Cast

Élie Semoun

Acting

Cast

Élie Semoun

Known for

Acting

Born

1963-10-16

From

Paris, France

Also known as Élie Sémoun, Élie Semhoun, Elie Semhoun

Biography

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.

Élie Semoun

Élie Semoun

Biography

Neuilly Yo Mama!

The Gardener

Asterix at the Olympic Games

Serial (Bad) Weddings

Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion

Porn in the Hood

Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods

Départ immédiat

Old School

Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia

Lucky Luke and the Daltons

Ducobu 4 President

Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !

Aux abois

Love Me

Emilie Jolie

Arnaud Ducret dans tous ses états

Le Placard

Cyprien

Surviving Sid

Les Grandes Bouches

Second life

M'rire Festival : Gala D'ouverture

Les Zacros de la Télé

Everything Must Disappear

Camping : Histoire d'un succès

The Three Brothers

Park Benches

Ducobu Goes Green!

Ducoboo

Drôles de familles

Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'intégrale

Iznogoud

Second Chance

Les Petites Annonces d'Elie - La Suite...

Stuck Together

Ducoboo 2: Crazy Vacation

My Darling Family

Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public

Élie & Dieudonné

Made in Jamel

Kevgad & Friends au Fridge Comedy

Casablanca Driver

Once Upon a Time in the Oued

Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public 2

People : Jet Set 2

The Car Keys

Dieudonné - Code de la Route

Elie Semoun à l'Olympia

Les Petites Annonces d'Elie - L'Essentiel

Charité biz'ness

Ducobu et le fantôme de Saint-Potache

Carte Blanche à Anne Roumanoff

Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours

Let There Be Light!

Looking for Teddy

Les Parasites

Riviera

La vie de Michel Muller est plus belle que la vôtre

Les Bidochon

On aurait dû aller en Grèce

I Love You Coiffure

Stringer

Daddy Cool

Elie Semoun : Tranches de vies

Elie Semoun - Elie et Semoun au Palais des Glaces

Fake News

Classico

Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show

Le Clone

Sixty

Elie Semoun - À partager

Elie Semoun se prend pour qui ?

Elie annonce Semoun, la suite de la suite

Les Démons de Jésus

Two Much for the Job

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui