Bruno Salomone, known to the general public for his role as a bohemian father in the television series “Fais pas ci, fait pas ça” or for that of Igor d’Hossegor, Jean Dujardin’s rival in “Brice de Nice”, died on Sunday at the age of 55.
Hilarious voice-over for Alain Chabat’s “Burger Quiz” game, the actor began his career as a comedian, notably within the “Nous ç Nous” troupe, alongside the same Jean Dujardin who paid tribute to him on Instagram. He posted a photo and a simple message, followed by a heart: “My brother…”
“It is with immense sadness that we announce the disappearance of Bruno Salomone,” said his agent Laurent Grégoire. “He passed away this Sunday March 15 after fighting a long illness,” he added.
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“Don’t do this, don’t do that” left the air in 2017 after 9 seasons. The series made a first return at the end of 2020 with a Christmas TV film, then a second in December 2024, for two new episodes. Its success is due to the comic force which plays on the antagonism between a bobo family, the Bouleys (played by Isabelle Gélinas and Bruno Salomone), and a bourgeois family, the Lepics (Valérie Bonneton and Guillaume de Tonquédec).
After spending part of his childhood in Marseille and then in the Paris suburbs, Bruno Salomone made himself known by participating in 1996 in the show “Graines de stars” on M6.
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He then became a member of “Nous ç Nous”, before going solo on stage.
A film, television and theater actor, he also practiced dubbing, notably being the voice of Jolly Jumper in James Huth’s “Lucky Luke” (2009), the title role of which was given to Jean Dujardin.
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His last appearance on television was last year, in the series “A priori” on France 3.
In a novel entitled “Les misophones”, published in 2019 by Le Cherche-Midi, the actor addressed a source of suffering for him since the age of 10: an aversion to certain noises. “It can irritate you, to the point of obsessing you,” he described to Philippe Vandel on Europe 1.
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“I love sounds, it’s my job, I make sound effects… And we tend to think that we don’t like sounds in general when we have misophone, but it’s only certain sounds. They are listed in our brain, and then we are obsessed with these sounds,” explained the actor.
Tributes poured in on social media. “Great”, wrote the comedian Florence Foresti, while M6 recalled that Bruno Salomone “will have marked French television with his humor and his unforgettable characters: thank you for the laughter and the memories”.
