Élie Semoun
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
169
Gender
Male
Birthday
1963-10-16 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Élie Semoun
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.
Known For
Quotidien
Caméra Café
Sacrée Soirée
Vivement dimanche
Fort Boyard
Lucky Luke and the Daltons
Fake News
Iznogoud
Haters
C à vous
Kaamelott
The Gardener
Stringer
Le Clone
Ducobu 4 President
Tous Inconnus
Tous Inconnus
Bref
Love Me
Les Parasites
Soirée Pyjama
Le Placard
Old School
Riviera
Asterix at the Olympic Games
Neuilly Yo Mama!
Maigret
Cyprien
Looking for Teddy
Sixty
Classico
Capitaine Marleau
Zone interdite
Burger Quiz
Départ immédiat
My Darling Family
Aux abois
Serial (Bad) Weddings
The Unexpected Getaway
Park Benches
Salut les Terriens !
Quelle époque !
La Cape et l'épée
Casablanca Driver
Platane
Drôles de familles
Elie Semoun et ses monstres
Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public
Les seigneurs du château
Surviving Sid
Téléthon
Panique dans l'oreillette
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
Vivement dimanche prochain
Second life
M'rire Festival : Gala D'ouverture
Daddy Cool
Porn in the Hood
Who Wants to Win Millions?
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !
Ducobu Goes Green!
La presque soirée présidentielle
Elie Semoun : Tranches de vies
Ducoboo
Cérémonie des César
Ma pire angoisse
I Love You Coiffure
Moot-Moot
Charité biz'ness
Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !
The Secret Song
Kemps
Carte Blanche à Anne Roumanoff
Palmashow - Very Bad Blagues
Que le meilleur gagne
The Three Brothers
Stuck Together
Everything Must Disappear
La Boîte à secrets
Elie Semoun, l'effroyable vérité
My Old Man
L'Incroyable Embouteillage
L'Incroyable Embouteillage
Second Chance
Élie & Dieudonné
Emilie Jolie
Elie annonce Semoun
Made in Jamel
Édouard et ses filles
That's My Jam France
Ducoboo 2: Crazy Vacation
Ducoboo 3
Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'essentiel
Muriel Robin, oser être soi...
Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'intégrale
Les Bidochon
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Les 100 vidéos qui ont fait rire le monde entier
They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!
Camping : histoire d'un succès
La Grande Semaine
A Village Almost Perfect!
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
The Car Keys
Les Grandes Bouches
Let There Be Light!
Camille & images en hebdo
On aurait dû aller en Grèce
Elie Semoun - À partager
The Storytelling Show
La vie de Michel Muller est plus belle que la vôtre
Zapping Family
Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours
3615 code Arthur et Jarry
Kevgad & Friends au Fridge Comedy
Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
Once Upon a Time in the Oued
Elie Semoun à l'Olympia
Rien dans les poches
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public 2
Les Démons de Jésus
Ducobu et le fantôme de Saint-Potache
Two Much for the Job
People : Jet Set 2
20 sketches, une vie
Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show
The Grand Restaurant IV
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans
Que le meilleur gagne ! Le quiz des générations
Marrakech du rire
Jamel Show
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2015
Les duos impossibles de Jérémy Ferrari : 3ème édition
Le Point Virgule fait l'Olympia - 10e édition
Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire de toi, Maman ?
Festival International du Rire de Liège 2015
Un divorce de chien
Peplum: la folle histoire du mariage de Cléopâtre
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2017
Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
If I Was Him
Meudon rire de tout - 2ème édition
Papa veut pas que je t'épouse
Elie & Dieudonné - En garde à vue
Le grand show des humoristes - Spécial couples
Le grand show des humoristes
Elie Semoun - Merki...
Elie & Dieudonné - Une certaine idée de la France
La famille, ça me fait bien rire !
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2018
Elie annonce Semoun, la suite...
Les Zacros de la Télé
The Crazy Evening of Palmashow 2
Bonsoir Monsieur Devos
Elie annonce Semoun, la suite de la suite
Anne Roumanoff & co s'amusent !
Arnaud Ducret dans tous ses états
Les Galas Juste Pour Rire: Un monde sans femme
Babylone, police de proximité
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2016
La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia
Le meilleur des annonces d'Elie Semoun
Elie Semoun - Elie et Semoun au Palais des Glaces
Festival International du Rire de Liège 2017
Elie Semoun se prend pour qui ?
Les petites annonces la suite de la suite
Les petites annonces d'Elie - La suite...
