He was born in Casablanca, his family fled to Africa, then moved to Paris, where he served in the French army. He sold tools, worked as a driver, accountant and even served at a customs house. He was one of many people, who earned $ 10 per day.
But he had dreamed of an actor’s career since his childhood. In Paris he studied at a theater school. He changed his Spanish “Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez” name with French Jean Reno.
For the first time he worked with camera in TV series “One Secrete Every Day”. The beginner Jean played in 18 films over 5 years. Soon life took him and Luc Besson with same path.
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