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Florent Pagny

Florent Pagny

Acting

Born November 6, 1961, Chalon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, France

Florent Pagny (born 6 November 1961) is a French singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He records his work in French, as well as in Italian, Spanish and English. His greatest hits include "N'importe quoi", "Savoir aimer" and "Ma Liberté de penser"—all three were number one in France. As of 2018, he has sold more than 6 million singles and 10 million albums, becoming the 17th best-selling artist of all time in France. Florent Pagny began his artistic career as an actor in popular films and television dramas. He appeared in La Balance, L'As des as, and A Captain's Honor or Fort Saganne. In 1987, he wrote his first song titled "N'importe quoi". Pagny's first album, Merci, was released in 1990. The album's songs, mainly written by himself, began to attract controversy, with the press eventually boycotting some of them. This led to a decline in sales, culminating in personal problems. His follow-up album, Réaliste, was also not as successful. Jean-Jacques Goldman wrote three songs for Pagny under the pseudonym Sam Brewski, and presented to him a new staff. The album Rester vrai marked the beginning of his career as a performer only. Bienvenue chez moi, a semi-compilation released in 1995, was a smash success. Pagny also covered "Caruso", the hit originally performed by Lucio Dalla. He decided to move to Argentinian Patagonia to flee the French tax authorities and to start a new life with his wife, Azucena, and their children. Recently, Pagny said he had enrolled his children in Miami because he didn't want them to speak Arabic while returning from school. His next album, Savoir aimer, was released in 1997. It was composed by a number of writers, including Jean-Jacques Goldman, Erick Benzi, Jacques Veneruso, Zazie and, Pascal Obispo, who also produced the album. "Savoir aimer" turned out to be an immediate success. In 1999, Pagny released an album of cover versions of his old song, Recréation. From "Môme Julie" to "Antisocial", he mixed musical styles and dabbled with techno arrangements. Pagny then alternated studios and cover albums (at least in part) and regularly changed his look. In 2000, he released the album Châtelet Les Halles, whose title song was produced by Calogero. He followed that with 2, an album composed of duets released in 2001. In 2003, he returned with Ailleurs land, whose first single, "Ma Liberté de penser", was composed by Pascal Obispo and Lionel Florence and deals with Pagny's problems with the French treasury. Finally, in 2004, Pagny released Baryton, an album composed of opera songs. In 2007, Pagny released an album of covers of songs originally composed and performed by Jacques Brel entitled Pagny chante Brel. Source: Article "Florent Pagny" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (68)
  • 2026Corsu Mezu Mezu - Un soir au Vélodrome avec Patrick Fiori — Self : Guest
  • 2026Les Enfoirés 2026 - La Ballade des Enfoirés — Self
  • 2025Hallyday par David — Self
  • 2025Hiba Tawaji à l'Olympia — Self
  • 2025Johnny Hallyday - Le Concert de la Tour Eiffel - 25ème anniversaire — Himself
  • 2025Serge Lama, le dernier rappel — Self
  • 2025Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés — Self (archive footage)
  • 2024Florent raconte Pagny — Self
  • 2024La bande son des années 90 — Self
  • 2023Avec Florent Pagny, tout le monde ELA — Self
  • En société — Self - Guest
  • 2023Florent Pagny : Le Phénix — Self
  • 2023Florent Pagny : un homme libre — Self
  • 202240 jours, 4 criollos et du silence — Self
  • 2022Corsu Mezu Mezu, le concert — Self
  • Il était une fois Champs-Élysées — Self (archive footage)
  • 2022Unis pour l'Ukraine — Self
  • 2021Daniel Balavoine 35 ans déjà - sa vie, sa bataille — Self
  • 2021Florent Pagny, la voix nue — Self
  • 2021Jean-Jacques Goldman : la grande soirée anniversaire / la soirée continue — Self
  • 2021Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime — Self
  • 2021Kad Merad on Stage — Self
  • 2021L'Énigme Jean-Jacques Goldman — Self
  • 2021Symphonissime — Self
  • 2020Le Grand Concert Unis pour le Liban — Self
  • La Boîte à secrets — Self
  • 2018Johnny Hallyday - Stade de France 98 — Self
  • The Secret Song — Self
  • 2017Michel Sardou – Dernier show — Self
  • Quotidien — Self - Guest
  • Vintage Mecanic — Self - Guest
  • Clique — Self - Guest
  • 2013Johnny Hallyday en direct de Bercy, La Soirée Anniversaire — Self
  • 2012Céline Dion, le grand show — Self
  • 2012Les Enfants de la Pop 80's — Self (archive footage)
  • The Voice : La Plus Belle Voix — Self - Coach
  • 2011Florent Pagny - Ma liberté de chanter — Self
  • 2011Images of Women of the Social Corset — Self
  • C à vous — Self - Guest
  • Off Prime — Self
  • Muppets TV — Self - Guest
  • 2005Florent Pagny : Baryton — Self
  • 2005La Fête De La Chanson Française — Self
  • 2004Florent Pagny - Eté 2003 à l'Olympia — Self
  • La chanson de l'année — Self
  • 2003Johnny Hallyday - Parc des Princes 2003 — Self
  • Samedi soir en direct — Self - Musical Guest
  • 2001Pascal Obispo - Millésime (Live 00-01) — Self
  • Star Academy — Self
  • Stars à domicile — Self
  • 2000Johnny Hallyday - Live à la Tour Eiffel — Self
  • 1999Johnny Hallyday Allume le feu au Stade de France — Self
  • 1998Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia — Self
  • Vivement dimanche — Self
  • Vivement dimanche prochain — Self
  • 1997Michel Sardou - Salut ! — Self
  • Taratata — Self
  • Coucou c'est nous ! — Self
  • Stars 90 — Self
  • Le monde est à vous — Self
  • Nulle part ailleurs — Self
  • Sacrée soirée — Self, Self (archive footage)
  • Téléthon — Self
  • Télématin — Self
  • Victoires de la musique — Self
  • Champs-Elysées — Self
  • Fan School — Self
  • 30 millions d'amis — Self
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