Jean Reno

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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.

Known For

Léon: The Professional

Léon Montana

The Da Vinci Code

Captain Bezu Fache

Mission: Impossible

Krieger

Godzilla

Philippe Roaché

Flushed Away

Le Frog (voice)

Hotel Rwanda

Sabena Airlines President, Mr. Tillens (uncredited)

Ronin

Vincent

Zootopia 2

Bûcheron / Chèvre (voice)

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	The Florist MOVIE	Charlie
2026	Tuner MOVIE	Self
2026	Marsupilami MOVIE	Jeffrey Malone
2025	Zootopia 2 MOVIE	Bûcheron / Chèvre (voice)
2025	Christian Clavier: La Vis Comica MOVIE	Self
2025	Pierre et le loup : Avec Jean Reno et Renaud Capuçon MOVIE	Récitant
2024	Family Pack MOVIE	Gilbert Vassier
2024	My Penguin Friend MOVIE	Joao
2024	Oldies But Goodies MOVIE	Lorenzo
2024	Lift MOVIE	Lars Jorgensen
2023	The Squad: Home Run MOVIE	Serge Buren
2023	Die Hart MOVIE	Claude Van De Velde
2022	A Private Affair TV	Héctor Hugo
2022	All Those Things We Never Said TV	Michel Saurel
2021	Mon nom est Johnny MOVIE	Self
2021	Promises MOVIE	Grandpa
2021	The Last Journey MOVIE	Henri W.R
2020	I Love You Coiffure MOVIE	M. Rimbaud (segment "La Veste")
2020	Rogue City MOVIE	Ange Leonetti
2020	The Doorman MOVIE	Victor Dubois
2020	Die Hart TV	Claude Van De Velde
2020	Da 5 Bloods MOVIE	Desroche
2020	Waiting for Anya MOVIE	Henri
2019	A Magical Journey MOVIE	Screen Hologram
2019	Cold Blood MOVIE	Henry
2019	4L MOVIE	Jean Pierre
2017	The Girl in the Fog MOVIE	Dr. Augusto Flores
2017	The Adventurers MOVIE	Pierre Bissette
2017	The Last Face MOVIE	Dr. Mehmet Love
2017	Family Heist MOVIE	Patrick
2016	The Promise MOVIE	Admiral Fournet
2016	Las pequeñas cosas MOVIE	Jean-Pierre Bertrand
2016	The Visitors: Bastille Day MOVIE	Le comte Godefroy de Montmirail
2015	Brothers of the Wind MOVIE	Danzer
2015	The Last Journey of the Enigmatic Paul W.R MOVIE	Henri W.R
2015	Call My Agent! TV	Self
2015	Antigang MOVIE	Serge Buren
2015	Gaumont, en effeuillant la marguerite MOVIE	Self
2014	Benedict Ironbreaker: The Red Taxis MOVIE	Hector Poilonez
2014	Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui MOVIE	Self
2014	Days and Nights MOVIE	Louis
2014	Paris Story MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2014	Hector and the Search for Happiness MOVIE	Diego Baresco
2014	My Summer in Provence MOVIE	Paul
2013	Jo TV	Jo St-Clair
2012	The Unexpected Getaway TV	Self
2012	The Day of the Crows MOVIE	Le père Courge (voice)
2012	Alex Cross MOVIE	Gilles Mercier
2012	The Dream Team MOVIE	Jean Reno
2012	Le Chef MOVIE	Alexandre Lagarde
2011	You Don't Choose Your Family MOVIE	Luix
2011	Margaret MOVIE	Ramon
2010	The Philosopher MOVIE	Baggio
2010	22 Bullets MOVIE	Charly Matteï
2010	The Round Up MOVIE	Dr. David Sheinbaum
2009	Armored MOVIE	Quinn
2009	Couples Retreat MOVIE	Marcel
2009	C à vous TV	Self - Guest
2009	La Traversée du désir MOVIE	Self
2009	Ultimate Heist MOVIE	Milo Malakian
2009	The Pink Panther 2 MOVIE	Ponton
2008	Ca$h MOVIE	Maxime - Dubreuil
2006	Flushed Away MOVIE	Le Frog (voice)
2006	El hormiguero TV	Self - Guest
2006	Flyboys MOVIE	Capt. Thenault
2006	The Da Vinci Code MOVIE	Captain Bezu Fache
2006	The Pink Panther MOVIE	Ponton
2005	The Tiger and the Snow MOVIE	Fuad
2005	Empire of the Wolves MOVIE	Jean-Louis Schiffer
