Élie Semoun
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
163
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
Vivement dimanche
Sacrée Soirée
Kaamelott
Fort Boyard
Vivement dimanche prochain
Zone interdite
The Gardener
Salut les Terriens !
Burger Quiz
Panique dans l'oreillette
Bref
Porn in the Hood
Elie & Dieudonné - Une certaine idée de la France
Capitaine Marleau
Téléthon
Asterix at the Olympic Games
Meudon rire de tout - 2ème édition
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans
La vie de Michel Muller est plus belle que la vôtre
Surviving Sid
Let There Be Light!
Lucky Luke and the Daltons
The Three Brothers
Peplum: la folle histoire du mariage de Cléopâtre
Serial (Bad) Weddings
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
Ducoboo
Fake News
Haters
Platane
La Cape et l'épée
Les Démons de Jésus
Les Parasites
Marrakech du rire
Daddy Cool
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2017
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
The Storytelling Show
Sixty
Park Benches
Les Bidochon
Stringer
Kemps
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
The Secret Song
People - Jet set 2
The Unexpected Getaway
Rien dans les poches
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2015
Palmashow - Very Bad Blagues
My Darling Family
Ma pire angoisse
Jamel Show
Casablanca Driver
Les seigneurs du château
Édouard et ses filles
Zapping Family
The Car Keys
Ducoboo 2: Crazy Vacation
Ducobu 5
Classico
Elie Semoun et ses monstres
Le Clone
Tous Inconnus
Tous Inconnus
Le Point Virgule fait l'Olympia - 10e édition
Moot-Moot
The Crazy Evening of Palmashow 2
Anne Roumanoff & co s'amusent !
Looking for Teddy
L'Incroyable Embouteillage
L'Incroyable Embouteillage
Love Me
Neuilly Yo Mama!
Ducobu 4 President
Who Wants to Win Millions?
Le Placard
Ducoboo 3
Iznogoud
Old School
Festival International du Rire de Liège 2015
Camille & images en hebdo
Kevgad & Friends au Fridge Comedy
Riviera
Charité biz'ness
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Elie Semoun : Tranches de vies
Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !
Soirée Pyjama
Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours
Second Chance
Départ immédiat
On aurait dû aller en Grèce
Les duos impossibles de Jérémy Ferrari : 3ème édition
3615 code Arthur et Jarry
M'rire Festival : Gala D'ouverture
Festival International du Rire de Liège 2017
Cyprien
Elie Semoun - Elie annonce Semoun
Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show
Stuck Together
Que le meilleur gagne
If I Was Him
Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public
Drôles de familles
They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!
Ducobu et le fantôme de Saint-Potache
Elie Semoun, l'effroyable vérité
A Village Almost Perfect!
Two Much for the Job
Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
La Grande Semaine
Elie & Dieudonné - En garde à vue
Que le meilleur gagne ! Le quiz des générations
I Love You Coiffure
Aux abois
Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
Babylone, police de proximité
Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire de toi, Maman ?
That's My Jam France
Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !
Made in Jamel
La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia
Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public 2
Elie Semoun - Elie annonce Semoun, la suite...
The Grand Restaurant IV
La presque soirée présidentielle
Carte Blanche à Anne Roumanoff
Elie Semoun - À Partager
Elie Semoun à l'Olympia
Everything Must Disappear
Bonsoir Monsieur Devos
Second life
Les Zacros de la Télé
La famille, ça me fait bien rire !
Un divorce de chien
Le grand show des humoristes - Spécial couples
Once Upon a Time in the Oued
Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'intégrale
Web Comedy Awards
Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'essentiel
Arnaud Ducret dans tous ses états
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2018
Camping : histoire d'un succès
Élie & Dieudonné
Emilie Jolie
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2016
My Old Man
Les Grandes Bouches
Elie Semoun - Merki...
Elie Semoun se prend pour qui ?
Les petites annonces la suite de la suite
Les petites annonces d'Elie - La suite...
Les Galas Juste Pour Rire: Un monde sans femme
Le grand show des humoristes
Elie Semoun - Elie et Semoun au Palais des Glaces
Muriel Robin, oser être soi...
Elie annonce Semoun, la suite de la suite
Le meilleur des annonces d'Elie Semoun
20 sketches, une vie
