Bruno Nicolini (born 16 June 1969), better known by his stage name Bénabar, is a French songwriter and singer, who could be compared to Vincent Delerm and other singers from his generation. As many of them he was influenced by Georges Brassens, Renaud, Jacques Higelin and also Tom Waits. His songs describe day-to-day life events with humour and a tender cynicism. His songs are influenced by French chanson and a heavy influence is placed on the piano or the accordion and on typical French fanfare (brass band) for the most upbeat of them. This genre of music is very typically French and differs from most in that emphasis is placed on appreciation of the lyrics and that it is linked to a specific culture of modern "guinche" (slang for "guinguette") appreciated a lot by Bobos among others. Bénabar began his career in the cinema, working as an assistant on Le Brasier (1991) before directing three short subjects: Nada Lezard (1991), José Jeannette (1992) and Sursum corda (1994). He then turned to music, working for some time with his friend Patchol who gave him his nickname (Bénabar being the "verlan" of Barnabé, the name he was using on stage). With "Les associés" he sang for several years in small places in France, Belgium, and Switzerland before the release of Bénabar (2001), which raised his profile sufficiently to make him the opening act for Henri Salvador. He was nominated as a Revelation for the "Victoires de la musique 2003" but did not win it. In 2004, after the successful release of Les risques du métier, he won the award for "album "chanson/variété" of the year". His next album Reprise des négociations sold better than the previous ones: according to Le Figaro, Bénabar reached number 4 for CD sales in France, with 2.18 million euros sales in 2006. In 2007 he won the awards for "Male group or artist of the year" and "original song of the year" (for Le dîner). He has two brothers named Patrick and Sébastien. He has a son born in 2004 named Manolo and a daughter born in 2009. Bénabar is a member of the Les Enfoirés charity ensemble since 2007. Source: Article "Bénabar" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

• 202611e edition de La Nuit de la Deprime aux Folies Bergère
• 2026Solidarité Incendies - Le Grand Concert en direct
• Chez Lolo
• 2025Les estivales de Culturebox Bénabar — Self, Author, Compositor, Original Music Composer
• 2022Bénabar - Tournée des indociles
• Le Figaro La Nuit
• 2022Les Enfoirés 2022 - Un air d'Enfoirés
• 2022The Grand Restaurant IV
• 2022They Love Each Other... Well, Almost! — Hypolite
• 2022Tous Inconnus — ("Perdu de recherche" segment)
• Un monde, un regard
• Good Singers
• 2019Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés
• Les plus belles comptines d'Okoo
• 2019My Out-Laws — Harold Becker, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
• 2019Victor & Célia — Max
• 2018Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !
• 2017Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
• 2016Je vous écoute — Theatre Play
• Le Secret d'Élise — Jean-Pierre Letilleul - 1969
• Capitaine Marleau — Yannick Murat
• 2015Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés
• 2015The Night Watchmen — Pedro
• 2014Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
• 2014Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés
• 2013Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés
• 2010Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs
• 2010The Great Restaurant — Michel - un client du restaurant
• 2009Incognito — Lucas, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
• 2008Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés
• 2006The Pink Soldier — Le Petit Chimiste
• 2004Madame Edouard — Original Music Composer
• H — Writer
• Bénabar : Inspiré de faits réels (DVD BONUS DÉBRANCHÉ)

Appearances as themselves (42)

• 2026Corsu Mezu Mezu - Un soir au Vélodrome avec Patrick Fiori — Self : Guest
• 2026La belle histoire de la chanson française — Self
• 2026La fête de la chanson française - 20 ans d'émotions — Self : Guest
• 2026Les Enfoirés 2026 - La Ballade des Enfoirés — Self
• 2026Renaud, 50 ans de chansons — Self : Guest
• 2025La Grande Fête de Carcassonne — Self
• 2025La Grande Soirée du 31 de Paris — Self : Guest
• 2025Laurent Gerra, l'anniversaire-événement — Self
• 2025Le Grand Concert de la Francophonie célèbre Jean-Jaques Goldman — Self : Guest
• 2025Serge Lama, le dernier rappel — Self
• 2025Taratata numéro 600 — Self : Guest
• 2025Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Ici Nougaro ! Le concert évènement — Self
• 2024Indochine, une révolution musicale — Self
• 2024Taratata fête les 40 ans de Bercy — Self
• 2024Éternel Aznavour : le concert événement — Self : Guest
• 2023Renaud, souvenirs, souvenirs — Self
• 2023Tété à la Cigale : À la faveur des rencontres — Self
• 2022Corsu Mezu Mezu, le concert — Self
• 2022Joyeux anniversaire Renaud — Self
• 2022Le bal des Bodin's — Self - Chanteur
• The Unexpected Getaway — Self
• 2021Jean-Jacques Goldman : la grande soirée anniversaire / la soirée continue — Self
• La Boîte à secrets — Self
• Basique, le concert — Self
• 2017Taratata fête ses 25 ans 100% live au Zénith — Self
• 2016Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés — Self
• Folie passagère — Self
• 2014Les copains d'abord font du ski — Self
• Open Bar — Self
• 2013Bénabar : Bien l'bonsoir m'sieurs dames — Self
• 2007Michel Delpech &... live at the Grand Rex, Paris — Self
• 2006Bénabar - Tournée 2006 — Self
• Infrarouge — Self
• On n'est pas couché — Self - Guest
• 2004Bénabar - Live au Grand Rex — Self
• La chanson de l'année — Self
• Burger Quiz — Self
• Vivement dimanche — Self
• Taratata — Self
• Victoires de la musique — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self