Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez (born 30 July 1948), better known as Jean Reno (French: [ʒɑ̃ ʁeno]), is a French actor. He has worked in American, French, English, Japanese, Spanish and Italian movie productions; Reno appeared in films such as Crimson Rivers, and Godzilla.
What was Jean Reno famous for?
He has worked in American, French, English, Japanese, Spanish and Italian movie productions; Reno appeared in films such as Crimson Rivers, Godzilla, The Da Vinci Code, Mission: Impossible, The Pink Panther, Ronin, Les Visiteurs, Wasabi, The Big Blue, Hector and the Search for Happiness and Léon: The Professional.
Where does Jean Reno live?
Building on its fame in the United States with successes like The Da Vinci Code or Mission Impossible, Jean Reno lives most of the year in New York.
Born of Andalusian parents who fled to North Africa to escape Francoism, Jean Reno, born Juan Moreno, attended the Casablanca Conservatory before moving to Paris in 1970. He made his film debut in 1978, as an extra in Raoul Ruiz’s The Stolen Table Hypothesis.