Dany Brillant

Dany Brillant (né Daniel Cohen-Biran, 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 Maillets" where he got his artistic name. His adopted 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.

Singles
(selective charting songs on SNEP)

Films

 * 1995: Le Nouveau Monde (English title New World as the singer)
 * 1996: Des nouvelles du bon Dieu
 * 2004: Les seins de ma prof d'anglais as Monsieur Lambert
 * 2006: Changement d'adresse as Julien
 * 2008: Astérix aux Jeux olympiques (English title Asterix at the Olympic Games)
 * 2008: Le Grand Alibi (English title The Great Alibi) as Michel the taxi driver and the factotum of Léa
 * 2009: Fais-moi plaisir! as Rudolph
 * 2012: La Vérité si je mens! 3 as himself

Television

 * 2004: Les Cordier, juge et flic (TV series) as Lucas (Cordier's cousin)
 * 2008: Roméro et Juliette (TV film) as lead actor Patrice Roméro