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 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.
Discography Studio albums Title Year Peak positionsCertification FRA BEL (Wa) SWI C'est ça qui est bon 1991 101 — — C'est toi 1993 — — — Havana 1996 10 — — Nouveau jour 1999 19 — — Dolce Vita 2001 9 14 — C'est ça qui est bon 2002 101 — — Jazz... à la Nouvelle Orléans 2004 5 9 — Casino 2005 11 28 — Histoire d'un amour 2007 3 6 44 Mü-Yap: Gold Viens dancer2009 83 — — Puerto Rico 2 10 93 Viens à Saint-Germain 2012 25 15 — Le dernier romantique 2014 5 6 — Rock and Swing 2018 10 9 64 Dany Brillant chante Aznavour - La Bohème 2020 23 13 — Dany Brillant chante Aznavour en duo 2021 — 4 — Seventies 2024 — 130 —
Compilation albums Title Year Peak positionsCertification FRA Dany Brillant Best Of 2011 — Tant qu'il y aura des femmes - l'intégrale 2014 38
Singles (selective charting songs on SNEP) Title Year Peak positionsAlbums FRA "Suzette"1992 3 "Y'a qu'les filles qui m'intéressent" 40 "Quand je vois tes yeux" 1996 21 "Dieu" (remix) 2000 65 "Tant qu'il y aura des femmes"2002 47 "Tu vuo' fa l'americano" 65 "La belle vie" (with Damien Sargue and Roch Voisine) 2013 95 "C'est l'amour qui rend heureux" 2018
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