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Dany Brillant
Dany Brillant (2012)
Background information
Birth name	Daniel Cohen-Biran
Born	(1965-12-28) December 28, 1965 (age 53) Tunis, Tunisia
Origin	French singer of Jewish Tunisian origin
Genres	Pop, Salsa
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, record producer, musician
Instruments	Vocals, Guitar
Years active	1985 – present
Website	danybrillant.com

Dany Brillant (French: [da.ni bʁi.jɑ̃]; 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 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.^[1]

Discography

Studio albums

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  C'est ça qui est bon (1991)


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  C'est toi (1993)


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  Havana (1996) — Brillant's first platinum album


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  Nouveau jour (1999)


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  Dolce Vita (October 2001)


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  Jazz... à la Nouvelle Orléans (2004)


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  Casino (2005)


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  Histoire D'un Amour (2007)


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  Puerto Rico (2009)


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  Viens à Saint-Germain (2012)


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  Le dernier romantique (2014)


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  Rock and Swing (2018)

Compilation albums

• 
  Dany Brillant Best Of (2011)


• 
  Tant qu'il y aura des femmes - l'intégrale (2014)

Source:^[2]

Songs

(Charting on SNEP)

• 1992: "Suzette"


• 1992: "Y'a qu'les filles qui m'intéressent"


• 1996: "Quand je vois tes yeux"


• 2000: "Dieu" (remix)


• 2002: "Tant qu'il y aura des femmes"


• 2002: "Tu vuo' fa l'americano"


• 2013: "La belle vie" (with Damien Sargue and Roch Voisine)
  


• 2018: "C'est l'amour qui rend heureux"

Filmography

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

References

External links

• Official website


• 
  Biography of Dany Brillant, from Radio France Internationale
  

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