Danny boon

Few films have been as well received around the world asWelcome to the North , a film that a priori was nothing more than a comedy prepared to succeed in its country of production, France, since it played with the differences in character and life between the south and the north of that country. But beyond any expectation, the face of Dany Boon, a friendly redneck with a big heart, rose up, a guy with an enormous talent for being likeable and creating elegant humor, without causing laughter based on rude or easy jokes.

Daniel Hamidou, his real name, was born on June 26, 1966 in Armentières, a town in northern France. The son of an Algerian, a former boxer, and a French woman, he was unable to dedicate himself to the cinema until very late. He moved to Paris in 1989, where he worked on small projects on the theater scene, or from 1993 on with brief creative pieces, especially monologues, where he began to show his comic potential by recreating everyday situations. He then adopted the name Dany Boon, apparently inspired by the great American adventurer Daniel Boon. His first job behind the cameras was in the short film La fleche and he immediately began working on unsuccessful films, such as Le grand blanc de Lambaréné (1995), together with Marisa Berenson ;Sex is the most important thing in life (1996), where he coincides with the Spanish Miguel Bosé ; or the more acceptable Le déménagement (1997), with the actress and director Agnès Jaoui . The following year he met who would become his wife in a short time, the actress Judith Godrèche , after coinciding in the discreet comedy Bimboland . They both got married that same year, but the marriage, which produced a son (Noah), ended up breaking up. In 2002 the actor met Yael Harris, whom he married the following year and with whom he has had three children.

In 2004 Dany Boon wrote and directed a play that had quite an impact, “La vie de Chantier”. So much so that, after achieving one of her greatest successes in the cinema with the solid war filmMerry Christmas , which recreates some memorable events that took place in the trenches of World War I during Christmas 1914, Dany Boon decided to debut as a director with the film adaptation of his own play, now released under the title ofThe house of your dreams . His career as a comedian was clearly beginning to take off. 2006 was the year of his definitive consecration as one of the comedians with the greatest projection in French cinema. Two movies were to blame. InThe game of idiots worked with a secondary role, but in the notableMy best friend was the main couple with Daniel Auteuil , a great French cinema. The film was an amusing tragicomedy in which Boon played a jerk who finally managed to open Auteuil’s selfish heart and become his best (and only) comrade.

And then came 2008 and he became a worldwide phenomenon writing, directing and starring inWelcome to the North , a hilarious film that uses the smallest springs with unprecedented perfection. The recipe worked so well that two years later the Italian neighbors copied the idea and launched it successfully.Welcome to the south , its transalpine version. Boon’s great capacity for comedy – to play good-natured roles without much light, the typical clueless and jinxed person for whom things end up going well, however – has since been enjoyed in films such as De l’autre côte du lit (2008), comedy where he paired up with the wonderful Sophie Marceau , or the much better known in FranceMicmacs , where it has been directed by one of the most famous French filmmakers of today, Jean-Pierre Jeunet .

In 2010 he returned to appear as total creator in the filmNothing to declare , where he returned to show off his good-natured and friendly humor in a context of differences in character, although his reception by the public has not been so exceptional. Among her upcoming projects is a new comedy about Asterix and Obelix, the mythical comic book characters created by Goscinny and Uderzo.