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Benjamin Biolay

Benjamin Biolay

Key facts

date o birthJanuary 20, 1973
hicht1.88m
thriftactor, sangster-sangwriter, film actor
place o birthVillefranche-sur-Saône
spooseChiara Mastroianni
awaird receivedChevalier des Arts et des Lettres‎
All data from the card 5
Born
20 Januar 1973
Thrift
Sangster sangwriter actor record producer
Hauf-marrae(s)
Chiara Mastroianni (2002–2005)
Pairtner(s)
Vanessa Paradis (2012–2015)
Bairns
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Benjamin Biolay (French pronunciation: ​; born 20 Januar 1973) is a French sangster, sangwriter, muisicker, actor an record producer. He is the brither o sangster Coralie Clément, whose twa albums he wrote an producit, an the ex-husband o Chiara Mastroianni, the dochter o Catherine Deneuve an Marcello Mastroianni.

His law-key vocal style is somewha seemilar tae French pop starn Étienne Daho. Wi the sangster Keren Ann, whose first twa albums he co-wrote an producit, he contributit several sangs tae Chambre avec Vue, the successfu comeback album o sangster Henri Salvador, an haes syne wirkit as a writer, arranger or producer for ither icons o French muisic, includin Juliette Gréco, Julien Clerc, Françoise Hardy an Vanessa Paradis.

He wrote or performed maist o the sangs on the 2004 soondtrack tae Clara et Moi bi Arnaud Viard, an released the album Home wi his wife the same year. Efter twa mair rock orientit albums in 2005 an 2007 he wis droppit bi his record company an began wirkin on his first independent release, La Superbe, released on Naïve records in 2009. This wis follaeed bi the soondtrack album Pourquoi tu pleures in 2011 an Vengeance in 2012.

Personal life

Benjamin wis marriet tae actress an sangster Chiara Mastroianni frae 2002 tae 2005; thay hae a dochter, Anna, born 22 Apryle 2003.

He wis in a relationship wi sangster an actress Vanessa Paradis frae 2013 tae Mey 2015. The couple recordit a duet, Profite ("Enjoy"), on his album Vengeance. Biolay wis introducit tae Paradis bi designer Karl Lagerfeld in 2012.

As o Juin 2015, he is rumoured tae be datin French actress Anna Mouglalis.

Discografie

Albums

Solo studio albums
Year Album Peak poseetions
FR
BEL
(Vl)
BEL
(Wa)
GER
SPN SUI
2001 Rose Kennedy 66 – – – – –
2003 Négatif 15 – 9 – – –
2005 À l'origine 17 – 27 – – –
2007 Trash Yéyé 11 – 23 – – 72
2009 La Superbe 3 – 7 98 97 61
2011 Pourquoi tu pleures? 38 – 54 – – –
2012 Vengeance 2 95 6 – 42 22
2015 Trenet 19 – – – – –
Jynt albums
Year Album Peak poseetions
FR
BEL
(Wa)
SUI
2004 Home
(wi Chiara Mastroianni)
– 26 98
Compilation albums
Year Album Peak poseetions
FR
BEL
(Wa)
2011 Best Of – 178

EPs

Year EP title Peak poseetions
FR
2001 Benjamin Biolay Remix EP –

Soundtracks

Year Album Peak poseetions
FR
2004 Clara et Moi 163

Singles

Year Single Peak poseetions Album
FR
BEL
(Wa)
BEL
(Wa)
Tip
2008 "Qu'est ce que ça peut faire?" – – 14
2010 "La superbe" – 38 –
"Si tu suis mon regard" – – 32
2011 "Ton héritage" – – 28
"Pas la forme" – – 25
2012 "Aime mon amour" 60 39 –
"Profite"
(feat. Vanessa Paradis)
93 – 24
"Ne regrette rien"
(feat. Orelsan)
157 – –
2014 "Ton héritage" (rerelease) 80 – –
"Pas besoin de permis"
(wi Vanessa Paradis)
35 – –
2016 "Palermo Hollywood" 161 – –
Featurt in
Year Single Peak
poseetions
Album
FR
2003 "L'hymne à l'amour"
(Aznavour, Boulay, Eicher, Biolay, Macias,
Maurane, Foly, Fontaine, Mami, Leroy,
Pagny & Badi)
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Selectit filmografie

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Stella Stella's faither Nominatit—César Award for Best Supporting Actor
2010 The Pack The Spack's son
2013 Under the Rainbow Maxime Wolf
2014 The Easy Way Out Gérard
2015 The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun Michel Caravaille
2016 Encore heureux Antoine
Fleur de tonnerre Mathieu Verron

Freemit airtins

  • Offeecial wabsteid (in French) (in Inglis) Archived 2010-01-12 at the Wayback Machine
  • Offeecial MySpace
  • Benjamin Biolay discografie Archived 2007-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
  • Benjamin Biolay on IMDb
  • les insulaires ¤ non official message board (in french) Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
  • Review of 'La Superbe' Archived 2020-12-29 at the Wayback Machine (Inglis)

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