Laurent Hugues Emmanuel Ruquier (born 24 February 1963) is a French television presenter, radio host and comedian. He is also a lyricist, writer, columnist and impresario; he has been co-owner and general manager of Théâtre Antoine-Simone Berriau in Paris since 2011. He is best known for hosting the On n'est pas couché show on France 2 every Saturday evening from 2006 to 2020. Ruquier grew up in a large family of modest means, the second of five siblings. His father, Roger Ruquier, now deceased, was a boilermaker at construction sites in Le Havre and his mother, Raymonde Ruquier (1924-September 2015), was a housewife. In high school, Laurent entertained his friends by publishing his first satires in the school newspaper. At first he studied accounting (he obtained a DEUG in Economic and Social Administration (AES) at the Le Havre site of the University of Rouen and a Diploma from the Institute of Technology (DUT) in Business Management and Training administration (GEA). He also attended a course in Constitutional Law given by Patrice Gélard. Upon the advice of the latter, he finally turned to humour. In 1986, he did 21 months of military service as a conscientious objector at the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs. His mentor was Pierre Doris, whose black humour he was particularly fond of. Between 1983 and 1986, he made his debut on the local radio stations in Le Havre: Radio Force 7, Ocean Gate Radio, and Radio FMR in Rouen. At first, he mainly presented the show "The Little Heads", using the concept of the show "The Big Heads" on RTL with local comedians and other entertainers from the station. In 1987, encouraged by his aunt, he contacted the radio presenter and journalist Jacques Mailhot, then host of Ear in the Area broadcast on France Inter, who was captivated by his texts. Thanks to Mailhot, Laurent Ruquier had his first experience of television on the show "Paris Kiosk" that Jacques Mailhot presented for three months on FR3 Île-de-France, and he was offered the opportunity to perform in Paris in a scene of the show "Vault of the Republic", a golden opportunity for the humourist to make himself known beyond the limits of his native region. Soon after, in 1988, and for two years he wrote irreverent stories for Jean Amadou and Maryse, as part of their daily morning show on Europe 1. In 1989, he proposed his candidacy to Jacques Martin who had put forward an idea for a program in the style of the "Newshound", a satirical news show that ran from 1975 to 1976 on TF1. Jacques Martin accepted and took him on as a writer on "So do, do, do ..." which was released in 1989 on France 2. In 1990, he was hired by France Inter to collaborate on the "True-False Journal" show presented by Claude Villers. ... Source: Article "Laurent Ruquier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

• Chez Ruquier — Self - Host, Creator
• 2024Je préfère qu'on reste ensemble — Author
• Panique au 31 — Laurent
• 2024Thomas VDB acclimatizes — Producer
• LEGEND
• Le 20H de Ruquier — Self - Host, Creator
• 2023Merci Patron ! — Laurent Ruquier
• 2023Un couple magique — Author
• Club Première — Self - Host, Creator
• Hier, aujourd'hui, demain — Self - Host, Creator
• Quelle époque !
• 2021Le plus beau dans tout ça — Author, Dialogue
• 2020Marie Laforêt, chanteuse malgré elle — Writer
• We're Live — Self - Host, Creator
• 2019Pourvu qu'il soit heureux — Theatre Play
• 2018Chantal Ladesou – On the road again — Author
• 2016À droite, à gauche — Author
• 2015Je préfère qu'on reste amis — Theatre Play
• 2014Fastlife — Laurent Ruquier
• 2012Harold et Maude — Producer
• 2011Parce Que Je La Vole Bien — Author
• On n'demande qu'à en rire — Creator
• 2009Je m'voyais déjà — Author
• 2008Open Bed — Theatre Play
• On n'est pas couché — Self - Host, Creator
• 2005Régis Laspales est Landru — Theatre Play
• 2005Si c'était à refaire — Writer
• 2004Grosse chaleur — Theatre Play
• 2003La presse est unanime — Author
• Les grosses têtes
• Strip-Tease
• Chante et tais-toi ! — Idea, Author, Dialogue, Producer

Appearances as themselves (42)

• 2025T18, c'est maintenant ! — Self
• 2024Les grands comiques du petit écran — Self : Guest
• Les traîtres : Révélations sur la suite... — Self - Guest
• The Gamemaster — Self - Host
• 2022Anne Roumanoff & co s'amusent ! — Self
• 2022Drôles de familles — Self
• 2022Fous rires sur les ondes — Self - presenter
• 2022La Grande Saga du Tour de France — Self - Presenter
• The Traitors France — Self - Contestant
• The Unexpected Getaway — Self
• 2020La Grande Histoire de l'Eurovision — Self
• La Télé des années 90 — Self
• Mask Singer — Self, Self - Panelist
• 2017La télé de Florence Foresti — Self
• 2016Jeff Panacloc, l'extraordinaire aventure — Self
• Quotidien — Self - Guest
• 2013Europe 1 fait Bobino - Saison 3 — Self
• 2012Laurent Ruquier, on ne demande qu'à le connaître — Self
• 2012On n'demande qu'à en rire - Le Best of 2 — Self
• 2012On n'demande qu'à en rire au casino de Paris — Self
• 2012The New Watchdogs — Self
• 2011Europe 1 fait Bobino — Self
• 2011Europe 1 fait Bobino - Saison 2 — Self
• 2011On n'demande qu'à en rire - Best of — Self
• 2010Dorothée : un jour on s'est retrouvé... — Self
• C à vous — Self - Guest
• N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels — Self
• Panique dans l'oreillette — Self
• 2008Paris fait sa comédie à l'Olympia 2007 — Self
• Salut les Terriens ! — Self - Guest
• 2003Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public — Self
• Le fabuleux destin de — Self
• 2001Laurent Ruquier : Gentil pour la dernière fois — Self
• On a tout essayé — Self - Host
• Who Wants to Win Millions? — Self - Contestant
• Le Grand Tralala — Self - Presenter
• 1998Laurent Ruquier Enfin Gentil... — Self
• Tout le monde en parle — Self - Co-Host
• Vivement dimanche — Self
• Les Enfants de la télé — Self - Host
• Télématin — Self, Self - Guest
• Victoires de la musique — Self