Jean Reno
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Jean Reno is a French actor. Working in French, English, Spanish 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), its sequel Les Visiteurs 2 (1998) and Léon
(1994) along with the 2005 Italian film The Tiger and the Snow
.
and Jerez de la Frontera
(Spain), and had moved to North Africa to find work and escape the dictatorship
of Francisco Franco
. His father was a linotypist. His mother died when he was a teenager, and he has a younger sister named María Teresa ("Maite"). Reno was raised Catholic. He moved to France at the age of seventeen and studied acting in the Cours Simon
School of Drama. He is currently the CEO of Ankama Games
's films, including Besson's first film, L'Avant dernier. The two have continued to work together throughout their careers, in films produced, written
or directed by Besson. Of the films they have done together, the ones that have achieved the most critical and commercial success include: Nikita (1990), the English-language
films The Big Blue
(1988), and Léon
(1994) (known as The Professional in the United States). Additionally, Reno did the voice-over for Mufasa in the French-language version of The Lion King
, a role originally performed by James Earl Jones
.
Reno has starred in such high-profile American films as French Kiss (1995) with Meg Ryan
and Kevin Kline
, Mission: Impossible (1996) with Tom Cruise
, Ronin
(1998) with Robert De Niro
, and Godzilla
(1998). Reno turned down the role of Agent Smith
in The Matrix
. He has not neglected to work in French productions either—e.g., Les Visiteurs
(1993) (which was later remade in English as Just Visiting in 2001), The Crimson Rivers
(2000) and Jet Lag (Décalage horaire) by Danièle Thompson (2002), which was also a box-office success in France. In 2006, he had a prominent role in the remake of The Pink Panther
and its sequel, playing Gilbert Ponton, the partner of Inspector Clouseau
opposite Steve Martin
, and also portrayed Captain Bezu Fache in the Ron Howard
film The Da Vinci Code
. Among his most successful films are Les Visiteurs and L'Enquete corse.
In other media, Reno was involved in the production of the third installment in the popular PlayStation 2
series Onimusha (Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
), lending his likeness to the protagonist, Jacques Blanc
, as well as providing the voice for the character's French dialog. Reno has also appeared in American television commercials for UPS
and portrayed Doraemon
in a Toyota ad in Japan.
in southern France. The French President (at the time, only a Presidential candidate) Nicolas Sarkozy
was his best man (Reno endorsed Sarkozy
for the 2007 French Presidential Elections). They welcomed son Cielo in July 2009 in New York City.
He was married twice before and has four older children, two from each marriage. His first wife was Geneviève, with whom he has a daughter, Sandra (born in 1978), and a son, Mickael (born in 1980). His second wife is Polish model Nathalie Dyszkiewicz, with whom he has a son, Tom (born January 10, 1996), and a daughter, Serena (born June 28, 1998). He maintains homes in Paris, Malaysia and in Los Angeles.
The Pink Panther (2006 film)
The Pink Panther is a 2006 American comedy film and a reboot of The Pink Panther film series. In this film, Inspector Jacques Clouseau is assigned to solve the murder of a famous soccer coach and the theft of the famous Pink Panther diamond. The film also stars Kevin Kline, Jean Reno, Emily...
, Godzilla
Godzilla (1998 film)
Godzilla is a 1998 science fiction monster disaster film film co-written and directed by Roland Emmerich. It is a loose remake of the 1954 giant monster classic Godzilla. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Emmerich and Dean Devlin. The film relates a tale of a nuclear incident...
, The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code (film)
The Da Vinci Code is a 2006 American mystery thriller film directed by Ron Howard. The screenplay was written by Akiva Goldsman and based on Dan Brown's worldwide bestselling 2003 novel, The Da Vinci Code...
, Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible (film)
Mission: Impossible is a 1996 action thriller directed by Brian De Palma and starring Tom Cruise. Following on from the television series of the same name, the plot follows a new agent, Ethan Hunt and his mission to uncover the mole within the CIA who has framed him for the murders of his entire...
, Ronin
Ronin (film)
Ronin is a 1998 action-thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer and written by J.D. Zeik and David Mamet. It stars Robert De Niro and Jean Reno as two of several former special forces and intelligence agents who team up to steal a mysterious, heavily guarded suitcase while navigating a maze of...
and Couples Retreat
Couples Retreat
Couples Retreat is a 2009 American comedy film written and directed by Peter Billingsley with contributions to the script by Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Dana Fox, Curtis Hanson, and Greg Beeman. Vaughn and Favreau star with Faizon Love, Jason Bateman, Kristin Davis, Kristen Bell, Malin Åkerman and...
, but also in European productions such as the French films Les Visiteurs
Les Visiteurs
Les Visiteurs is a French film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré and released in 1993. In this comedy, a 12th-century knight and his servant travel in time to the end of the 20th century and find themselves adrift in modern society....
(1993), its sequel Les Visiteurs 2 (1998) and Léon
Léon (film)
Léon is a 1994 French thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson...
(1994) along with the 2005 Italian film The Tiger and the Snow
The Tiger and the Snow
La tigre e la neve is a 2005 Italian movie starring and directed by Roberto Benigni.The film is a romantic comedy set in contemporary Rome and in occupied Baghdad during the Iraq War. The story, inspired by the fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty," features singer-songwriter Tom Waits as himself in...
.
Early life
Reno was born Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez in Casablanca, Morocco. His Spanish parents were natives of Sanlúcar de BarramedaSanlúcar de Barrameda
Sanlúcar de Barrameda is a city in the northwest of Cádiz province, part of the autonomous community of Andalucía in southern Spain. Sanlúcar is located on the left bank at the mouth of the Guadalquivir River opposite the Doñana National Park, 52 km from the provincial capital Cádiz and...
and Jerez de la Frontera
Jerez de la Frontera
Jerez de la Frontera is a municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia, in southwestern Spain, situated midway between the sea and the mountains. , the city, the largest in the province, had 208,896 inhabitants; it is the fifth largest in Andalusia...
(Spain), and had moved to North Africa to find work and escape the dictatorship
Dictatorship
A dictatorship is defined as an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual, the dictator. It has three possible meanings:...
of Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...
. His father was a linotypist. His mother died when he was a teenager, and he has a younger sister named María Teresa ("Maite"). Reno was raised Catholic. He moved to France at the age of seventeen and studied acting in the Cours Simon
René Simon
René Simon, , born in Troyes was a French actor and founder in 1925 of the Cours Simon drama school.-External links:...
School of Drama. He is currently the CEO of Ankama Games
Career
Due to his tall, hulking frame , he mostly played villainous brutes early on in his career. He later appeared in romantic-comedies and action films. Reno's career began in French cinema, where he appeared in many of Luc BessonLuc Besson
Luc Besson is a French film director, writer, and producer. He is the creator of EuropaCorp film company. He has been involved with over 50 films, spanning 26 years, as writer, director, and/or producer.-Early life:...
's films, including Besson's first film, L'Avant dernier. The two have continued to work together throughout their careers, in films produced, written
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
or directed by Besson. Of the films they have done together, the ones that have achieved the most critical and commercial success include: Nikita (1990), the English-language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
films The Big Blue
The Big Blue
The Big Blue is a 1988 English-language film made by French director Luc Besson. The film stars Jean-Marc Barr, Rosanna Arquette, Jean Reno and depicts a fictionalized account of the sporting rivalry between two famed free divers.-Background:...
(1988), and Léon
Léon (film)
Léon is a 1994 French thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson...
(1994) (known as The Professional in the United States). Additionally, Reno did the voice-over for Mufasa in the French-language version of The Lion King
The Lion King
The Lion King is a 1994 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 32nd feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series...
, a role originally performed by James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones is an American actor. He is well-known for his distinctive bass voice and for his portrayal of characters of substance, gravitas and leadership...
.
Reno has starred in such high-profile American films as French Kiss (1995) with Meg Ryan
Meg Ryan
Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra , professionally known as Meg Ryan, is an American actress and producer. Raised in Bethel, Connecticut, Ryan began her acting career in 1981 in minor roles, before joining the cast of the CBS soap opera As the World Turns in 1982...
and Kevin Kline
Kevin Kline
Kevin Delaney Kline is an American theatre, voice, film actor and comedian. He has won an Academy Award and two Tony Awards, and has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards and an Emmy Award.- Early life :...
, Mission: Impossible (1996) with Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV , better known as Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and he has won three Golden Globe Awards....
, Ronin
Ronin (film)
Ronin is a 1998 action-thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer and written by J.D. Zeik and David Mamet. It stars Robert De Niro and Jean Reno as two of several former special forces and intelligence agents who team up to steal a mysterious, heavily guarded suitcase while navigating a maze of...
(1998) with Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro, Jr. is an American actor, director and producer. His first major film roles were in Bang the Drum Slowly and Mean Streets, both in 1973...
, and Godzilla
Godzilla
is a daikaijū, a Japanese movie monster, first appearing in Ishirō Honda's 1954 film Godzilla. Since then, Godzilla has gone on to become a worldwide pop culture icon starring in 28 films produced by Toho Co., Ltd. The monster has appeared in numerous other media incarnations including video games,...
(1998). Reno turned down the role of Agent Smith
Agent Smith
Agent Smith is the main antagonist of The Matrix film series and multimedia franchise, mainly played by actor Hugo Weaving and briefly by actor Ian Bliss in the films and voiced by Christopher Corey Smith in The Matrix: Path of Neo.In 2008, Agent Smith was selected by Empire Magazine as number 84...
in The Matrix
The Matrix
The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction-action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, and Hugo Weaving...
. He has not neglected to work in French productions either—e.g., Les Visiteurs
Les Visiteurs
Les Visiteurs is a French film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré and released in 1993. In this comedy, a 12th-century knight and his servant travel in time to the end of the 20th century and find themselves adrift in modern society....
(1993) (which was later remade in English as Just Visiting in 2001), The Crimson Rivers
The Crimson Rivers
The Crimson Rivers is a 2000 French psychological thriller film directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and based on the best-selling novel Les rivières pourpres by the film's co-writer Jean-Christophe Grangé....
(2000) and Jet Lag (Décalage horaire) by Danièle Thompson (2002), which was also a box-office success in France. In 2006, he had a prominent role in the remake of The Pink Panther
The Pink Panther
The Pink Panther is a series of comedy films featuring the bungling French police detective Jacques Clouseau that began in 1963 with the release of the film of the same name. The role was originated by, and is most closely associated with, Peter Sellers...
and its sequel, playing Gilbert Ponton, the partner of Inspector Clouseau
Inspector Clouseau
Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is a fictional character in Blake Edwards' The Pink Panther series. In most of the films, he was played by Peter Sellers, with one film in which he was played by Alan Arkin and one in which he was played by an uncredited Roger Moore...
opposite Steve Martin
Steve Martin
Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin is an American actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, musician and composer....
, and also portrayed Captain Bezu Fache in the Ron Howard
Ron Howard
Ronald William "Ron" Howard is an American actor, director, and producer. He came to prominence as a child actor, playing Opie Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show for eight years, and later the teenaged Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days for six years...
film The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery-detective novel written by Dan Brown. It follows symbologist Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu as they investigate a murder in Paris's Louvre Museum and discover a battle between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over the possibility of Jesus having been married to...
. Among his most successful films are Les Visiteurs and L'Enquete corse.
In other media, Reno was involved in the production of the third installment in the popular PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
series Onimusha (Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
Onimusha 3: Demon Siege, released in Japan and Europe as , is an action-adventure game developed and published by Capcom. It is the third game of the Onimusha series and was released for the PlayStation 2 on April 27, 2004. It was later ported to Windows on December 8, 2005.-Plot:The game opens...
), lending his likeness to the protagonist, Jacques Blanc
Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
Onimusha 3: Demon Siege, released in Japan and Europe as , is an action-adventure game developed and published by Capcom. It is the third game of the Onimusha series and was released for the PlayStation 2 on April 27, 2004. It was later ported to Windows on December 8, 2005.-Plot:The game opens...
, as well as providing the voice for the character's French dialog. Reno has also appeared in American television commercials for UPS
United Parcel Service
United Parcel Service, Inc. , typically referred to by the acronym UPS, is a package delivery company. Headquartered in Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States, UPS delivers more than 15 million packages a day to 6.1 million customers in more than 220 countries and territories around the...
and portrayed Doraemon
Doraemon
is a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio which later became an anime series and an Asian franchise...
in a Toyota ad in Japan.
Personal life
On July 29, 2006, the actor married a Polish model and actress Zofia Borucka, 35, at the city hall of Baux-de-ProvenceLes Baux de Provence
Les Baux-de-Provence is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France, in the province of Provence. It has a spectacular position in the Alpilles mountains, set atop a rocky outcrop crowned with a ruined castle overlooking the plains to the south. Its names refers to its site...
in southern France. The French President (at the time, only a Presidential candidate) Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier....
was his best man (Reno endorsed Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier....
for the 2007 French Presidential Elections). They welcomed son Cielo in July 2009 in New York City.
He was married twice before and has four older children, two from each marriage. His first wife was Geneviève, with whom he has a daughter, Sandra (born in 1978), and a son, Mickael (born in 1980). His second wife is Polish model Nathalie Dyszkiewicz, with whom he has a son, Tom (born January 10, 1996), and a daughter, Serena (born June 28, 1998). He maintains homes in Paris, Malaysia and in Los Angeles.
Film and television credits
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | The Moroccan Stallion | ||
| 1982 | La Passante du Sans-Souci La Passante du Sans-Souci The Passerby is a 1982 French film directed by Jacques Rouffio, based on the 1936 novel on the same name by Joseph Kessel, and starring Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli... |
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| 1983 | Le Dernier Combat Le Dernier Combat Le Dernier Combat , released in 1983 French film is the first feature film made by Luc Besson. The film is a dark vision of post-apocalyptic survival.The plot explores the devastation of civilization and issues of brutality, hostility and isolation... |
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| 1985 | Le téléphone sonne toujours deux fois!! Le téléphone sonne toujours deux fois!! Le téléphone sonne toujours deux fois !! is a French comedy by Jean-Pierre Vergne released in 1985.- Beginning :Marc Elbichon, private detective, investigates about a mysterious serial killer who signs his crimes overwriting a phone dial on the victim's front... |
Marraine 's confidence man | |
| Subway Subway (film) Subway is a 1985 French film directed by Luc Besson, starring Isabelle Adjani and Christopher Lambert and is part of the Cinema du look movement.-Plot:... |
The Drummer | ||
| 1988 | Le Grand Bleu The Big Blue The Big Blue is a 1988 English-language film made by French director Luc Besson. The film stars Jean-Marc Barr, Rosanna Arquette, Jean Reno and depicts a fictionalized account of the sporting rivalry between two famed free divers.-Background:... (The Big Blue) |
Enzo Molinari | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1990 | L'Homme au masque d'or | Father Victorio Gaetano | |
| Nikita | Victor, nettoyeur | ||
| 1991 | Loulou Graffiti | Pique la Lune | |
| L'Opération Corned-Beef | Capitaine Philippe Boulier, dit 'Le Squale'/Captain Philippe | ||
| 1992 | Kurenai no buta Porco Rosso Porco Rosso, known in Japan as is the sixth anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki, produced by Studio Ghibli and released in 1992, of an Italian World War I fighter ace, now living as a freelance bounty hunter chasing "air pirates" in the Adriatic Sea. The man has been cursed and transformed into... |
Porco Rosso | Voice |
| 1993 | La Vis | Monsieur K | |
| Paranoïa Paranoia Paranoia [] is a thought process believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality and delusion. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs, or beliefs of conspiracy concerning a perceived threat towards oneself... |
Short Subject | ||
| Flight from Justice | Charlie Bert | TV | |
| Les Visiteurs Les Visiteurs Les Visiteurs is a French film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré and released in 1993. In this comedy, a 12th-century knight and his servant travel in time to the end of the 20th century and find themselves adrift in modern society.... |
Godefroy de Papincourt, Comte de Montmirail | Nominated - César Award for Best Actor César Award for Best Actor This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actor .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:... |
