---
name: "Jean Reno"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jean-reno"
fi1m_id: "jean-reno"
imdb_id: "nm0000606"
tmdb_id: 1003
wikidata_id: "Q43697"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 July 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 15
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 13
updated: "2026-10-23T21:11:40.589222+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jean Reno

## Identity

Jean Reno

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jean-reno
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jean-reno
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000606
- **TMDB ID:** 1003
- **Wikidata ID:** Q43697
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Reno, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43697, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000606/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1003

Actor. Born 30 July 1948 in Casablanca, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco].

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 July 1948, Casablanca, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]
- **Active:** 1983–present
- **Also known as:** Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 15: 13 acting, 2 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Luc Besson](https://film.one/person/luc-besson.md), [Ian McKellen](https://film.one/person/ian-mckellen.md), [Patrice Ledoux](https://film.one/person/patrice-ledoux.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 13 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 74 (1), 1990s 69 (6), 2000s 61 (3), 2010s 80 (2), 2020s 72 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 64 across 12 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 8 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 3 of 10 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Thriller 6, Action 5, Drama 5, Adventure 3, Comedy 3, Crime 3
- **Screen time:** 26 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,856m across 12 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Reno, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43697, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000606/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1003

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Mission: Impossible*](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible.md) (81), [*Ronin*](https://film.one/film/ronin.md) (80), [*The Da Vinci Code*](https://film.one/film/the-da-vinci-code.md) (42)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Léon: The Professional*](https://film.one/film/leon-the-professional.md) (74), [*Godzilla*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-1998.md) (46)
- **Disney+:** [*Margaret*](https://film.one/film/margaret.md) (78)
- **Netflix:** [*Flushed Away*](https://film.one/film/flushed-away.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Jean Reno

> Jean Reno makes a professional killer's attempts at kindness believable. We value that restraint, especially alongside Natalie Portman in *Léon: The Professional*, though repeated casting as brooding men risks giving him too little to do.

In *Léon: The Professional* (1994), Jean Reno's killer takes in a child, and suddenly his ability to look after someone matters as much as his ability to kill. Reno makes that care seem unfamiliar to him. We were moved by his decision to shelter Mathilda because he plays kindness as something this man has to learn. Natalie Portman gives the child enough self-possession to hold her own beside him, while keeping her vulnerability clear. The actors make their need for one another credible, even when the circumstances strain belief.

The partnership with Luc Besson stretches back to *Le Dernier Combat* (1983), with *The Big Blue* (1988) establishing Reno as a leading actor in France. *Nikita* (1990) gave him Victor, the Cleaner, an early version of his taciturn hitman. The comedy of *Les Visiteurs* (1993) matters too, and should discourage anyone from treating his seriousness as his only useful quality. That French success came before *Léon* made him internationally recognisable.

Besson makes good use of that restraint in *Léon*, setting Reno beside Gary Oldman's much more insistent Norman Stansfield. Reno gives us a rest from the theatrical menace, and the quieter passages are worth waiting for. Yet Besson counts on our affection for Léon to make his occupation less troubling, while placing a child inside the violence. We find the film gripping, but its treatment of Mathilda remains a substantial reservation.

From the mid-1990s, he balanced French comedies and action films with Hollywood roles, including *Mission: Impossible* (1996), *Ronin* (1998) and *The Da Vinci Code* (2006). The risk is familiar typecasting: an imposing actor hired to play another brooding man, with little asked of him beyond looking capable. In *Godzilla* (1998), his presence is secondary to the spectacle, which is a poor use of what makes him interesting. Follow *Léon* with *Les Visiteurs* before deciding that solemn men with guns are all he has to offer.

## Biography

Jean Reno, born Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez on 30 July 1948 in Casablanca, French Morocco, is a French and Spanish actor. He moved to France at the age of 17, studied drama at the Cours Simon school in Paris, and served in the French Army.

Reno established himself through collaborations with director Luc Besson, appearing in Le Dernier Combat (1983), La Femme Nikita (1990) as Victor the Cleaner, and Léon: The Professional (1994) as Léon Montana. He received César Award nominations for best supporting actor for The Big Blue (1988) and best actor for Les Visiteurs (1993) and Léon: The Professional (1994).

