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Trivia
Birth name: Don Juan Moreno y Jederique Jimenez
Date of birth: 30 July 1948
Place of birth: Casablanca, Morocco
Height: 6' 3" (1.91 m)
Spouse: Nathalie Dyszkiewicz (1996 - present) 2 children,
Geneviève (? - ?) (divorced) 2 children.
His parents were born in Sanlucar de
Barrameda, Cadiz (Spain) and they left Casablanca to go to France when
Jean was 12 years old.
His mother died when he was an adolescent.
Lives in Paris with his two children and his
girlfriend, a model.
Daughter born in Paris, France [28 June
1998]
Turned down the role of Agent Smith in the
The Matrix (1999) to do Godzilla (1998)
He has twice played characters whose
occupation of "cleaner" did not involve a mop - psychotic
Victor the Cleaner (Victor nettoyeur) in Nikita (1990), and the calm
assassin Léon in Léon (1994) (also known as The Professional).
He has two children from his first marriage
to Geneviève: Sandra (b. 1978) and Mickael (b. 1980)
He met his second wife, model Nathalie, on
the Champs Elysées (Paris biggest avenue)
He has two children with Nathalie: Tom (b.
1996) and Serena (b. 1998)
He had a role in every play of stage
director Didier Flamand from 1977 to 1981, and then had the lead role in
Flamand's first short movie Vis, La (1993).
Due to his tall, hulking frame, he most
played villainous brutes early on in his career. Thanks to his skills as
an actor, he has broken away from this stereotype and has played
everything from romantic-comedy leads to action heroes.
Plays Bezu Fache in The Da Vinci Code
(2006). Before that film was made, Harvey Keitel played a similar role
in National Treasure (2004), which also deals with historical secrets
being kept by ancient societies, including the Knights Templar. Keitel
also played The Cleaner in Point of No Return (1993), which was a remake
of Nikita (1990), in which Reno played the Cleaner.
Has, due to his versatility as an actor,
appeared in both Léon: The Professional, which has a well-deserved spot
in the top 250, and Rollerball, which has a well-deserved spot in the
bottom 100.
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