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Dany Boon

Comedian / Film Director / Screenwriter / Actor / Film Producer | * 06/26/1966 (57) | Armentières, Nord (France)
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Dany Boon (pronounced [dani bun]; born Daniel Farid Hamidou on 26 June 1966) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. Starting out as a comedian during the 1990s, he found success in 2008 as an actor and director in the film comedy Welcome to the Sticks. Since then he has been involved as screenwriter or director or both in the films Nothing to Declare (2011), Supercondriaque (2014), Raid dingue (2017), La Ch'tite famille (2018), Stuck Together (2021) and Life For Real (2023). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Talk-Shows | Drama

Known for these Movies & Shows

While standing in the doorway of the video shop where he works, Bazil is inadvertently shot in the head. Now homeless and jobless, he is taken in by a troupe of misfits who live in a giant mound of tr ...

Micmacs

R

2009 | 3.3/5 | 1h 40min
Action, Comedy, Crime
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The story of a woman who dreams to join an intervention group in the police department called RAID. Unfortunately, she is rather clumsy and both her family (and soon to be family-in-law) and a veteran ...

R.A.I.D. Special Unit

Certification unknown

2017 | 2.9/5 | 1h 45min
Action, Comedy
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France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody no man's land that the French and the Scots dispute with the Germans…. ...

Joyeux Noel

PG-13

2005 | 3.7/5 | 1h 56min
Drama, War, Romance / Love, History
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Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrat ...

Welcome to the Sticks

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2008 | 3.3/5 | 1h 46min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Dany Boon

Knight of The Legion of Honour Officer of Arts and Letters Cesar of The Public European Film Academy Lux Award
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Movies with Dany Boon as Actor(51)

as Maître Pompignac2024 This Is the Goat!
2024 Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
as Ludo2024 Les Hennedricks
as Mr Palmarède2023 The Crime Is Mine
as Tridan Lagache2023 Life For Real
2023 Amour, Travail, Santé...
2023 You are in the Merde
as Inspector Delacroix2023 Murder Mystery 2
as Charles2022 Driving Madeleine
as Martin2021 Stuck Together
as Léo Milan2020 The Lion
as Inspector Laurent de la Croix2019 Murder Mystery
as René Vatelin2019 The Fool
as himself2018 Mentalistes : dans la tête des stars
as himself2018 Dany Boon: Des Hauts-De-France
as Valentin Duquesne, aka Valentin D.2018 Family Is Family
as himself2018 La famille, ça me fait bien rire !
as Eugène Froissard2017 R.A.I.D. Special Unit
as François Gautier2016 Penny Pincher!
as Pascal2016 The Jews
as himself2015 Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !
as Jean-René2015 Lolo
2015 Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés
2014 Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés
as Romain Faubert2014 Superchondriac
2014 Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en choeur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
as Alain2013 The Volcano
as Jean-Yves2012 A Perfect Plan
as Têtedepiaf2012 Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia
as himself2011 Dany Boon - Trop stylé
as Mathias Ducatel2010 Nothing to Declare
as Bazil2009 Micmacs
as Hugo Marciac2009 Changing Sides
as Piotr2009 Change of Plans
as Antoine Bailleul2008 Welcome to the Sticks
as Migou2008 Mia and the Migoo
as himself2006 Dany Boon: Waïka
as Bruno2006 My Best Friend
as Richard2006 The Valet
as Charles Boulin2006 A House of Your Dreams
as Ponchel2005 Joyeux Noel
as Sébastien "Seb" Jouve2004 Pédale dure
as Charles Boullin2004 La vie de chantier
as Lui-même2003 Dany Boon à s'baraque et en ch'ti
as himself2001 Dany Boon : En parfait état
as himself1999 Dany Boon - Tout Entier
as Greg1998 Bimboland
1998 Dany Boon - Au Bataclan
as Alain1997 Le Déménagement
1996 Oui
as Altmeyer1995 The Great White of Lambarene

TV Shows/Series with Dany Boon as Actor(11)

as Self - Guest2022 Quelle époque !
as himself2009 C à vous
as Self (guest)2006 Salut les Terriens !
as himself2004 Tout le monde en parle
as himself2002 Sucré salé
as himself1998 Vivement dimanche
as himself1993 Zone interdite
as himself1990 Stars 90
as himself1985 Télématin
as himself1982 Champs-Elysées
as himself1967 Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

Movies with Dany Boon as Crew(38)

Directing/Director2023 Life For Real
Writing/Writer2023 Life For Real
Production/Co-Producer2022 The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess
Production/Executive Producer2022 Quasi orfano
Writing/Original Film Writer2022 Quasi orfano
Production/Producer2022 Undercover
Directing/Director2021 Stuck Together
Production/Producer2021 Stuck Together
Writing/Screenplay2021 Stuck Together
Directing/Director2018 Dany Boon: Des Hauts-De-France
Writing/Author2018 Dany Boon: Des Hauts-De-France
Directing/Director2018 Family Is Family
Production/Producer2018 Family Is Family
Writing/Writer2018 Family Is Family
Writing/Original Story2018 Family Is Family
Directing/Director2017 R.A.I.D. Special Unit
Writing/Writer2017 R.A.I.D. Special Unit
Production/Production Director2016 Ma famille t’adore déjà !
Directing/Director2014 Superchondriac
Writing/Writer2014 Superchondriac
Production/Executive Producer2012 Welcome to the North
Directing/Director2011 Dany Boon - Trop stylé
Directing/Director2010 Nothing to Declare
Writing/Writer2010 Nothing to Declare
Production/Executive Producer2010 Welcome to the South
Writing/Original Story2010 Welcome to the South
Directing/Director2008 Welcome to the Sticks
Writing/Screenplay2008 Welcome to the Sticks
Directing/Director2006 Dany Boon: Waïka
Sound/Original Music Composer2006 Dany Boon: Waïka
Writing/Writer2006 Dany Boon: Waïka
Directing/Director2006 A House of Your Dreams
Writing/Writer2006 A House of Your Dreams
Directing/Director2004 La vie de chantier
Directing/Director2003 Dany Boon à s'baraque et en ch'ti
Writing/Author2003 Dany Boon à s'baraque et en ch'ti
Writing/Author2001 Dany Boon : En parfait état
Writing/Author1999 Dany Boon - Tout Entier

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Full Name: Daniel Hamidou
Citizenship: France
Born: Sunday, 06/26 1966 (June) in Armentières, Nord (France) (current age: 57 years + 302 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: French (FR, native language)
Educated at: Cours Simon
Spouses (current/former): Judith Godrèche, Yaël Boon, Laurence Arné
Other names for Dany Boon (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Daniel Farid Hamidou"
Dany Boon frequently works together with these people:
Yaël Boon (10x, Crew)
Kad Merad (9x, Actor)
Jérôme Commandeur (8x, Actor)
Patrick Bruel (7x, Actor)
Laurence Arné (7x, Actress)
Christian Carion (7x, Crew)
Michel Drucker (7x, Actor)
Michèle Laroque (6x, Actress)
Josiane Balasko (6x, Actress)
Patrick Timsit (6x, Actor)
Philippe Rombi (6x, Crew)
Anne Roumanoff (6x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:6724, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024