Dany Boon

What I love about Dany Boon is that he turned his own provincial roots in Armentieres, deep in northern France, into comic gold. Welcome to the Sticks in 2008 took regional accents and small-town prejudice and reshaped them into warm, generous comedy that the whole country embraced. From stand-up he expanded into directing, writing and producing, and his Legion of Honour confirms how seriously France takes his laughter. I have a soft spot for performers who treat their hometown as a weapon rather than a source of shame. Boon does exactly that, and I applaud the affection underneath every joke.

Name (English)

Dany Boon

Name (Japanese)

ダニー・ブーン

Reading

だにー・ぶーん

Born

June 26, 1966 (age 60)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Horse

Origin

Armentières, Nord, France

Occupation

comedian / film director / screenwriter / actor / film producer

Awards & achievements

• Knight of the Legion of Honour
• Officer of Arts and Letters
• 2018 Cesar of the public

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/danyboon/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dany%20Boon
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q468190

Tags

• Nord
• comedian
• film director
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.