Élie Semoun
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
166
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
Kaamelott
Fort Boyard
Quotidien
Vivement dimanche
Sacrée Soirée
The Gardener
Zone interdite
Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours
Serial (Bad) Weddings
La vie de Michel Muller est plus belle que la vôtre
Caméra Café
Bref
Porn in the Hood
Burger Quiz
Capitaine Marleau
Elie & Dieudonné - En garde à vue
People - Jet set 2
Les Bidochon
Lucky Luke and the Daltons
Salut les Terriens !
Haters
Festival International du Rire de Liège 2015
Vivement dimanche prochain
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2017
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
The Storytelling Show
Asterix at the Olympic Games
Classico
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Les Parasites
Le Point Virgule fait l'Olympia - 10e édition
Maigret
Sixty
Kemps
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2015
Casablanca Driver
Le Clone
Old School
Surviving Sid
Tous Inconnus
Tous Inconnus
Téléthon
Riviera
On aurait dû aller en Grèce
Fake News
Iznogoud
Elie & Dieudonné - Une certaine idée de la France
Love Me
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
Two Much for the Job
Stringer
Ducobu 4 President
Second life
Ducoboo 3
Le Placard
Looking for Teddy
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
Platane
The Three Brothers
Départ immédiat
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2016
The Unexpected Getaway
Soirée Pyjama
Ducoboo 2: Crazy Vacation
Daddy Cool
Rien dans les poches
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
Palmashow - Very Bad Blagues
Un divorce de chien
Festival International du Rire de Liège 2017
Ducoboo
Les Démons de Jésus
Cyprien
Drôles de familles
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2018
Neuilly Yo Mama!
The Secret Song
Zapping Family
My Darling Family
Panique dans l'oreillette
Ma pire angoisse
The Car Keys
Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
Once Upon a Time in the Oued
La Cape et l'épée
Meudon rire de tout - 2ème édition
Anne Roumanoff & co s'amusent !
Park Benches
Ducobu Goes Green!
Second Chance
Marrakech du rire
Charité biz'ness
Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !
Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public
Papa veut pas que je t'épouse
Moot-Moot
Que le meilleur gagne
Peplum: la folle histoire du mariage de Cléopâtre
Élie & Dieudonné
If I Was Him
Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
Elie annonce Semoun, la suite de la suite
Elie Semoun : Tranches de vies
Who Wants to Win Millions?
Les 100 vidéos qui ont fait rire le monde entier
The Crazy Evening of Palmashow 2
Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire de toi, Maman ?
Elie Semoun - Elie annonce Semoun, la suite...
Let There Be Light!
Les seigneurs du château
L'Incroyable Embouteillage
L'Incroyable Embouteillage
La famille, ça me fait bien rire !
I Love You Coiffure
Elie Semoun et ses monstres
Le grand show des humoristes - Spécial couples
Kevgad & Friends au Fridge Comedy
Stuck Together
La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia
Ducobu et le fantôme de Saint-Potache
Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !
Aux abois
Everything Must Disappear
Édouard et ses filles
They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!
A Village Almost Perfect!
Emilie Jolie
Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'intégrale
Carte Blanche à Anne Roumanoff
3615 code Arthur et Jarry
Camille & images en hebdo
The Grand Restaurant IV
Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show
Les Grandes Bouches
Que le meilleur gagne ! Le quiz des générations
Babylone, police de proximité
La Grande Semaine
My Old Man
Jamel Show
That's My Jam France
Web Comedy Awards
M'rire Festival : Gala D'ouverture
Made in Jamel
Le grand show des humoristes
Les duos impossibles de Jérémy Ferrari : 3ème édition
Le meilleur des annonces d'Elie Semoun
Elie Semoun se prend pour qui ?
Elie Semoun à l'Olympia
Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public 2
Arnaud Ducret dans tous ses états
Elie Semoun, l'effroyable vérité
Les Galas Juste Pour Rire: Un monde sans femme
20 sketches, une vie
Muriel Robin, oser être soi...
Bonsoir Monsieur Devos
Camping : histoire d'un succès
Elie Semoun - À Partager
Les Zacros de la Télé
Les petites annonces d'Elie - La suite...
La presque soirée présidentielle
Elie Semoun - Elie annonce Semoun
Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'essentiel
Les petites annonces la suite de la suite
Elie Semoun - Elie et Semoun au Palais des Glaces
Elie Semoun - Merki...
