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Jean
Reno (born July 30, 1948) is a French actor. Working in both
French and English, he has appeared not only in numerous
successful Hollywood productions, but also European productions
such as the 2005 Italian film The Tiger and the Snow. Reno has
starred in such high-profile American movies 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), for
which Reno turned down the role of Agent Smith in the The Matrix.
He has not neglected to continue making French productions either
- e.g., Les Visiteurs (1993) (which was later remade in English as
Just Visiting in 2001) and The Crimson Rivers (2000). In 2006, he
had a prominent role in the remake of The Pink Panther, 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. Reno endorsed Nicolas Sarkozy for the 2007
French Presidential Elections. He is a huge fan of Elvis Presley
and can actually imitate Elvis' voice. He used his impression in a
scene of the film Godzilla when the script needed his character to
pass as an American ... more |
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