Dany Brillant

Biography

Dany Brillant (né Daniel Cohen-Biran, born 28 December 1965 in Tunis), is a French singer of a Jewish-Tunisian origin. Born in Tunis, his parents immigrated to France while he was a newborn infant. They settled in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois near Paris. His uncle Nathan, was a famous luth player and interpreter of oriental music. At age 12, Dany Brilliant's family moved to Paris and at 14 his grandfather gave him a guitar. He started performing at various events, including important debut at cabaret "Aux Trois Mailletz" where he got his artistic name. His adopted the name Brillant comes after Jacques Boni, the owner of the cabaret invited him to stage by saying: "Dany! Sois brillant!" (Dany! be brilliant!). In June 2005, Brillant appeared on Les stars chantent leurs idoles, on France 2, alongside stars such as Julio Iglesias and Il Divo. Source: Article "Dany Brillant" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Known For

Asterix at the Olympic Games

as Le goûteur de miroir

Would I Lie to You? 3

as Dany Brillant

The Great Alibi

as Michel - le chauffeur et factotum de Léa

Change of Address

as Julien

Please, Please Me!

as Rudolph

Capitaine Marleau

as Ludo

Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public

as Self

Scènes de ménages

as Mécanicien

Once Upon a Time in Algeria

as Coco

Our dear neighbors

as Cochon Sauvage