Personal Info
Birth date
1965-12-28 (59 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Tunis, Tunisia
Also known as
Danny Brillant
Dany Cohen
Daniel Cohen
Dany Brillant
Biography
Dany Brillant (né Daniel Cohen-Biran, born 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. Source: Article "Dany Brillant" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
Les Cordier, juge et flic
5.429
Overview:
The Cordier fight in family against the crime: the father is police captain, the son, investigating judge and the girl, a journalist.Télématin
4.5
Overview:
Télématin is a French breakfast television news show, broadcast on France 2 since January 7, 1985. It is broadcast in Metropolitan France weekdays from 6:30 to 9:00 am CET. TV5 broadcast the show in Canada in its entirety until September 2011: it now shows a 90 minute version between 6:30 and 8:00 am Eastern Time, when the French original version is now 2h30 long. Télématin is hosted by William Leymergie. The show is daily seen by around 40% of the French morning audience, a very high percentage for French TV. In Metropolitan France, the newscasts are presented at 7:00, 7:30 and 8:00, with newsflashes at 6:30 and 8:50, and two press reviews at 7:20 and 8:30. The 6:30, 7:30 and 8:50 newscasts are usually presented by a female reader and the hourly newscasts by a male. The usual readers are Nathanaël de Rinquesen, Sophie Le Saint, Julien Benedetto, Sophie Gastrain, Patrice Romedenne and Frédéric Vion.Star Academy
6.4
Overview:
Star Academy is a French reality television show produced by the Dutch company Endemol. It consists of a contest of young singers. It spawned an equally successful show in Quebec called Star Académie. It is broadcast on TF1. At the end of each season, selected contestants would go on tour around France, Morocco, Switzerland, Belgium, Tunisia, and other French-speaking countries.Capitaine Marleau
5.9
Overview:
Beneath her eccentric appearance, Captain Marleau is a formidable detective. Her Sherlock Holmes deerstalker cap, her character, her unusual appearance, her humor, her unpredictable behavior--Captain Marleau is not your average gendarme. She never rushes an investigation; she becomes the investigation and relentlessly pursues the suspects.On n'est pas couché
5.2
Overview:
On n'est pas couché was a French talk show broadcast on France 2 on Saturdays at 11 p.m., hosted by Laurent Ruquier assisted by various columnists.C à vous
6
Overview:
Every day live on FRANCE 5, Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine and her team receive those who make the news. In the second part, the program welcomes, around a meal prepared by a qualified chef, artists in promotion.Fan School
7.25
Overview:
Host Jacques Martin invites different talented children from various backgrounds to showcase their beautiful voices. The participants entertain and wow the audience with their lovely performances.Asterix at the Olympic Games
5.217
Overview:
Astérix and Obélix have to win the Olympic Games in order to help their friend Alafolix marry Princess Irina. Brutus uses every trick in the book to have his own team win the game, and get rid of his father Julius Caesar in the process.Would I Lie to You? 3
5.485
Overview:
Eddie, Dov, Yvan and the others ... Our warm friends have migrated from the moribund Sentier to the flourishing suburb of Aubervilliers ... Where the old Jewish entrepreneurs left the ground to young courageous and dynamic Chinese wholesalers ... The little band is as close to each other as in previous episodes, and life goes on at the mercy of small family events and business. Dov still seems frivolous, enterprising Eddie, chilled Yvan, casual Karine, resolute Sandra, naive Chochana, irresponsible Serge and mythomaniac. As for Patrick, he is in love and the happy elected is far from easy to access. Everything would be fine until a bad wind brings its share of adversity seriously compromising the cohesion of the group. Will they succumb under the storm to the turmoil, or, once again, by mutual aid, cunning and skill, will they triumph over the crisis with panache?Once Upon a Time in Algeria
5.526
Overview:
The childhood of the movie director Antoine Lisner, who left Algeria in 1962. In order to present his new movie, he comes back to Algiers with his son.The New World
6.6
Overview:
A young boy who worships all things American comes of age in Orleans, where over 14,000 American GIs were stationed.The Great Alibi
5.1
Overview:
Like every weekend senator Henri Pagès and his wife entertain guests at their beautiful mansion in a peaceful village near Paris. But this time around, things go awry: Pierre Collier, a psychoanalyst and consummate womanizer, is brutally murdered. Claire, his wife, dazed and confused by his corpse, with a smoking gun still in her hand, seems to be the ideal culprit...Please, Please Me!
5.8
Overview:
Ariane is convinced that her boyfriend, Jean-Jacques, is having fantasies about another woman, Élisabeth. In an attempt to save their relationship, Ariane encourages Jean-Jacques to pursue Élisabeth, believing that this is the best way to free him from his own desires. Jean-Jacques presents himself at Élisabeth's house, not realising that she is the daughter of the French President.Acting
2025Famille je vous aime (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2025Laurent Gerra, l'anniversaire-événement as Himself
2023Once Upon a Time in Algeria as Coco
2023Laurent Gerra, 30 ans de rire as Self
2023Chantons Aznavour as Self
2022Un dimanche à la campagne (1 Episode) as Self
2022Dany Brillant chante Aznavour as Self
2021Enrico Macias, l'inattendu as Self
2021Un soir à Monaco avec Laurent Gerra as Self - Guest
2021Symphonissime as Self
2018The secret song (1 Episode) as Self
20183615 code Arthur et Jarry (1 Episode) as Self - Special Appearance
2015Capitaine Marleau (1 Episode) as Ludo
2014Les copains d'abord font du ski as Self
2014Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui as Unknown
2012Céline Dion, le grand show as Self
2012Would I Lie to You? 3 as Dany Brillant
2011Mon meilleur copain as Unknown
2009C à vous (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2009Please, Please Me! as Rudolph
2008The Great Alibi as Michel - le chauffeur et factotum de Léa
2008Asterix at the Olympic Games as Le goûteur de miroir
2006Les années bonheur (1 Episode) as Self
2006Salut les Terriens ! (2 Episodes) as Self - Guest
2006On n'est pas couché (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2006Change of Address as Julien
2005Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés as Unknown
2004Les Seins de ma prof d'Anglais as M. Lambert
2004Star Academy 1, 2 & 3 en concert au Parc des Princes as Self
2004La chanson de l'année (1 Episode) as Self
2003Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public as Self
2002Les Enfoirés 2002 - Tous dans le même bateau as Unknown
2001Star Academy (8 Episodes) as Self
2001Stars à domicile (1 Episode) as Self
1999Le Grand Tralala (1 Episode) as Self
1998Vivement dimanche (6 Episodes) as Self
1998Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur as Unknown
1996News from the Good Lord as Unknown
1995The New World as Le chanteur
1994Les Cordier, juge et flic (1 Episode) as Lucas
1987Téléthon (1 Episode) as Self
1987Le monde est à vous (9 Episodes) as Self
1987Sacrée soirée (9 Episodes) as Self
1985Victoires de la musique (1 Episode) as Self
1985Télématin (1 Episode) as Self
1984La Chance aux chansons (7 Episodes) as Self
1982Champs-Elysées (1 Episode) as Self
1977Fan School (2 Episodes) as Self
Sound
2004Les Seins de ma prof d'Anglais ... Original Music Composer