Actually, I only have a few friends in real life. And when I say friends, I'm referring to those people who I've known since the 1960s.
The advantage of being eighty years old is that one has had many people to love.
The pain passes, but the beauty remains.
In 1989, Jean was nominated for the C?sar for Best Actor (Meilleur acteur) for: Le Grand bleu (1988).
In 1995, Jean was nominated for the C?sar for Best Actor (Meilleur acteur) for: L?on (1994).
Jean appeared in the music video of the song "I'll see it through" by Sharleen Spiteri's band Texas.
Jean plays "Bezu Fache" in The Da Vinci Code (2006). Before that film was made, Harvey Keitel played a similar role in National Treasure (2004), which also deals with historical secrets being kept by ancient societies, including the Knights Templar. Keitel also played "The Cleaner" in Point of No Return (1993), which was a remake of Nikita (1990), in which Reno played "The Cleaner."
Jean had a role in every play of stage director Didier Flamand from 1977 to 1981, and then had the lead role in Flamand's first short movie La Vis (1993).
Jean met his second wife, model Nathalie Dyszkiewicz, on the Champs Elys?es (Paris' biggest avenue).
Jean has twice played characters who had the occupation of "cleaner" (not the mop & bucket kind). Jean appeared as the psychotic "Victor the Cleaner" (Victor Nettoyeur) in Nikita (1990), and the calm assassin "L?on" in The Professional (1994) (also known L?on).
Jean currently resides in Paris, France.
Jean's parents were born in Sanlucar de Barrameda, Cadiz (Spain) and they left Casablanca to go to France when Jean was 12 years old.
Jean is best known from his starring role as "Leon" in The Professional (1994).
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