Birth Name: Daniel Hamidou
Place of Birth: Armentières, France
Date of Birth: 26 June 1966
Ethnicity: Algerian Kabyle Berber, French
Family info: Dany Boon is a French comedian. In 2008 Boon was the highest-paid actor in European film history, netting 26 million Euro (c. 33 million dollars). He was born into a poor family by an Algerian Kabyle father who worked as boxer and truck driver, and a French mother from the north of the country. Boon had almost never spoke French before the age of 12. He spoke mainly his Chtimi dialect of Picard (Langue d’oïl) language at home. He takes his stage name from the US television show Daniel Boon. Boon is a converted Jew after his marriage with Yaël Harris.
Source:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dany_Boon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dany_Boon
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0200702/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
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