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". ...
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Filmography
all 152
Movies 122
self 63
TV Shows 30
Voice 4
Creator 2
Director 1
Ducobu 5 (2024)
L'Incroyable Embouteillage (2023)
Elie Semoun et ses monstres (2023)
Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours (2023)
My Old Man (2023)
Bonsoir Monsieur Devos (2023)
Elie Semoun, l'effroyable vérité (2022)
Anne Roumanoff & co s'amusent ! (2022)
The Grand Restaurant IV (2022)
Tous Inconnus (2022)
Classico (2022)
Arnaud Ducret dans tous ses états (2022)
Two Much for the Job (2022)
Le Marrakech du rire 2022 : les 10 ans (2022)
Ducobu 4 President (2022)
That's My Jam France (2022)
They Love Each Other... Well, Almost! (2022)
Drôles de familles (2022)
Haters (2021)
Les seigneurs du château (2021)
Stuck Together (2021)
Camping : histoire d'un succès (2021)
Patrick & Sebastien Vs The Fake News (2021)
Le grand show des humoristes - Spécial couples (2021)
Kevgad & Friends au Fridge Comedy (2021)
I Love You Coiffure (2020)
Le grand show des humoristes (2020)
Ducoboo 3 (2020)
Kem's (2019)
Peplum: la folle histoire du mariage de Cléopâtre (2019)
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2019 (2019)
Sixty (2019)
Ce soir, c'est Palmashow (2019)
Soirée Pyjama (2019)
The secret song (2018)
Muriel Robin, oser être soi... (2018)
Neuilly sa mère, sa mère ! (2018)
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2018 (2018)
Looking for Teddy (2018)
3615 code Arthur et Jarry (2018)
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (2018)
La famille, ça me fait bien rire ! (2018)
20 sketches, une vie (2018)
Elie Semoun - À Partager (2017)
M'rire Festival : Gala D'ouverture (2017)
Festival International du Rire de Liège 2017 (2017)
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2017 (2017)
Le Point Virgule fait l'Olympia - 10e édition (2017)
Le meilleur des annonces d'Elie Semoun (2017)
La presque soirée présidentielle (2017)
Les duos impossibles de Jérémy Ferrari : 3ème édition (2016)
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2016 (2016)
Like Me (2016)
Festival International du Rire de Liège 2015 (2015)
Capitaine Marleau (2015)
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2015 (2015)
Le placard (2015)
Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène ! (2015)
La Folle Soirée du Palmashow 2 (2015)
Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show (2015)
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui (2014)
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods (2014)
A Village Almost Perfect! (2014)
Louis de Funès, 100 ans de Rire (2014)
Serial (Bad) Weddings (2014)
Départ immédiat (2012)
Elie Semoun : Tranches de vies (2012)
La Parenthèse inattendue (2012)
Porn in the Hood (2012)
Ducoboo 2: Crazy Vacation (2012)
Emilie Jolie (2011)
Platane (2011)
bref. (2011)
Carte Blanche à Anne Roumanoff (2011)
Ducoboo (2011)
Palmashow - Very Bad Blagues (2011)
Second Chance (2011)
The Storytelling Show (2010)
Un divorce de chien (2010)
Elie Semoun - Merki... (2009)
Neuilly Yo Mama! (2009)
Park Benches (2009)
Cyprien (2009)
Rien dans les poches (2008)
Ice Age: Surviving Sid (2008)
Panique dans l'oreillette (2008)
Les petites annonces la suite de la suite (2008)
Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'essentiel (2008)
Daddy Cool (2008)
Astérix at the Olympic Games (2008)
Moot-Moot (2007)
Elie annonce Semoun, la suite de la suite (2007)
Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public 2 (2006)
Salut les Terriens ! (2006)
Muppets TV (2006)
Les Galas Juste Pour Rire: Un monde sans femme (2006)
Elie Semoun se prend pour qui ? (2006)
Riviera (2006)
Zapping Family (2005)
SAV des émissions (2005)
Once Upon a Time in the Oued (2005)
Aux abois (2005)
La vie de Michel Muller est plus belle que la vôtre (2005)
Iznogoud (2005)
Kaamelott (2005)
La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia (2004)
Lucky Luke and the Daltons (2004)
People - Jet set 2 (2004)
Les Zacros de la Télé (2004)
The Car Keys (2003)
Les petites annonces d'Elie - La suite... (2003)
Elie Semoun - Elie annonce Semoun, la suite... (2003)
20h10 pétantes (2003)
Who Want to Be a Millionaire? (2003)
Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public (2003)
Elie Semoun à l'Olympia (2002)
Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'intégrale (2002)
If I Was Him (2002)
Elie Semoun - Elie annonce Semoun (2002)
Burger Quiz (2001)
La Cape et l'épée (2000)
Second life (2000)
Old School (2000)
Elie Semoun - Elie et Semoun au Palais des Glaces (1999)
Stringer (1999)
Franck Dubosc - J'vous ai pas raconté ? (1999)
Les Grandes Bouches (1999)
Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000 (1999)
Les Parasites (1999)
Vivement dimanche (1998)
Vivement dimanche prochain (1998)
Charité biz'ness (1998)
Let There Be Light! (1998)
Le Clone (1998)
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur (1998)
Everything Must Disappear (1997)
Les Démons de Jésus (1997)
Les Bidochon (1996)
Elie et Dieudonné - En garde à vue (1996)
The Three Brothers (1995)
Gadget Boy & Heather (1995)
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique (1995)
Les enfants de la télé (1994)
Studio Gabriel (1994)
Elie et Dieudonné - Une certaine idée de la France (1994)
Zone interdite (1993)
Coucou c'est nous ! (1992)
Élie et Dieudonné (1992)
Édouard et ses filles (1990)
Fort Boyard (1990)
Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire de toi, Maman ?
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GenderMale
Birthday1963-10-16 (60 years old)
Birth PlaceParis, France
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsÉlie Sémoun, Élie Semhoun, Elie Semhoun, Elie Semoun
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