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| 1994 | Léon Léon (film) Léon is a 1994 French thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson... (The Professional) |
Leon | Nominated - César Award for Best Actor César Award for Best Actor This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actor .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:... |
| 1995 | Les Truffes | Patrick | |
| French Kiss | Inspector Jean-Paul Cardon | ||
| Al di là delle nuvole | Carlo | ||
| 1996 | Mission: Impossible Mission: Impossible (film) Mission: Impossible is a 1996 action thriller directed by Brian De Palma and starring Tom Cruise. Following on from the television series of the same name, the plot follows a new agent, Ethan Hunt and his mission to uncover the mole within the CIA who has framed him for the murders of his entire... |
Franz Krieger | |
| Le Jaguar Le Jaguar Le Jaguar is a 1996 French film directed by Francis Veber starring Jean Reno, Patrick Bruel, Harrisson Lowe, and Patricia Velásquez. A shaman from the South American rain forest visits France for a public relations campaign. In a hotel's elevator in Paris he meets a French good-for-nothing named... |
Jean Campana | ||
| 1997 | Roseanna's Grave Roseanna's Grave Roseanna's Grave is a 1997 film directed by Paul Weiland. In his review, Roger Ebert concludes that Roseanna's Grave "isn't of much consequence, perhaps, and the gears of the plot are occasionally visible as they turn... |
Marcello | |
| Un amour de sorcière | Molok | ||
| Les Soeurs Soleil | Un spectateur | ||
| 1998 | Les Visiteurs II: Les Couloirs du temps Les Visiteurs II Les visiteurs 2: Les couloirs du temps is a sequel to the original French film, Les Visiteurs. The film was followed by an American remake of the first Les Visiteurs, Just Visiting... |
Comte Godefroy de Montmirail, dit Godefroy | |
| Godzilla Godzilla (1998 film) Godzilla is a 1998 science fiction monster disaster film film co-written and directed by Roland Emmerich. It is a loose remake of the 1954 giant monster classic Godzilla. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Emmerich and Dean Devlin. The film relates a tale of a nuclear incident... |
Philippe Roaché | ||
| Ronin Ronin (film) Ronin is a 1998 action-thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer and written by J.D. Zeik and David Mamet. It stars Robert De Niro and Jean Reno as two of several former special forces and intelligence agents who team up to steal a mysterious, heavily guarded suitcase while navigating a maze of... |
Vincent | ||
| 2000 | Les Rivières pourpres (Crimson Rivers) | Pierre Niemans | Nominated - European Film Award: Jameson People's Choice Award - Best European Actor |
| 2001 | Just Visiting | Count Thibault of Malfete | |
| Wasabi Wasabi (film) Wasabi is a 2001 movie directed by Gérard Krawczyk, written and produced by Luc Besson and starring Jean Reno, Michel Muller and Ryōko Hirosue... |
Hubert Fiorentini | ||
| 2002 | Décalage horaire | Felix | |
| Rollerball Rollerball (2002 film) Rollerball is a 2002 remake of the 1975 science-fiction film of the same name. This updated version stars Chris Klein, LL Cool J, Rebecca Romijn and Jean Reno, was directed by John McTiernan and has a much greater concentration on action with more muted social and political overtones... |
Alexis Petrovich | ||
| 2003 | Tais-toi! Tais-toi! Tais toi ! is a 2003 French comedy-crime caper film, directed by Francis Veber.-Cast:* Gérard Depardieu as Quentin* Jean Reno as Ruby* Richard Berry as Vernet* André Dussollier as Le Psychiatre prison* Jean-Pierre Malo as Vogel... |
Ruby | |
| 2004 | Onimusha 3: Demon Siege Onimusha 3: Demon Siege Onimusha 3: Demon Siege, released in Japan and Europe as , is an action-adventure game developed and published by Capcom. It is the third game of the Onimusha series and was released for the PlayStation 2 on April 27, 2004. It was later ported to Windows on December 8, 2005.-Plot:The game opens... (Capcom Capcom is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its... -based popular franchise) |
Jacques Blanc | Character model, Voice Videogame |
| Les Rivières pourpres II: Les anges de l'apocalypse Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse, known as Les Rivières pourpres II: Les anges de l'apocalypse in the French release, is a 2004 thriller-action movie starring Jean Reno, Benoit Magimel and Christopher Lee. It is directed by Olivier Dahan and produced by Ilan Goldman... (Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse) |
