Is Jean Reno Jewish?

He seems to star in a lot of films as a Jewish person. Just watched an excellent film called Waiting for Anya whwre he plays the protagonist’s (Played by Noah Schnapp) grandfather

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revenant · F

Name rang a bell. Wiki states that his parents were spanish and he was born in Morocco.

Longpatrol · 31-35, M

@revenant my dad hazards a guess his folk might be Sephardic Jews

revenant · F

@Longpatrol Could be , who knows ? He passed himself as French anyway.

Another sephardic jew : Eric Zemour, author and politician critic, born in Algeria but he never hid it.

revenant · F

@Longpatrol your dad is right.

RENO, Jean : Son vrai nom Don Juan Moreno y Herrera Jiménez ou Don Juan Moreno y Jederique Jiménez, Jean Reno (né le 30 juillet 1948 à Casablanca) est un acteur Juif français né de parents juifs espagnols.

Longpatrol · 31-35, M

@revenant cool thanks