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Jean Reno

Acting

Born July 30, 1948 · Casablanca, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]

Also known as Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez

Biography

Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez (born July 30, 1948), commonly known as Jean Reno is a French actor of Andalusian Spanish descent. Working in French, English, and Italian, he has appeared not only in numerous successful Hollywood productions such as The Pink Panther, Godzilla, The Da Vinci Code, Mission: Impossible, Ronin and Couples Retreat, but also in European productions such as the French films Les Visiteurs (1993) and Léon (1994) along with the 2005 Italian film The Tiger and the Snow.

Awards & recognition

  • Commander of the Legion of Honour · 2024
  • François Truffaut Award · 2012
  • Officer of the Legion of Honour · 2008
  • European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award · 2000
  • Knight of the Legion of Honour · 1999
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  • Officer of Arts and Letters
  • Officer of the National Order of Merit
  • Jameson People's Choice AwardBest Actor · 2001 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Léon: The Professional

1994as Léon Montana

Zootopia 2

2025as Bûcheron / Chèvre (voice)

Call My Agent!

2015as Self

Hotel Rwanda

2004as Sabena Airlines President, Mr. Tillens (uncredited)

The Round Up

2010as Dr. David Sheinbaum

My Penguin Friend

2024as Joao

The Big Blue

1988as Enzo Molinari

Brothers of the Wind

2015as Danzer

The Visitors

1993as Comte Godefroy de Montmirail

La Femme Nikita

1990as Victor, the Cleaner

Ronin

1998as Vincent

Mission: Impossible

1996as Krieger

A Private Affair

2022as Héctor Hugo

The Promise

2016as Admiral Fournet

The Crimson Rivers

2000as Pierre Niemans

Tuner

2026as Marius Maissner

The Girl in the Fog

2017as Dr. Augusto Flores

Hector and the Search for Happiness

2014as Diego Baresco

22 Bullets

2010as Charly Matteï

The Da Vinci Code

2006as Captain Bezu Fache

Flyboys

2006as Capt. Thenault

For Roseanna

1997as Marcello

Subway

1985as Le Batteur

Lift

2024as Lars Jorgensen

Da 5 Bloods

2020as Desroche

My Summer in Provence

2013as Paul

The Last Battle

1983as The Brute

Waiting for Anya

2020as Henri

Margaret

2011as Ramon

Flushed Away

2006as Le Frog (voice)

Tender Is the Night

as Dr. Dangen

The Chef

2012as Alexandre Lagarde

Operation Corned Beef

1991as Capitaine Philippe Boulier, dit "Le Squale"

Antigang: La Relève

2023as Serge Buren

Die Hart

2020as Claude Van De Velde

Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse

2004as Commissaire Pierre Niémans

The Adventurers

2017as Pierre Bissette

The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time

1998as Comte Godefroy de Montmirail

Die Hart

2023as Claude Van De Velde

Rogue City

2020as Ange Leonetti

4L

2019as Jean Pierre

The Pink Panther

2006as Ponton

The Corsican File

2004as Ange Léoni

The Doorman

2020as Victor Dubois

Armored

2009as Quinn

The Pink Panther 2

2009as Ponton

Empire of the Wolves

2005as Jean-Louis Schiffer

Godzilla

1998as Philippe Roaché

The Jaguar

1996as Jean Campana

Family Pack

2024as Gilbert Vassier