Dany Brillant
Actor
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.
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Filmography
Would I Lie to You? 3
as Dany Brillant 2012
The Great Alibi
as Michel - le chauffeur et factotum de Léa 2008
Change of Address
as Julien 2006
Please, Please Me!
as Rudolph 2009
Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public
as Self 2003
The Blond Boy from the Casbah
as Coco 2023
The New World
as Le chanteur 1995
News from the Good Lord
1996
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
1998
Les Enfoirés 2002 - Tous dans le même bateau
2002
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
2005
Céline Dion, le grand show
as Self 2012
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
as Self (archive footage) 2025
Un soir à Monaco avec Laurent Gerra
as Self - Guest 2021
Enrico Macias, l'inattendu
as Self 2021