Jean Reno, (original name Juan Moreno y Herrera Jiménez ), born on July 30th, 1948 is a French actor with a Spanish origin. Jean Reno is known nest for his role in the Italian film - The tiger and the Snow in 2005.

Early life

Born in Casablanca, Morocco, Jean Reno's parents were of Spanish origin. His family moved to South Africa to escape the rule of Francisco Franco. After spending 6 long years in South Africa, his family again moved to France. Jean Reno was only 12 then. In France, he graduated in B.A. (arts) and started his career with small theatre and drama plays that were organized by a small group.

Career

Jean Reno started his career with French Movies directed by Luc Besson. The Big Blue and Leon brought Jean Reno, a huge success. He stared along with Natalie Portman in Leon.
Jean Reno has also made an impressive appearance in high profile Hollywood movies like French Kiss (1995) with Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline, Mission: Impossible (1996) with Tom Cruise, Ronin (1998) with Robert De Niro, and Godzilla (1998). Jean Reno, never allowed his Hollywood career to shadow his career at home. He continued to do French movies like The Visitors (1993) and The Crimson Rivers (2000).

His latest movie - The Da Vinci Code has gathered good reviews around the world. He has also appeared in United Parcel Service advertisements on a TV show.

Personal life

Jean Reno married actress Zofia Borucka on July 29th, 2006 in France. However, he married twice before and bears two children from each marriage. The names of his four children are Sandra, Mickael, tom and Serena. He has three homes and is known to visit all these every once in a year.

Jean has continued to give good performances in spite of supporting roles in most of his movies.