Commissaire Niemans | ||
| Hotel Rwanda Hotel Rwanda Hotel Rwanda is a 2004 American drama film directed by Terry George. It was adapted from a screenplay written by both George and Keir Pearson. Based on real life events which took place in Rwanda during the spring of 1994, the film stars Don Cheadle as hotelier Paul Rusesabagina, who attempts to... |
Mr. Tillens | Uncredited | |
| L'Enquête Corse | Ange Leoni | ||
| 2005 | L'Empire des loups L'Empire des loups Empire of the Wolves is a 2005 movie directed by Chris Nahon, written by Christian Clavier, Jean-Christophe Grangé, Chris Nahon and Franck Ollivier, and starring Jean Reno, Arly Jover, and Jocelyn Quivrin.... (Empire of the Wolves) |
Jean-Louis Schiffer | |
| The Tiger and the Snow The Tiger and the Snow La tigre e la neve is a 2005 Italian movie starring and directed by Roberto Benigni.The film is a romantic comedy set in contemporary Rome and in occupied Baghdad during the Iraq War. The story, inspired by the fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty," features singer-songwriter Tom Waits as himself in... |
Fuad | ||
| 2006 | The Pink Panther The Pink Panther (2006 film) The Pink Panther is a 2006 American comedy film and a reboot of The Pink Panther film series. In this film, Inspector Jacques Clouseau is assigned to solve the murder of a famous soccer coach and the theft of the famous Pink Panther diamond. The film also stars Kevin Kline, Jean Reno, Emily... |
Gilbert Ponton | |
| Flyboys | Captain Thenault | ||
| The Da Vinci Code The Da Vinci Code (film) The Da Vinci Code is a 2006 American mystery thriller film directed by Ron Howard. The screenplay was written by Akiva Goldsman and based on Dan Brown's worldwide bestselling 2003 novel, The Da Vinci Code... |
Captain Bezu Fache | ||
| Flushed Away Flushed Away Flushed Away is a 2006 computer animated British film directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell. It is a partnership between Aardman Animations of Wallace and Gromit fame, and DreamWorks Animation, and is Aardman's first completely computer-animated feature as opposed to the usual stop-motion.The film... |
Le Frog | Voice | |
| 2008 | Ca$h | Maxime - Dubreuil | |
| 2009 | The Pink Panther 2 | Gilbert Ponton | |
| Le Premier Cercle Le Premier Cercle Le Premier Cercle , also known as Inside Ring in English and as Ultimate Heist on USA video, is a 2009 French-language film by Laurent Tuel.... |
Milo Malakian | ||
| Couples Retreat Couples Retreat Couples Retreat is a 2009 American comedy film written and directed by Peter Billingsley with contributions to the script by Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Dana Fox, Curtis Hanson, and Greg Beeman. Vaughn and Favreau star with Faizon Love, Jason Bateman, Kristin Davis, Kristen Bell, Malin Åkerman and... |
Marcel | ||
| Armored Armored (film) Armored is a 2009 American crime thriller film directed by Nimród Antal, written by first-time screenwriter James V. Simpson, and starring Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Amaury Nolasco, Milo Ventimiglia, Skeet Ulrich, and Columbus Short... |
Quinn | ||
| 2010 | The Round Up The Round Up (film) The Round Up is a 2010 French film directed by Roselyne Bosch and produced by Alain Goldman. The film stars Mélanie Laurent, Jean Reno, Sylvie Testud and Gad Elmaleh... |
Dr. Sheinbaum | |
| The Philosopher | Baggio | ||
| L'immortel (22 Bullets) | Charly Matteï | ||
| 2011 | Margaret | Ramon | awaiting release |
| 2011 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is a Peabody Award-winning American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson. Ferguson, the third regular host of the Late Late Show franchise, follows Late Show with David Letterman in the CBS late-night lineup... |
Himself | Multiple episodes filmed in Paris |
| 2011 | Toyota commercial | Doraemon Doraemon is a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio which later became an anime series and an Asian franchise... |
one of a series featuring Doraemon characters |
External links
- Jean Reno: Cannes, Codes, and... Bouillabaisse (MPM interview)
- Jean Reno (fansite)
- Le Cinéma de Jean Reno (fansite in French)
- Le Monde de Jean Reno (fansite in French)
- Personal page at myspace
- Couples Retreat Video Interview at AMCtv.com