2005	G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten TV	Self
2005	10 Year Retrospective: Cast and Crew Look Back MOVIE	Self - 'Leon'
2005	Jean Reno: The Road to 'Léon' MOVIE	Self
2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson TV	Self
2005	Les Visiteurs revisités MOVIE	Self
2005	O Gengis MOVIE	Voice
2004	Hotel Rwanda MOVIE	Sabena Airlines President, Mr. Tillens (uncredited)
2004	Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane MOVIE	Self
2004	The Corsican File MOVIE	Ange Léoni
2004	Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse MOVIE	Commissaire Pierre Niémans
2003	Ruby & Quentin MOVIE	Ruby
2002	Jet Lag MOVIE	Félix
2002	A Day in the Life of French Cinema MOVIE	Self
2002	Rollerball MOVIE	Alexi Petrovich
2001	Les Rivières pourpres: L'enquête MOVIE	Self
2001	Making of "la scène au scalpel" MOVIE	Self
2001	Wasabi MOVIE	Hubert Fiorentini
2001	Just Visiting MOVIE	Thibault
2000	The Crimson Rivers MOVIE	Pierre Niemans
1998	Ronin MOVIE	Vincent
1998	Vivement dimanche TV	Self
1998	Vivement dimanche prochain TV	Self
1998	Godzilla MOVIE	Philippe Roaché
1998	The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time MOVIE	Comte Godefroy de Montmirail
1997	Les Sœurs Soleil MOVIE	Un spectateur
1997	A Witch's Way of Love MOVIE	Molok
1997	Roseanna's Grave MOVIE	Marcello
1996	Jaguar MOVIE	Jean Campana
1996	Mission: Impossible MOVIE	Krieger
1996	Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés MOVIE	Self
1995	Beyond the Clouds MOVIE	Carlo
1995	To Make a Film Is to Be Alive MOVIE	Self (uncredited)
1995	French Kiss MOVIE	Inspector Jean-Paul Cardon
1995	Boxer MOVIE	Patrick
1994	Léon: The Professional MOVIE	Léon Montana
1993	The Screw MOVIE	Monsieur K
1993	Flight from Justice MOVIE	Charlie Bert
1993	The Visitors MOVIE	Comte Godefroy de Montmirail
1993	Paranoïa MOVIE	Self
1992	Loulou graffiti MOVIE	'Pique la Lune'
1991	L'Opération Corned Beef MOVIE	Capitaine Philippe Boulier, dit "Le Squale"
1991	L'homme au masque d'or MOVIE	Don Gaetano
1990	Les Nuls, l'émission TV	Self - Guest
1990	Au coeur de Nikita MOVIE	Self
1990	Nikita MOVIE	Victor, the Cleaner
1989	The Big Blue Adventure MOVIE	Self / Narrator
1988	The Big Blue MOVIE	Enzo Molinari
1987	Sacrée Soirée TV	Self
1986	I Love You MOVIE	Dentist
1986	Zone Red MOVIE	Leccia
1985	Victoires de la musique TV	Self
1985	Tender Is the Night TV	Dr. Dangen
1985	Strictement personnel MOVIE	Le détective Villechaize
1985	Subway MOVIE	Le Batteur
1985	The Telephone Always Rings Twice MOVIE	L'homme de confiance de Marraine
1984	Our Story MOVIE	A neighbour
1983	Outward Signs of Wealth MOVIE	Marc Letellier, Béatrice's colleague
1983	The Last Battle MOVIE	The Brute
1983	Bloody Ballad MOVIE	Self
1982	The Passerby MOVIE	Antisemite
1982	Champs-Elysées TV	Self
1981	Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers MOVIE	le lieutenant Zag
1981	We're Not Angels... Neither Are They MOVIE	Le serveur restaurant chic (uncredited)
1981	The Penultimate MOVIE	La Brute
1980	Voulez-vous un bébé Nobel ? MOVIE	Bernier
1979	Womanlight MOVIE	Cop Place de la Concorde
1978	The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting MOVIE	Character of Paintings
	Birds of Prey MOVIE	Self
	The Man Who Saved Paris MOVIE	Trenet
	Verona Spies MOVIE	Crowley
	The Butler MOVIE	Felix Dubois

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