Matthieu Tota, is the son of professional footballer André Tota and his mother is Brigitte Tota. His parents divorced in 1998 when he was just 13. As a child, he studied at an elementary school in Hohberg, and later at Collège Paul-Émile Victor in Mundolsheim, and Lycée Aristide Briand inSchiltigheim near Strasbourg. As a young man, football (soccer) became his first ambition and he wanted to be a professional player. But he opted for music. Matthieu Tota explained about the origin of his name Pokora in an interview during the documentary Mis à jour broadcast on 26 August 2010 about him on NRJ 12 television station. He said he was searching for an artistic name and happened to be talking to his grand mother of Polish origin and the importance of humility came up. So he asked her how do we say humility in Polish language and she said "pokora". So Matthieu immediately decided to call himself Pokora. Matt came from his name Matthieu. So he became to be known by his stage name Matt Pokora. He earned some public attention as a member of French R&B group Mic Unity.
Match des héros
(Self)
L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc
(Self)
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Les grandes ambitions
(Yvan)
M Pokora - Concert à Bercy
(himself)
À la poursuite du bonheur Tour
(himself)
Avec Florent Pagny, tout le monde ELA
(Self)
Tous avec le Maroc
(Self)
Florent Pagny : Le Phénix
(Self)
Céline Dion, le grand show
(Self)
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
(Self)
Robin des bois - Le spectacle musical
(Robin des Bois)
Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés
Tous Inconnus
(("Athlétisme" segment))
Soprano : le documentaire événement
(Self)
The Grand Restaurant IV
La Folle Histoire de Jeff Panacloc
(Self)
Les copains d'abord font du ski
(Self)
M Pokora - Red Tour
(Himself)
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
M Pokora - My Way Tour Live
La Folie Disneyland Paris : L'Anniversaire des 25 ans du Parc
(Self)
The First Forgotten
(Axel)
Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés
Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés
M Pokora - Le concert événement au Châtelet
(Self)
Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !
(Self)
I Love You Coiffure
(Chantal's Companion (segment "Final"))
Génération Rap RnB 2
(Self)
Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés
Muppets TV
(Self - Guest (23))
Matt Pokora - Pyramide Tour
Matt Pokora : 20 ans d'amour avec les Belges
Vitaa, je m’appelle Charlotte
Scènes de ménages
(Mathéo - Voisin de Marion et Cédric)
The Voice : La Plus Belle Voix
(Self - Coach)
En direct de l'univers
(Self)
Fort Boyard
(Self)
Télématin
(Self)
Fort Boyard, toujours plus fort !
(Self - Candidate (archive footage))
It's Only TV
(Self - Guest)
La Parenthèse inattendue
(Self)
Camille & Images
(Self)
Our dear neighbors
(Antoine)
The Voice Kids
(Coach Matt)
The secret song
(Self)
Ça va bien se passer, Dadju
(Self)
NRJ Music Awards
(Self - Nominated)
Basique, le concert
(Self - Performer)
La chanson de l'année
(Self)
Star Academy
Champs-Elysées
(Self)
Star Academy
(Self)
À l'état sauvage
(Self)
Danse avec les stars
(Self - Judge)
Danse avec les stars
(Self - Candidate)