. 1998)

He had a role in every play of stage director Didier Flamand from 1977 to 1981, and then had the lead role in Flamand's first short movie _Vis, La (1993)_.

Due to his tall, hulking frame, he most played villainous brutes early on in his career. Thanks to his skills as an actor, he has broken away from this stereotype and has played everything from romantic-comedy leads to action heroes.

Plays Bezu Fache in The Da Vinci Code (2006). Before that film was made, Harvey Keitel played a similar role in National Treasure (2004), which also deals with historical secrets being kept by ancient societies, including the Knights Templar. Keitel also played The Cleaner in Point of No Return (1993), which was a remake of La Femme Nikita (1990), in which Reno played the Cleaner.

Mentioned by name in song "Cosmopolitan" by Vincent Delerm.

Former student of the Cours Simon.

Married model and actress Zofia Borucka at the city hall of Les Baux-de-Provence, France. His best men were France's President, then Interior Minister, Nicolas Sarkozy and singer Johnny Hallyday (29 July 2006).

Speaks Spanish, English, French and Italian.

Father with Zofia Borucka of a boy named Cielo (b. July 2009 in New York).

Is reported to be an ISFP according to Jungian psychology.

Salary

Les couloirs du temps: Les visiteurs 2 (1998)	FRF 10,000,000
L'enquête corse (2004)	€2,200,000
L'empire des loups (2005)	€1,402,530
Ca$h (2008)	€1,800,000
Ultimate Heist (2009)	€2,095,000

Where Are They Now

(August 2005) Appearing in television ads for Toyota in Japan.

(March 2006) He is appearing on UPS adverts in Britain and Europe as a man re-visiting his past and meeting himself at certain ages, promoting UPS services simultaneously.