Élie Semoun

Acting

Born Oct 16, 1963

From Paris, France

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

Known For

Asterix at the Olympic Games

Serial (Bad) Weddings

The Gardener

Porn in the Hood

Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion

Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods

Lucky Luke and the Daltons

Surviving Sid

The Three Brothers

Stuck Together

Filmography — Acting

Asterix at the Olympic Games

Serial (Bad) Weddings

The Gardener

Porn in the Hood

Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion

Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods

Lucky Luke and the Daltons

Surviving Sid

The Three Brothers

Stuck Together

Ducoboo

Haters

Cyprien

Let There Be Light!

Neuilly Yo Mama!

Ducoboo 3

Classico

Park Benches

Iznogoud

Jamel Show

The Car Keys

Two Much for the Job

Second Chance

Ducobu 4 President

Les Bidochon

Les Démons de Jésus

My Darling Family

Ducoboo 2: Crazy Vacation

Once Upon a Time in the Oued

Ducobu Goes Green!

Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur

Looking for Teddy

Second life

Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique

If I Was Him

On aurait dû aller en Grèce

Les Parasites

Everything Must Disappear

Love Me

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

Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000

I Love You Coiffure

People : Jet Set 2

The Grand Restaurant IV

Le Placard

Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !

Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours

Casablanca Driver

Fake News

Ce soir, c'est Palmashow

Rien dans les poches

Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show

Papa veut pas que je t'épouse

Old School

Sixty

Un divorce de chien

Tous Inconnus

They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!

Riviera

Daddy Cool

Soirée Pyjama

Départ immédiat

Peplum: la folle histoire du mariage de Cléopâtre

Le Clone

20 sketches, une vie

Aux abois

La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia