---
title: 'Léon: The Professional (1994)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Luc Besson'
released: '1994-09-14'
runtime_minutes: 110
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/leon-the-professional-1994'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110413/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Léon: The Professional (1994)

1994 · R · 110 min · Drama, Action, Crime, Mystery · France, United States

Original title: The Professional

## Synopsis

Léon is a 1994 French English-language action-thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson. It stars Jean Reno, Gary Oldman and Natalie Portman in her feature film debut. The plot centers on Léon (Reno), an Italian-American professional hitman who reluctantly takes in twelve-year-old Mathilda Lando (Portman) after her family is murdered by corrupt Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Norman Stansfield (Oldman). Léon and Mathilda form an unusual relationship as she becomes his protégée and learns the hitman's trade. The film was released in France by Gaumont Buena Vista International on 14 September 1994 and received mostly positive reviews from critics.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Luc Besson](https://cinepixo.com/people/luc-besson)
- **Screenplay:** [Luc Besson](https://cinepixo.com/people/luc-besson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Éric Serra](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-serra)
- **Producer:** [Patrice Ledoux](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrice-ledoux)
- **Director of Photography:** [Thierry Arbogast](https://cinepixo.com/people/thierry-arbogast)
- **Editor:** [Sylvie Landra](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvie-landra)

## Cast

- [Ellen Greene](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellen-greene)
- [Kent Broadhurst](https://cinepixo.com/people/kent-broadhurst)
- [Frank Senger](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-senger)
- [Jean-Hugues Anglade](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-hugues-anglade)
- [Arsène Jiroyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/arsene-jiroyan)
- [Michael Badalucco](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-badalucco)
- [Gary Oldman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-oldman) as Norman Stansfield
- [Randy Pearlstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/randy-pearlstein)
- [Stuart Rudin](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-rudin)
- [Jean Reno](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-reno)
- [Joseph Malerba](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-malerba)
- [Jessie Keosian](https://cinepixo.com/people/jessie-keosian)
- [Natalie Portman](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalie-portman)
- [Robert LaSardo](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-lasardo)
- [Peter Appel](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-appel)

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