Jean Reno is a French actor. Jean Reno has appeared not only in numerous successful Hollywood films, but also in European productions. Jean Reno has spanish parents, natives of Sanlucar de Barrameda and Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, and had moved to North Africa to find work.

His father was a linotypist. His mother died when he was a teenager. Jean Reno has a younger sister called Maria Teresa. Jean Reno moved to France at the age of seventeen and studied acting in the Cours Simon School of Drama.