He has worked in numerous international productions, including Mission: Impossible (1996), Ronin (1998), Godzilla (1998), The Pink Panther (2006) and The Da Vinci Code (2006).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (15)

### Performed in (13) — the average rests on these

- *Tuner* (2026), Fi1m 74, as Marius Maissner — [page](https://film.one/film/tuner.md)
- *Zootopia 2* (2025), Fi1m 70, as Bûcheron / Chèvre (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/zootopia-2.md)
- *Da 5 Bloods* (2020), Fi1m 72, as Desroche — [page](https://film.one/film/da-5-bloods.md)
- *Margaret* (2011), Fi1m 78, as Ramon — [page](https://film.one/film/margaret.md)
- *Flushed Away* (2006), Fi1m 64, as Le Frog (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/flushed-away.md)
- *The Da Vinci Code* (2006), Fi1m 42, as Captain Bezu Fache — [page](https://film.one/film/the-da-vinci-code.md)
- *Godzilla* (1998), Fi1m 46, as Philippe Roaché — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-1998.md)
- *Ronin* (1998), Fi1m 80, as Vincent — [page](https://film.one/film/ronin.md)
- *Mission: Impossible* (1996), Fi1m 81, as Krieger — [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible.md)
- *French Kiss* (1995), Fi1m 55, as Inspector Jean-Paul Cardon — [page](https://film.one/film/french-kiss.md)
- *Léon: The Professional* (1994), Fi1m 74, as Léon Montana — [page](https://film.one/film/leon-the-professional.md)
- *Nikita* (1990), Fi1m 76, as Victor, the Cleaner — [page](https://film.one/film/nikita.md)
- *The Last Battle* (1983), Fi1m 74, as The Brute — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-battle.md)

### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Call My Agent!* (2015), Fi1m 82, as Self — [page](https://film.one/tv/call-my-agent.md)
- *Hotel Rwanda* (2004), Fi1m 76, as Sabena Airlines President, Mr. Tillens (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md)

