Dany Boon is a French actor, film director, screenwriter, and producer who was born Daniel Farid Hamidou on June 26, 1966.
He first achieved fame in the 1990s as a comedian before going on to become an actor and director in the comedy Welcome to the Sticks in 2008.
Since then, he has worked on the movies Nothing to Declare (2011), Supercondriaque (2014), Raid Dingue (2017), and La Ch’tite Familia (2018) as a screenwriter, director, or both.
Boon moved to Paris in 1989, where he made a fortune as a street mime and regularly performed at open mic events at venues including the Treviso Theatre.
He took his stage name after a character in the American drama series Daniel Boone, which was about a trapper from the United States.
What is Dany Boon known for?
He is a writer and actor best known for his work on R.A.I.D. Special Unit (2016), Joyeux Noel (2005), and Welcome to the Sticks (2008).
What awards has Dany Boon won?
His parts in Joyeux Noel and Welcome to the Sticks, for which he received two honors at the Alpe d’Huez International Comedy Film Festival in 2008, are what made him famous after making his acting debut in 1995.