Biography
Michaël Benayoun (born 1973), known professionally as Michaël Youn, is a French actor, singer, comedian and television personality.
Youn was born Michaël Benayoun in Suresnes, France, to a family of Hungarian, Italian, Moroccan-Jewish, and Algerian-Jewish descent.
After his education as an announcer and theater actor, Youn joined the Paris radio station Skyrock in 1998. There, he made sketches and further entertainment during the morning show.
The popularity and success of Michael Youn, at the most important French private broadcast station brought Youn to the attention of French TV executives. In July 2000, he was hired for the new morning show "Morning Live" shown on Métropole 6. With Vincent Desagnat and Benjamin Morgaine, Youn did the entertainment part of the show. Like their sketches and public events (e.g. foam bath in a Paris fountain, and waking random Parisians up shooting the slogan of the show at them), their parodies were particularly successful. In particular, they parodied the music scene of Jean-Michel Jarre, casting-popstars, the Grand Prix and French rappers.
The success of "Morning Live" was mainly due to Youn and his colleagues – when they left the show, it remained on the air for just one more year.
After leaving "Morning Live" in 2002, Youn, Desagnat and Morgaine have focused on their music parodies: The three sailors "Piotr", "Olaff" and "Dvorjak" from the Eastern European "Slowakistan", the Bratisla Boys, appeared on the Western music market with their song "Stach Stach". The act became a big success and was number one on the French charts for ten weeks. On a 2004 list of the all-time best selling CDs in France, "Stach Stach" was listed number 30. The success even spread beyond the French border and reached Switzerland, where it was 2nd on the official charts. On 7 July 2002, the project was stopped by its makers. They claimed that the Bratisla Boys had vanished on the Dead Sea without a trace.
In 2003, the film "La Beuze", written by Youn and Desagnat, was released. Youn played the character of Alphonse, the "unknown son" of James Brown, who tries to start his own career – by creating a new (fictional) style called "Frunkp" (a mixture of funk and rap). The song "Le Frunkp" was published as a CD-single and Michaël Youn (under the name of Alphonse Brown) had another hit. This time, he even reached #1 in Swiss charts.
Youn had a comedy-tour, called Pluskapoil in 2003/04 (its sequel followed in 2005) and has acted in films. New music projects followed: Les Conards (The Imbeciles) with Comme des Connards, a cover version of My Sharona by The Knack, as well as a song for the movie Iznogoud (both were in the French Top 20). He had small roles in rather big films, and was part of Les 11 commandements in 2004 (A French film done in the style of MTV's Jackass, together with Desagnat and Morgaine).
In 2005, Youn was Iznogoud in the film version of the comic "Iznogoud" (also known as Isnogud). In 2006, he had the main role in the film comedy Incontrôlable. Those two films were not very successful, critics and viewers finding them only so-so. Both films starred Desagnat and Morgaine, but only in small roles.
In 2010, he directed his first movie "Fatal" in which he also stars. ...
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Filmography
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Movies 67
TV Shows 25
self 25
Director 4
Voice 2
C'est le monde à l'envers ! (2024)
Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans ! (2024)
Superpapa (2023)
BDE (2023)
Maman, ne me laisse pas m'endormir (2022)
Quelle époque ! (2022)
Arnaud Ducret dans tous ses états (2022)
They Love Each Other... Well, Almost! (2022)
Fugueuse (2021)
A French Case (2021)
Samedi Sébastien (2021)
M'abandonne pas (2021)
Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous (2021)
District Z (2020)
Connectés (2020)
Divorce Club (2020)
Le grand show des humoristes (2020)
Le Morning Night (2020)
Michael Youn - Du Morning Live à Divorce Club (2020)
Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés (2020)
Lucky (2020)
L'Émission de McFly & Carlito (2020)
Meet the Malawas (2019)
Kem's (2019)
Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu (2019)
No Filter (2019)
Watch Me Burn (2018)
Deux gouttes d'eau (2018)
Christ(Off) (2018)
Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique ! (2018)
Les Bracelets rouges (2018)
Brillantissime (2018)
Enfoirés Kids (2017)
Carbone (2017)
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés (2017)
Sahara (2017)
Mon frère bien-aimé (2016)
À l'état sauvage (2016)
The Canterville Ghost (2016)
Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés (2016)
Disney : Au Cœur de la Magie des Parcs (2015)
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2015 (2015)
Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés (2015)
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui (2014)
Family Business (2014)
Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés (2014)
Le Débarquement 2 (2013)
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2013 (2013)
Vive la France (2013)
Le Débarquement (2013)
Le Débarquement (2013)
The Crossing (2012)
Le Chef (2012)
Wok the Kasbah (2011)
Fatal (2010)
It's Only TV (2010)
Paris Express (2010)
Lucky Luke (2009)
C à vous (2009)
Panique dans l'oreillette (2008)
Tu peux garder un secret ? (2008)
N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels (2008)
Le Pire du Morning Live 2 (2007)
Moot-Moot (2007)
Héros (2007)
Le Pire du Morning Live (2006)
Salut les Terriens ! (2006)
Muppets TV (2006)
Vivre c'est mieux que mourir (2006)
Incontrôlable (2006)
Michaël Youn - Pluskapoil (2005)
Iznogoud (2005)
One Stays, the Other Leaves (2005)
The Box (2004)
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
La chanson de l'année (2004)
The 11 Commandments (2004)
Les 11 commandements inédits (2004)
The Car Keys (2003)
La Méthode Cauet (2003)
Chouchou (2003)
The Dope (2003)
Star Academy (2001)
Philosophale (2001)
Morning live (2000)
Vivement dimanche (1998)
Victoires de la musique (1985)
Le Jardinier
Flashback
Lucky Luke
Rahan
Avec vue sous la mer
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GenderMale
Birthday1973-12-02 (50 years old)
Birth PlaceSuresnes, France
Height176-centimeter
RelationshipsIsabelle Funaro, Juliette Arnaud (1998-01-01 - 2004-01-01), Elsa Pataky (2004-01-01 - 2006-01-01)
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsMichaël Benayoun
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