## Complete filmography (115)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Florist* (2026), as Charlie — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/the-florist.md)
- *Tuner* (2026), as Marius Maissner — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/tuner.md)
- *Marsupilami* (2026), as Jeffrey Malone
- *Zootopia 2* (2025), as Bûcheron / Chèvre (voice) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/zootopia-2.md)
- *Christian Clavier: La Vis Comica* (2025), Actor
- *Pierre et le loup : Avec Jean Reno et Renaud Capuçon* (2025), as Récitant
- *Family Pack* (2024), as Gilbert Vassier
- *My Penguin Friend* (2024), as João
- *Oldies But Goodies* (2024), as Lorenzo
- *Lift* (2024), as Lars Jorgensen
- *The Squad: Home Run* (2023), as Serge Buren
- *Die Hart* (2023), as Claude Van De Velde
- *A Private Affair* (2022), series, as Héctor Hugo
- *All Those Things We Never Said* (2022), series, as Michel Saurel
- *Promises* (2021), as Grandpa
- *The Last Journey* (2021), as Henri W.R
- *I Love You Coiffure* (2020), as M. Rimbaud (segment "La Veste")
- *Rogue City* (2020), as Ange Leonetti
- *The Doorman* (2020), as Victor Dubois
- *Die Hart* (2020), series, as Claude Van De Velde
- *Da 5 Bloods* (2020), as Desroche — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/da-5-bloods.md)
- *Waiting for Anya* (2020), as Henri
- *A Magical Journey* (2019), as Screen Hologram
- *Cold Blood* (2019), as Henry
- *4L* (2019), as Jean Pierre
- *The Girl in the Fog* (2017), as Dr. Augusto Flores
- *The Adventurers* (2017), as Pierre Bissette
- *The Last Face* (2017), as Dr. Mehmet Love
- *Family Heist* (2017), as Patrick
- *The Promise* (2016), as Admiral Fournet
- *The Visitors: Bastille Day* (2016), as Le comte Godefroy de Montmirail
- *Brothers of the Wind* (2015), as Danzer
- *The Last Journey of the Enigmatic Paul W.R* (2015), as Henri W.R
- *Antigang* (2015), as Serge Buren
- *Benedict Ironbreaker: The Red Taxis* (2014), as Hector Poilonez
- *Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui* (2014), Actor
- *Days and Nights* (2014), as Louis
- *Paris Story* (2014), as Narrator (voice)
- *Hector and the Search for Happiness* (2014), as Diego Baresco
- *My Summer in Provence* (2014), as Paul
- *Jo* (2013), series, as Jo St-Clair
- *The Day of the Crows* (2012), as Le père Courge (voice)
- *Alex Cross* (2012), as Gilles Mercier
- *The Dream Team* (2012), as Jean Reno
- *Le Chef* (2012), as Alexandre Lagarde
- *You Don't Choose Your Family* (2011), as Luix
- *Margaret* (2011), as Ramon — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/margaret.md)
- *The Philosopher* (2010), as Baggio
- *22 Bullets* (2010), as Charly Matteï
- *The Round Up* (2010), as Dr. David Sheinbaum
- *Armored* (2009), as Quinn
- *Couples Retreat* (2009), as Marcel
- *Ultimate Heist* (2009), as Milo Malakian
- *The Pink Panther 2* (2009), as Ponton
- *Ca$h* (2008), as Maxime - Dubreuil
- *Flushed Away* (2006), as Le Frog (voice) — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/flushed-away.md)
- *Flyboys* (2006), as Capt. Thenault
- *The Da Vinci Code* (2006), as Captain Bezu Fache — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/the-da-vinci-code.md)
- *The Pink Panther* (2006), as Ponton
- *The Tiger and the Snow* (2005), as Fuad
- *Empire of the Wolves* (2005), as Jean-Louis Schiffer
- *O Gengis* (2005), as Voice
- *Hotel Rwanda* (2004), as Sabena Airlines President, Mr. Tillens (uncredited) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md)
- *The Corsican File* (2004), as Ange Léoni
- *Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse* (2004), as Commissaire Pierre Niémans
- *Ruby & Quentin* (2003), as Ruby
- *Jet Lag* (2002), as Félix
- *Rollerball* (2002), as Alexi Petrovich
- *Wasabi* (2001), as Hubert Fiorentini
- *Just Visiting* (2001), as Thibault
- *The Crimson Rivers* (2000), as Pierre Niemans
- *Ronin* (1998), as Vincent — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ronin.md)
- *Godzilla* (1998), as Philippe Roaché — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-1998.md)
- *The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time* (1998), as Comte Godefroy de Montmirail
- *Les Sœurs Soleil* (1997), as Un spectateur
- *A Witch's Way of Love* (1997), as Molok
- *Roseanna's Grave* (1997), as Marcello
- *Jaguar* (1996), as Jean Campana
- *Mission: Impossible* (1996), as Krieger — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible.md)
- *Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés* (1996), Actor
- *TFI Friday* (1996), series, Actor
- *Beyond the Clouds* (1995), as Carlo
- *French Kiss* (1995), as Inspector Jean-Paul Cardon — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/french-kiss.md)
- *Boxer* (1995), as Patrick
- *Léon: The Professional* (1994), as Léon Montana — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/leon-the-professional.md)
- *The Screw* (1993), as Monsieur K
- *Flight from Justice* (1993), as Charlie Bert
- *The Visitors* (1993), as Comte Godefroy de Montmirail
- *Paranoïa* (1993), Actor
- *Loulou graffiti* (1992), as 'Pique la Lune'
- *L'Opération Corned Beef* (1991), as Capitaine Philippe Boulier, dit "Le Squale"
- *L'homme au masque d'or* (1991), as Don Gaetano
- *Nikita* (1990), as Victor, the Cleaner — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/nikita.md)
- *The Big Blue* (1988), as Enzo Molinari
- *I Love You* (1986), as Dentist
- *Zone Red* (1986), as Leccia
- *Tender Is the Night* (1985), series, as Dr. Dangen
- *Strictement personnel* (1985), as Le détective Villechaize
- *Subway* (1985), as Le Batteur
- *The Telephone Always Rings Twice* (1985), as L'homme de confiance de Marraine
- *Our Story* (1984), as A neighbour
- *Outward Signs of Wealth* (1983), as Marc Letellier, un collègue de Béatrice
- *The Last Battle* (1983), as The Brute — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-battle.md)
- *Bloody Ballad* (1983), Actor
- *The Passerby* (1982), as Antisemite
- *Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers* (1981), as le lieutenant Zag
- *We're Not Angels... Neither Are They* (1981), as Le serveur restaurant chic (uncredited)
- *The Penultimate* (1981), as La Brute
- *Voulez-vous un bébé Nobel ?* (1980), as Bernier
- *Womanlight* (1979), as Cop Place de la Concorde
- *The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting* (1978), as Character of Paintings
- *The Man Who Saved Paris*, as Trenet
- *The Butler*, as Felix Dubois
- *Birds of Prey*, Actor
- *Verona Spies*, as Crowley

