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Dany Boon

Dany Boon

Actor, writer, director and producer · Born June 26, 1966 (60) · Armentières, Nord, France

Dany Boon (born Daniel Hamidou on 26 June 1966 in Armentières, France) is a French comedian who has acted both on the stage and the screen. He takes his stage name from the television show Daniel Boone. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dany Boon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
June 26, 1966 (60)
From
Armentières, Nord, France
Works as
Actor, writer, director and producer
Titles
38 on MovieCove · 70 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 7% in 30 days

What are Dany Boon's films like?

Across their 38 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy26 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 32nd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 86th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 34th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 34th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
44%
Self
23%
Morality
15%
Society
9%
Ideas
5%
Power
4%
Family bonds13 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship10 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth8 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage7 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception8 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love8 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themePrejudice4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 38 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 32 · Serious 3 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 23 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 21 · Charged 15 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 22 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 4

Funny: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their funny movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 28

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 26 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 26 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 30 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

26 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 14 of 26 analyzed roles.

Hero
14 of 26
Mentor
3 of 26
Ally
3 of 26
Trickster
3 of 26
Shapeshifter
2 of 26
Threshold guardian
1 of 26
Show the 26 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
22
Warm
19
Absurd
13
Tense
10
Contemplative
6
Other
26

How their films linger

Feel-good25 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy24
  • Bittersweet10
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Dany Boon's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 18 of their 38 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Dany Boon's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

70 credits, 38 with a MovieCove page; 39 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • See The Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Antoine

  • Give a Little Beat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Ludo

  • Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Actor

  • This Is the Goat!(2024)

    as Maître Pompignac

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Welcome al Norte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Executive Producer

  • LEGEND (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Life for Real(2023)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Tridan Lagache

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Soul Mates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Producer

  • Murder Mystery 2(2023)

    as Inspector Delacroix

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Crime Is Mine(2023)

    as Palmarède

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Co-Producer

  • Falcon Lake(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Quasi orfano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Executive Producer · Original Film Writer

  • Driving Madeleine(2022)

    as Charles

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Undercover(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Stuck Together(2021)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay · as Martin

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Le lion(2020)

    as Léo Milan

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Honey Cigar(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Big Hit(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Le dindon(2019)

    as René Vatelin

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Murder Mystery(2019)

    as Inspector de la Croix

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Varda by Agnès (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Associate Producer

  • Dany Boon: Des Hauts-De-France(2018)

    Director · Author · as Self

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Family Is Family(2018)

    Director · Original Story · Producer · Writer · as Valentin Duquesne, aka Valentin D.

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • R.A.I.D. Special Unit(2016)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Eugène Froissard

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Loving Pablo(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Ma famille t'adore déjà(2016)

    Producer · Production Director

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Penny Pincher!(2016)

    as François Gautier

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Jews(2016)

    as Pascal

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Lolo(2015)

    as Jean-René

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Supercondriaque(2014)

    Director · Writer · as Romain Faubert

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Volcano(2013)

    as Alain

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • A Perfect Plan(2012)

    as Jean-Yves

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Astérix and Obélix: God Save Britannia(2012)

    as Têtedepiaf

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Welcome to the North(2012)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Dany Boon - Trop stylé (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director · as self

  • Nothing to Declare(2010)

    Director · Writer · as Mathias Ducatel

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Welcome to the South(2010)

    Executive Producer · Original Story · as Turista francese

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Micmacs(2009)

    as Bazil

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Le code a changé(2009)

    as Piotr

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • De l'autre côté du lit(2008)

    as Hugo Marciac

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Mia and the Migoo(2008)

    as Migou

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Welcome to the Sticks(2008)

    Director · Screenplay · as Antoine Bailleul

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • My Best Friend(2006)

    as Bruno Bouley

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Dany Boon: Waïka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director · Composer · Writer · as Self

  • Allez raconte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 90 episodes · as Le papa

  • The House of Happiness(2006)

    Director · Writer · as Charles Boulin

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • The Valet(2006)

    as Richard

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Joyeux Noel(2005)

    as Ponchel

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • La vie de chantier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Writer · as Charles Boullin

  • Pédale dure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Sébastien "Seb" Jouve

  • Les Zacros de la Télé (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Scenario Writer · as Self - Guest

  • Dany Boon à s'baraque et en ch'ti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Author · as Self

  • Dany Boon : En parfait état (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Author · as Himself

  • Dany Boon - Tout Entier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Author · as Self

  • Bimboland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Greg

  • Amour, Travail, Santé... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as The killer

  • Le déménagement(1997)

    as Alain

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Oui (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Wilfried

  • Dany Boon - Les zacros de la télé (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Production Design · as Self

  • The Great White of Lambarene (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Altmeyer

  • Elie & Dieudonné - Une certaine idée de la France (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Mr. Guy Gnol - Ex-member of the Guy club

  • Grown Ups 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Johnny Biloute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Creator · Producer · Screenplay · as Rudy

  • Le Palmier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Screenplay · Actor

  • Projet K (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Serge Klarsfield

  • You are in the Merde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 67 titles, 62 of them dated from 1994 to 2025; peak year 2009.

Biggest box office

Welcome to the Sticks (2008)

$245M worldwide

Highest rated

Joyeux Noel (2005)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

Murder Mystery (2019)

Film career

19942025

Peak 2009 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 12 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1997Screen debut· Le Déménagement
  • 1997First top-billed film· Le Déménagement
  • 2009Career best· Micmacs

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting50 of 67: 38 only acting, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score32ndDirecting15 of 67: 1 only directing, 14 with another role · typical Midcredits score37thWriting19 of 67: 3 only writing, 16 with another role · typical Midcredits score44thProducing13 of 67: 7 only producing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score32ndMusic1 of 67: 0 only music, 1 with another roleOther crew3 of 67: 2 only other crew, 1 with another role

67 titles, 16 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 12 of them.

By decade

1990s8 · 6 acting · 2 crew2000s16 · 12 acting · 7 crew2010s21 · 16 acting · 10 crew2020s17 · 11 acting · 8 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 41% of 34 roles
9707121722

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Dany Boon's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 35th percentile, the median of all 38; across their 38 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 38th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 38

Approval · how many liked their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 38

Reach · how many have seen their films

87thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 38

Midcredits score across 38 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th14
  • Below 25th9

Shape of the crowd

18 of their 38 titles are Broadly Agreed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser14
  • Broadly Agreed18
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · actor, director, writer

Dany Boon: Des Hauts-De-France (2018)

57th percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Joyeux Noel (2005)

Midcredits 96th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 32 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Dany Boon's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles27–74 · median 47 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles29–50 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles34–80 · median 48 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 36 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 36 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Dany Boon work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dany Boon's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Philippe Rombi shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles