Jean Reno
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AKA:
Juan Moreno
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French Birthdate:
07/30/1948 Birthplace:
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biography
A French actor of Spanish-Moroccan descent, Jean Reno (pronounced Ruh-No) broke through into the American market with a heralded performance as an illiterate mob executioner who finds his soul saving the life of a teen-age girl (Natalie Portman) being pursued by rogue DEA agents in "The Professional" (1994). The film also marked the English-language debut of screenwriter-director Luc Besson, with whom Reno has frequently collaborated.The son of Andalusian parents, the actor was born in 1948 in Casablanca, Morocco, which was then under French territorial control, and remained there with his
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Year
Milestone
1960
Family moved to France from Morocco (date approximate)
1974
Made TV acting debut; Made professional stage debut in "Ecce Homo"
1978
Screen acting debut in "L'Hypothese du tableau vole"
1983
Made first film with director Luc Besson, "Le Dernier Combat"
1987
Had breakthrough role in Luc Besson's "The Big Blue"
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