| Jean Reno | |
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| Character name: Victor | |
| Full name: | Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez |
| Date of Birth: | July 30, 1948 |
| Place of Birth: | Casablanca, French Morocco |
| Nikita franchise: | Nikita (1990) |
Jean Reno (born July 30, 1948; age 76) is a French actor who played the character of Victor in Luc Besson's 1990 Nikita.
Early Life[]
Reno was born Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez, on 30 July 1948 in Casablanca, French Morocco. His parents were Spanish, natives of Sanlúcar de Barrameda and Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia. They had moved to North Africa to find work and escape Francoist Spain.
He has a younger sister named María Teresa ("Maite"); the children were raised Catholic. Their father was a linotypist. Their mother died when he was a teenager. He learned Spanish from his parents, and Arabic and French growing up in Morocco.
At the age of 17, he moved to France, where he studied acting in the Cours Simon School of Drama.
When he moved to France, he served in the French Army, which was mandatory after his family gained French citizenship.