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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 |
59 | [[/folder]] |
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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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