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Who was the spouse of Jean Reno from 1977 to 1995?
Jean Reno Juan Moreno y Herrera–Jiménez ( born 30 July 1948 ) , known as Jean Reno ( ) , is a French actor . He has worked in French , English , Japanese , Spanish and Italian productions ; Reno appeared in films such as Crimson Rivers , Godzilla , The Da Vinci Code , , The Pink Panther , Ronin , Les Visiteurs , Wasabi , The Big Blue , Hector and the Search for Happiness and . Early life . Reno was born Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez in Casablanca , Morocco . His parents were Spanish , natives of Sanlúcar de Barrameda and Jerez de la Frontera in Andalucia . 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 its French citizenship . Career . After he started to get acting jobs in France , Juan adopted the French version of his name , Jean , and shortened his surname to Reno . Due to his large frame ( ) , Reno was called on to play heavies in his early career . He later appeared in romantic comedies and action films . He began his film career in France , appearing in many films by director Luc Besson , including his early Le dernier combat ( 1983 ) . The two have continued to work together , collaborating in films produced , written , or directed by Besson . Of their joint work , those that have achieved the most critical and commercial success include : La Femme Nikita ( 1990 ) , and the English-language films The Big Blue ( 1988 ) and ( 1994 ) . Reno did the voice-over for Mufasa in the French-language version of The Lion King , a role originally performed in English by James Earl Jones . Reno has starred in such high-profile American films as French Kiss ( 1995 ) with Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline , ( 1996 ) with Tom Cruise , Ronin ( 1998 ) with Robert De Niro , and Godzilla ( 1998 ) with Matthew Broderick . Reno turned down the role of Agent Smith in The Matrix . He also acted in French productions : Les Visiteurs ( 1993 ) ( which was remade in English as Just Visiting in 2001 ) ; The Crimson Rivers ( 2000 ) , and Jet Lag ( Décalage Horaire ) by Danièle Thompson ( 2002 ) , which was also a box-office success in France . In 2006 , Reno had a prominent role in The Pink Panther 2006 remake and its sequel The Pink Panther 2 , playing Gilbert Ponton , opposite Steve Martin as Inspector Clouseau . He portrayed Captain Bezu Fache in the Ron Howard film The Da Vinci Code . Among his most successful films are Les Visiteurs and LEnquète corse . In other media , Reno was involved in the production of the third installment in the popular Capcom series Onimusha ( ) , lending his likeness to the protagonist Jacques Blanc , as well as providing the voice for the characters French dialogue . In advertising work , Reno has appeared in American television commercials for UPS and portrayed Doraemon in a series of Toyota ads in Japan , as part of the ReBorn campaign . Personal life . Reno married Geneviève in 1977 , with whom he had a daughter , Sandra ( born 1978 ) , and a son , Mickael ( born 1980 ) . After his first divorce in 1988 , Reno married his second wife , Nathalie Dyszkiewicz , a Polish model in 1995 , with whom he had a son , Tom ( born 10 January 1996 ) , and a daughter , Serena ( born 28 June 1998 ) . They divorced in 2001 . On 29 July 2006 , Reno married for the third time , to British model and actress of Polish descent , Zofia Borucka , 35 , at the Les Baux-de-Provence city hall . The presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy served as his best man ( Reno endorsed Sarkozy for the 2007 French presidential election ) . Zofia and Reno welcomed their first son Cielo born in July 2009 in New York City . Their second son Dean was born in September 2011 . Reno maintains three homes in Paris , Malaysia and Los Angeles . Filmography . Stage . - Prends bien garde aux zeppelins ( 1977 ) - Ecce Homo ( 1978 ) - Celimare le bien-aimé ( 1978 ) - Je romps et ne plie pas ( 1979 ) - Société Un ( 1979 ) - La Manufacture ( 1981 ) - Terre étrangère ( 1984 ) - Andromaque ( 1989 ) - Montserrat ( 1991 ) - Les Grandes Occasions ( 2006 ) - Nos femmes ( 2015 ) External links . - Jean Reno : Cannes , Codes , and.. . Bouillabaisse ( MPM interview ) - Couples Retreat Video Interview at AMCtv.com