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It is obvious for whom the famous birthday boy of July 30, Jean Reno (70 years old), can thank him for his international acting career. First, countryman and director
Luc Besson (59) recognized the talent of Casablanca's mime characters and held him in almost all his films for a while. In the following period, however, Reno never wanted to reduce his genre to a genre – from tough action movies to drama, stupid slapstick movies are also part of his long repertoire. A memorable role in the history of cinema, but the 70-year-old actor should have fallen. Shit!
An eventful young man and a late start
Long before his career sent him around the world, young Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez saw, as John Reno is called by birth names , part of the world. His Spanish parents fled Franco's dictatorship in northwestern Africa, specifically in Morocco, where Reno was born in the film city of Casablanca. He was only 17 when he moved to his French adoption home. There he took citizenship, went to a drama school and served shortly thereafter in the army.
In the film industry, he did not walk so fast. Only at age 30 (in 1978) Reno gets his first role in the French experimental film "The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting". Three years later, a creative and fruitful meeting was to take place: Reno met the director Luc Besson, who gave him a small role in his films "The Last Fight" and "Subway" in 1983 and 1985 respectively – in the second [19659006] Christopher Lambert (61).
Diver and Cleaner
Critical praise and nominations for first prizes finally floated with the role of Reno in Besson's "Deep intoxication". Like Enzo Molinari he delivers in the drama a fatal competition in apnea, so diving without oxygen equipment. The next band "Nikita" (also by Besson) finally provided the model for Reno's most important role: as a hitman with a heart in "Leon – the professional". In association with a very young
Natalie Portman (37) and a devilish
Gary Oldman (60), all actors grew beyond themselves. Given its lolitic theme, the film is still considered Besson's most daring work to date.
Hollywood Knocks on
Working with Besson, Reno opened the international stage on which he played in comedies such as French Kiss. Part of the series "Mission: Impossible",
Roland Emmerich & # 39; s (62) "Godzilla" or "Ronin" alongside stars as
Meg Ryan ( 56),
Tom Cruise (56) and
Robert De Niro (74) rediscovered. In his native French cinema, he also made a name for himself as an itinerant knight in "The Visitors" as a comedian. For the French decor of "The Lion King" Reno also lent the voice of Mufasa, Simba's father, originally by
James Earl Jones (87). Other important films of his career include the two parts of "The Purple Rivers" and "The Pink Panther", "The Da Vinci Code – Sacrilege" with
Tom Hanks (62) and "Wasabi ", Reno also made a screen size in Japan.
The Missed Mega Chance and a Famous Famous Man
Indeed, the star of [Reno could have risen much higher in
. He was once offered the role of Agent Smith in the sci-fi trilogy "Matrix", which he declined because of the location in Australia. Instead, allowed the Australian actor
Hugo Weaving (58) as one of the most famous villains in recent film history Keanu Reeves (53) vermöbeln.The Reno soldier has been lucky three times until now. Incidentally, at his recent wedding in 2006 with young Zofia Borucka (46), French President Nicolas Sarkozy (63) was the best man. In addition to the congratulations of the dream factory, Mr. Reno will also be able to count on a "Happy Birthday" of a statesman for his day of honor.
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