Dany Boon
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| Dany Boon | |
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 Boon on the set of Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis, 2007. |
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| Born | Daniel Hamidou June 26, 1966 Armentières, France |
| Occupation | actor, screenwriter, director, producer |
| Years active | 1992 - present |
| Spouse(s) | Judith Godrèche (divorced) Yael Harris |
| Official website | |
Dany Boon (born Daniel Hamidou June 26, 1966 in Armentières, Northern France) is a French comedian who has acted both on the stage and the screen. He takes his stage name from the television show Daniel Boone. He married and later divorced Judith Godrèche, with whom he has a son. He is currently married to Yael Harris.
Dany Boon first started his career by dubbing cartoons and being a mime in the street. However, in 1992, he was given his first chance as comedian by French tv personality Patrick Sébastien who invited him on his tv show in 1992. From then on Dany Boon started being successful with his sketches and his one man shows.
He was then offered several roles in movies, the most famous being Joyeux Noël that made it on the international scene in 2005.
The actor, who is deeply attached to his native area, Northern France, also made a whole show in ch'ti, also known as Picard, a Northern French dialect, in 2003. Despite the whole show being played in this dialect, 600 000 copies of the Dvd (with French subtitles) were sold. Never before had a DVD featuring a One Man Show sold so well.
The artist also created plays and films, and in February 2008, he released a film called Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis (ie Welcome among Northern French people). The actor wanted his comedy to be based on prejudices that many people have about Northern France. It broke a record : two weeks after its release, first in Northern France and then in the rest of the country, the film had been seen by five million people. On the fourth week, this figure went up to 15 million people. On April 11th, the film had been seen by 17,4 million people beating La Grande Vadrouille. Until this date, only Titanic has been seen by more people in France.
Dany converted to judaism in 2002.[1]
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[edit] One Man Shows
- Je vais bien, tout va bien (1992)
- Chaud mais pas fatigué ( Café de la Gare, 1993)
- Dany Boon Fou ? (Théâtre Tristan-Bernard, Paris, 1994)
- Dany Boon au Palais des glaces (1995-1996)
- Les Zacros de la télé (1996)
- Tout entier (1997)
- Nouveau spétak (1998).
- Au Bataclan (1998)
- A french comedian lost in L.A. ( Melrose Theatre, Los Angeles) (2000)
- En parfait état (2001)
- A s'baraque et en ch'ti (2003)
- Waïka (novembre 2006)
[edit] Plays
- La Vie de chantier (2003)
- Le Dîner de cons (2007, théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin)
[edit] Filmography
- Sans queue ni tête by Jean-Henri Meunier (1993)
- Le Déménagement by Olivier Doran (1997)
- Parole d'homme by Philippe Le Dem (1997)
- Bimboland by Ariel Zeitoun (1998), met his ex-wife Judith Godrèche during the making of the movie
- Pédale dure by Gabriel Aghion (2004)
- The Magic Roundabout by Dave Borthwick (2005) (one of the voices in the French version)
- La Doublure by Francis Veber (2005)
- Joyeux Noël by Christian Carion (2005), nominated at the oscars
- La Maison du bonheur by Dany Boon (2006) with Michèle Laroque , the film attracted 1,5 million people
- Mon Meilleur Ami (My best friend) by Patrice Leconte (2006)
- Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis by Dany Boon 2008
[edit] External links
- Dany Boon at the Internet Movie Database
- (French) Official site
[edit] References
- ^ Le Figaro Magazine which states "as though his conversion to Judaism in 2002 had paradoxically made him closer to his Pas-de-Calais roots".
