Dany Boon | |
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Born | Daniel Farid Hamidou 26 June 1966 Armentières, Hauts-de-France, France |
Occupation(s) | Actor, film director, screenwriter, producer |
Years active | 1992–present |
Spouses | |
Partner | Laurence Arné (2018–) |
Children | 5 |
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).