Line #1 Creator/JeanReno


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jeanreno.jpg]]
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3	->''"I first decided to become an actor at school. A teacher gave us a play to do and that had a major impact. At first, I wanted to work in the theatre, but there was something about the ambience of film, especially American films, that always attracted me."''
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5	Need a badass with a deep voice and an authentic French accent? Call for Jean Reno!
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7	Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez (born July 30, 1948 in Casablanca, Morocco), francized to "Jean" and shortened to "Reno", is a French actor of Spanish descent.
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9	His parents came from Andalusia, they moved to Morocco when it was a Spanish protectorate to avoid UsefulNotes/TheFrancoRegime. He moved to UsefulNotes/{{France}} when he was seventeen, francized his name and studied acting at the prestigious Cours Simon acting school in Paris.
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11	His multiple collaborations with Creator/LucBesson in The80s and early [[The90s '90s]] gained him much notice in France and abroad. ''Film/TheBigBlue'' and the one-two-punch of ''Film/TheProfessional'' (as HitmanWithAHeart Léon) and ''Film/LesVisiteurs'' (as [[TimeTravel time-travelling]] [[FishOutOfTemporalWater medieval knight]] Godefroy de Montmirail) achieved to cement him as a national star.
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13	He's been married three times and has six children.
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15	[[folder:Selected filmography:]]
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17	* ''The Last Battle'' (1983) as the Brute
18	* ''Subway'' (1985) as the Drummer
19	* ''Film/TheBigBlue'' (1988) as Enzo Molinari
20	* ''Film/{{Nikita}}'' (1990) as Victor "The Cleaner"
21	* ''Film/LOperationCornedBeef'' (1991) as Capitaine Philippe "Le Squale" Boulier
22	* ''Anime/PorcoRosso'' (1992) as Porco Rosso (French dub)
23	* ''Film/LesVisiteurs'' (1993) as Godefroy de Montmirail "le Hardi"
24	** ''Les Visiteurs II: The Corridors of Time'' (1998)
25	** ''Les Visiteurs: Bastille Day'' (2016)
26	* ''Film/LaVis'' (1993) as Mr. K
27	* ''Film/TheProfessional'' (1994) as Léon
28	* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King\|1994}}'' (1994) as Mufasa (French dub)
29	** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King\|2019}}'' (2019, reprised the role in the French dub)
30	* ''Film/FrenchKiss'' (1995) as Jean-Paul
31	* ''[[Film/MissionImpossible1996 Mission: Impossible]]'' (1996) as Franz Krieger
32	* ''Film/LeJaguar'' (1996) as Jean Campana
33	* ''Film/TheFifthElement'' (1997) as Aknot (French dub)
34	* ''Film/WitchWayLove'' (1997) as Molok Edramareck
35	* ''Film/{{Ronin\|1998}}'' (1998) as Vincent
36	* ''Film/{{Godzilla\|1998}}'' (1998) as Philippe Roche
37	* ''Film/TheCrimsonRivers'' (2000) as Detective Superintendent Pierre Niemans
38	** ''Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse'' (2004)
39	* ''Film/JustVisiting'' (2001) as Thibault de Malfète
40	* ''Film/{{Wasabi}}'' (2001) as Hubert Fiorentini
41	* ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' (2002) as Vincenzo "Vinny" Santorini (French dub)
42	* ''VideoGame/Onimusha3DemonSiege'' (2004) as [[InkSuitActor Jacques Blanc]][[note]]Japanese and French dubbing only, he could not do his English voice work[[/note]]
43	* ''The Corsican Investigation'' (2004) as Ange Leoni
44	* ''Film/HotelRwanda'' (2005) as Mr. Tillens
45	* ''The Tiger and the Snow'' (2005) as Fuad
46	* ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'' (2006) as Commissionner Bézu Fache
47	* ''Film/{{The Pink Panther\|2006}}'' (2006) as Gilbert Ponton
48	** ''The Pink Panther 2'' (2009)
49	* ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' (2006) as Le Frog
50	* ''Film/CouplesRetreat'' (2009) as Marcel
51	* ''Series/{{Jo}}'' (2013) as Joachim "Jo" Saint-Clair
52	* ''ComicBook/BenoitBrisefer: Les Taxis rouges'' (2014) as Poilonez
53	* ''Film/{{Antigang}}'' (2015) as Serge Buren
54	* ''The Last Face'' (2016) as Dr. Mehmet Love
55	* ''Cold Blood Legacy'' (2019) as Henry
56	* ''Film/Da5Bloods'' (2020) as Desroches
57	* ''Series/DieHart'' (2020) as Claude Van De Velde
58	* ''Film/TheDoorman'' (2020) as Victor Dubois
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61	!!Tropes & Trivia in his works:
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63	* TheComicallySerious: His [[TheStoic poker face]] falls into this territory in the comedies in which he plays.
64	* FaceOfAThug: Leads to him being type-casted as a thug, hitman or at very least a rough cop. [[Film/LesVisiteurs Godefroy de Montmirail]] meanwhile is an aversion: his face does look rough, but he is a noble, strong, brave and [[BoisterousBruiser feasts-loving]] knight from TheMiddleAges.
65	* FakeNationality: He can play quite a few non-French nationalities in a pinch, including a damn good Music/ElvisPresley impersonation.
66	* InkSuitActor: The character of Jacques Blanc in ''VideoGame/Onimusha3DemonSiege'' was not only voiced by him in French and Japanese, he was also modeled after him.
67	* {{Japandering}}: He played... a live-action Franchise/{{Doraemon}} in a few [[Advertising/DoraemonToyotaCommercials Toyota commercials]]. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer No, seriously]].
68	* PlayingAgainstType:
69	** ''Film/FrenchKiss'' was the first film to play with his "tough guy" screen persona. While he certainly was a no-nonsense cop in the film, his character was also an idealistic and romantic father.
70	** In ''A Private Affair'' (or ''Un Asunto Privado'') he plays Héctor Hugo, the Quiroga family's [[TheJeeves cautious butler]] and reluctant sidekick in [[ActionGirl Marina's]] detective escapades.
71	* ProductionPosse:
72	** He has appeared in five movies directed by Creator/LucBesson -- ''The Last Battle'', ''Subway'', ''The Big Blue'', ''Nikita'' and ''Léon - The Professional'', which cemented his star status. He's also been cast in some movies written (but not directed) by Besson and produced via the latter's Creator/EuropaCorp production company, such as ''Wasabi'' and ''Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse''. He also dubbed the Mangalore leader Aknot in Besson's ''Film/TheFifthElement''.
73	** He's been directed by Jean-Marie Poiré in ''Film/LOperationCornedBeef'', the three ''Film/LesVisiteurs'' films and ''Film/JustVisiting''.
74	* ThoseTwoActors:
75	** He has been famously paired with fellow French actor Creator/ChristianClavier in comedy films since ''Film/LOperationCornedBeef'' and ''Film/LesVisiteurs''. He also voiced Shadow in the French dub ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney'', while Clavier voiced Chance.
76	** Becomes "Those ''Three'' Actors" if you add Creator/ValerieLemercier for all of the three aforementioned films.

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