## Gallery

- ![Jean Reno](https://film.one/media/person/77628/gallery-6f90ac4347e1.jpg) Jean Reno — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Jean_Reno_Cannes_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Graffiti in the section of the former Belin Wall, known as "East Side Gallery". Germany (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/77628/gallery-76f8775dd6b8.jpg) Graffiti in the section of the former Belin Wall, known as "East Side Gallery". Germany (2015) — LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Berl%C3%ADn%2C_East_Side_Gallery_16.jpg/1280px-Berl%C3%ADn%2C_East_Side_Gallery_16.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![L'équipe du film "The Last face" au festival de Cannes (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/77628/gallery-224c59c129f3.jpg) L'équipe du film "The Last face" au festival de Cannes (2016) — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Cannes_2016_41.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Citroën BX L'Opération Corned Beef 1991 (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/77628/gallery-018c99b96c39.png) Citroën BX L'Opération Corned Beef 1991 (2016) — DarkPrinz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Citro%C3%ABn_BX_Op%C3%A9ration_Corned_Beef.png/1280px-Citro%C3%ABn_BX_Op%C3%A9ration_Corned_Beef.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jean Reno](https://film.one/media/person/77628/gallery-5253aff44ac3.jpg) Jean Reno — Image via TMDB
- ![Jean Reno](https://film.one/media/person/77628/gallery-ff1b14390b6c.jpg) Jean Reno — Image via TMDB
- ![Jean Reno](https://film.one/media/person/77628/gallery-0e630ecae0c5.jpg) Jean Reno — Image via TMDB
- ![making a head (the one of Jean Reno) (2006)](https://film.one/media/person/77628/gallery-611f72bff612.jpg) making a head (the one of Jean Reno) (2006) — BlueEagle1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Grevin.jpg/1280px-Grevin.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jean Reno opening the Jerusalem Film Festival with the film La Rafle (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/77628/gallery-3da8490dc2bf.jpg) Jean Reno opening the Jerusalem Film Festival with the film La Rafle (2010) — Ilan Costica, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Jean_Reno_2010.JPG/1280px-Jean_Reno_2010.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jean Reno](https://film.one/media/person/77628/gallery-548bd51b8bd5.jpg) Jean Reno — Image via TMDB
- ![Jean Reno](https://film.one/media/person/77628/gallery-8d3e68ef846e.jpg) Jean Reno — Image via TMDB
- ![Jean Reno](https://film.one/media/person/77628/gallery-419b9bf29292.jpg) Jean Reno — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 5 won, 1 nominated

- Commander of the Legion of Honour 2024: Commander of the Legion of Honour (won)
- François Truffaut Award 2012: François Truffaut Award (won)
- Officer of the Legion of Honour 2008: Officer of the Legion of Honour (won)
- Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor 2001: Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *The Crimson Rivers*
- European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award 2000: European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award (won)
- Knight of the Legion of Honour 1999: Knight of the Legion of Honour (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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