1. Dany Boon's father was born in 1930 in Issers, Algeria, and was Muslim, and died in Lille, France in 1992.
13 Facts About Dany Boon
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Dany Boon studied graphic arts at the Institut Saint-Luc in Belgium.
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Dany Boon arrived in Paris in 1989, where he was a mime in the streets for a living while appearing frequently on open mic nights at places like the Treviso theatre.
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Dany Boon borrowed his stage name from a hero in the American television series Daniel Boone, which was about an American trapper.
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Dany Boon is a musician; he has done a version of "Piensa en mi".
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Dany Boon was then offered several roles in movies, notably in the film Joyeux Noel, which was released internationally in 2005.
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Dany Boon was the president of the 40th Cesar Awards ceremony in 2015.
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Dany Boon was on the council of directors of the Pathe production company and has produced several films as actor, co-producer, screenwriter or director.
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Dany Boon had several production companies, including 26 DB Productions, in Los Angeles, California.
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Dany Boon was directed by French filmmakers such as Jean-Pierre Jeunet in the 2009 movie Micmacs; Daniele Thompson in 2009 Change of Plans; A Perfect Plan 2012 film directed by Pascal Chaumeil, Julie Delpy's movie Lolo and Yvan Attal in 2016 film The Jews.
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Dany Boon was both screenwriter and director on this movie, and starred in it.
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In 2016 Dany Boon starred in a film about anti-semitism in France, The Jews.
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Dany Boon has four sons and a daughter from three different unions.