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Élie Semoun

Élie Semoun

Acting

Born October 16, 1963, 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". ... Source: Article "Élie Semoun" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (71)
  • France's Dumbest — Self - Presenter
  • La Grande Semaine — Self - Guest
  • 2024Les grands comiques du petit écran — Self : Guest
  • 2023Bonsoir Monsieur Devos — Self
  • Camille & images en hebdo — Self
  • 2023Festival Meudon Rire de tout - 2ème édition — Self
  • 2022Anne Roumanoff & co s'amusent ! — Self
  • 2022Arnaud Ducret dans tous ses états — Self
  • 2022Drôles de familles — Self
  • Elie Semoun, l'effroyable vérité — Self
  • 2022Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans — Self
  • Quelle époque ! — Self - Guest
  • That's My Jam France — Self - Guest
  • 2021Camping : Histoire d'un succès — Self - Actor
  • 2021Kevgad & Friends au Fridge Comedy — Self
  • 2021Le Grand Show des humoristes - Spécial couples — Self
  • 2021Les seigneurs du château — Self
  • 2020Le Grand Show des humoristes — Self
  • 2019Ce soir, c'est Palmashow — Self - Guest
  • Kemps — Self
  • La Boîte à secrets — Self
  • 2019Sixty — Self - Comedian
  • 2019Soirée Pyjama — Self - Guest
  • 201820 sketches, une vie — Self
  • 3615 code Arthur et Jarry — Self - Special Appearance
  • 2018Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2018 — Self
  • 2018La famille, ça me fait bien rire ! — Self
  • 2018Muriel Robin, oser être soi... — Self
  • The 100 videos that made the whole world laugh — Self
  • The Secret Song — Self
  • 2017Festival International du Rire de Liège 2017 — Self
  • 2017Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2017 — Self
  • 2017Le Point Virgule fait l'Olympia - 10e édition — Self
  • 2017M'rire Festival : Gala D'ouverture — Self
  • 2016Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2016 — Self
  • 2016Les duos impossibles de Jérémy Ferrari : 3ème édition — Self
  • Quotidien — Self - Guest
  • 2015Festival International du Rire de Liège 2015 — Self
  • 2015Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène ! — Self
  • 2015Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show — Self
  • 2015Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2015 — Self
  • 2015The Crazy Evening of Palmashow 2 — Self
  • Clique — Self - Guest
  • 2012Départ immédiat — Self
  • 2012Elie Semoun : Tranches de vies — Self
  • The Unexpected Getaway — Self
  • 2011Carte Blanche à Anne Roumanoff — Self
  • 2011Marrakech du rire — Self
  • Vendredi, tout est permis — Self
  • C à vous — Self - Guest
  • 2009Elie Semoun - Merki... — Self
  • Panique dans l'oreillette — Self
  • 2006Elie Semoun se prend pour qui ? — Self
  • 2006Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public 2 — Self
  • Muppets TV — Self - Guest
  • Salut les Terriens ! — Self - Guest
  • 2004La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia — Self
  • 2004Les Zacros de la Télé — Self - Guest
  • 2003Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public — Self
  • Burger Quiz — Self
  • Who Wants to Win Millions? — Self - Contestant
  • 1999Elie Semoun - Elie et Semoun au Palais des Glaces — Self
  • 1999Jamel Show — Self
  • Vivement dimanche — Self
  • Vivement dimanche prochain — Self
  • Zone interdite — Self
  • Que le meilleur gagne — Self - Candidate
  • Fort Boyard — Self
  • Sacrée soirée — Self
  • Téléthon — Self
  • Cérémonie des César — Self - Presenter
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