1963-10-16 ( 61 years old ) in Paris, France
Élie Semoun (born Élie Semhoun on 16 October 1963) is a French comedian, actor, director, writer and singer.
Élie Semoun was born in France, to a Sephardic Jewish family of Moroccan-Jewish and Algerian-Jewish descent. In 1980 at the age of 17, Semoun wrote two collections of poems and two plays. Beginning in 1988, he had regular appearances on the television series Vivement lundi! on TF1, where he played a horse mounted on rollers.
His comedy career began in 1990 with his partner Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, with whom he wrote and performed daring, skits with scathing takes generally taboo subjects such as racism and poverty, often playing up contrasts between himself and his partner in terms of origin, color, and religion.
Their first show was held at Café de la Gare in 1991. The duo acquired a certain notoriety in 1992 after several appearances on their fellow comedian Arthur's show Emission Impossible, where they were noticed for their particularly corrosive sketches. They followed this up with one success after another at Le Splendid Theater, Paris's Palais des glaces, and at Casino de Paris. Élie and Dieudonné formed one of the most popular comic duos of the 1990s.
In 1997 the duo split due to artistic and financial differences. Élie resented how Dieudonné handled their relations with the media and admitted that he was unhappy that his friend had turned towards film (and that he left to appear in the United States) and antisemitism. Dieudonné managed the financial aspects of their career, and Semoun felt their money was not divided equitably.
Breaking out on his own, Semoun continued his success with Petites Annonces d'Élie (which had been at first intended to be a show with Dieudonné) alongside his friend the actor Franck Dubosc. Once again his performance was promoted by his friend on the show Les Enfants de la télé (France) Inspired by actual classified ads recorded by them in a van, the "Petites Annonces d'Élie" (Élie's Classified Ads) are seen through the character of Cyprian, a repulsive looking man searching for a "busty blond".
Semoun went back on stage with a one-man show, Élie and Semoun. He supported Bertrand Delanoë during Paris's municipal elections of 2001 and Lionel Jospin during the presidential election of 2002. In 2003, he released an album of French songs called simply "Chansons". In early 2005, he performed in a show (co-authored with Franck Dubosc and Muriel Robin entitled Élie Semoun se prend pour qui?
Élie Semoun maintained in the years following his separation with Dieudonné a complex and strained relationship with his former partner. First strained, then reconciled, they have again grown apart during the public controversy aroused by the political stances of Dieudonné. "Some have speculated on the reunion of our duo, but I must tell you that this is clearly out of the question! It's over." In 2012, he declared that "the Dieudonné he knew and the Dieudonné of today appear to him like two completely different people, and he is unable to reconcile them in his mind". ...
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My Darling Family
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Stuck Together
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Fake News
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I Love You Coiffure
2020-12-21
Le grand show des humoristes
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Ducoboo 3
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Sixty
2019-05-06
Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
2019-02-15
Soirée Pyjama
2019-01-09
Muriel Robin, oser être soi...
2018-11-23
Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !
2018-08-08
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2018
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Looking for Teddy
2018-06-20
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
2018-05-12
La famille, ça me fait bien rire !
2018-03-17
20 sketches, une vie
2018-01-01
Elie Semoun - À Partager
2017-12-05
M'rire Festival : Gala D'ouverture
2017-11-20
Festival International du Rire de Liège 2017
2017-10-28
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2017
2017-07-12
Le meilleur des annonces d'Elie Semoun
2017-06-08
La presque soirée présidentielle
2017-04-16
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2016
2016-06-29
Festival International du Rire de Liège 2015
2015-10-31
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2015
2015-06-14
Le Placard
2015-05-29
Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !
2015-05-16
La Folle Soirée du Palmashow 2
2015-05-14
Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show
2015-01-01
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
2014-11-26
A Village Almost Perfect!
2014-11-15
Serial (Bad) Weddings
2014-04-16
Départ immédiat
2012-12-23
Elie Semoun : Tranches de vies
2012-11-14
Porn in the Hood
2012-07-11
Ducoboo 2: Crazy Vacation
2012-04-24
Emilie Jolie
2011-10-19
Carte Blanche à Anne Roumanoff
2011-06-25
Ducoboo
2011-06-22
Marrakech du rire
2011-06-11
Second Chance
2011-01-05
Made in Jamel
2010-12-01
The Storytelling Show
2010-10-20
Un divorce de chien
2010-05-29
Elie Semoun - Merki...
2009-10-27
Neuilly Yo Mama!
2009-08-12
Park Benches
2009-07-08
Cyprien
2009-02-25
Rien dans les poches
2008-12-14
Ice Age: Surviving Sid
2008-10-20
Les petites annonces la suite de la suite
2008-08-03
Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'essentiel
2008-05-26
Daddy Cool
2008-04-30
Asterix at the Olympic Games
2008-01-25
Elie annonce Semoun, la suite de la suite
2007-06-05
Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public 2
2006-11-28
Muppets TV
2006-10-29
Elie Semoun se prend pour qui ?
2006-01-31
Riviera
2006-01-18
Zapping Family
2005-12-23
Once Upon a Time in the Oued
2005-10-19
Aux abois
2005-09-21
Iznogoud
2005-01-19
La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia
2004-12-01
Lucky Luke and the Daltons
2004-11-08
Casablanca Driver
2004-06-30
People - Jet set 2
2004-05-19
Les Zacros de la Télé
2004-04-24
The Car Keys
2003-12-10
Les petites annonces d'Elie - La suite...
2003-11-18
Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public
2003-04-29
Elie Semoun à l'Olympia
2002-11-05
Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'intégrale
2002-08-02
If I Was Him
2002-06-05
Elie Semoun - Elie annonce Semoun
2002-01-31
Second life
2000-10-25
Old School
2000-07-05
Love Me
2000-02-23
Jamel Show
1999-12-31
Stringer
1999-09-29
Les Grandes Bouches
1999-02-24
Les Parasites
1999-01-20
Charité biz'ness
1998-08-26
Let There Be Light!
1998-07-08
Le Clone
1998-06-17
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
1998-02-07
Everything Must Disappear
1997-01-22
Les Démons de Jésus
1997-01-01
Les Bidochon
1996-07-07
Elie & Dieudonné - En garde à vue
1996-01-01
The Three Brothers
1995-12-13
Élie & Dieudonné
1992-01-01
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