Élie Semoun
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.
Camping : histoire d'un succès
(Self - Actor)
Bonsoir Monsieur Devos
(Self)
Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours
Asterix at the Olympic Games
(Omega)
Ducobu 4 President
(Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche)
My Darling Family
Les Démons de Jésus
(Gérard)
La presque soirée présidentielle
(Lionel Navire)
Les Parasites
(Brigadier Schmitt)
Départ immédiat
(Self)
Elie Semoun et ses monstres
(Self)
Everything Must Disappear
(Gerard Piche)
The Three Brothers
(Brice, le bras droit de Steven)
Cyprien
(Cyprien / Jack Price)
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Park Benches
(Womanizer # 2)
Ducoboo
(Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche)
Le grand show des humoristes - Spécial couples
(Self)
Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'intégrale
(Various Characters)
Second Chance
(Philippe Markus)
The Storytelling Show
(Éric (voice))
Les Grandes Bouches
(Fichier)
Les seigneurs du château
(Self)
The Car Keys
(Actor who refuses to film with Laurent)
Le Clone
(Thomas)
Elie Semoun - Merki...
(Self)
Elie Semoun se prend pour qui ?
(Self)
Elie Semoun - Elie et Semoun au Palais des Glaces
(Self)
Elie Semoun - Elie annonce Semoun, la suite...
(Various Characters)
Ducobu 5
(Gustave Latouche)
Carte Blanche à Anne Roumanoff
(Self)
Elie Semoun à l'Olympia
(Self)
Riviera
(Romansky)
Second life
(Steve Michaud)
Aux abois
(Paul Duméry)
Ducoboo 2: Crazy Vacation
(Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche)
Drôles de familles
(Self)
La vie de Michel Muller est plus belle que la vôtre
(Elie Semoun)
Stringer
(Filo)
Élie & Dieudonné
(Self)
Elie & Dieudonné - Une certaine idée de la France
(Self)
Elie & Dieudonné - En garde à vue
(Self)
They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!
(Philippe)
Elie Semoun : Tranches de vies
(Self)
Classico
(Ernest)
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
(Cubitus (voice))
Les Zacros de la Télé
(Self - Guest)
Elie Semoun - Elie annonce Semoun
(Various Characters)
Emilie Jolie
(Belzébuth / The Charming Prince (voice))
Soirée Pyjama
(Self - Guest)
If I Was Him
(Tristan)
Un divorce de chien
(Julien)
Two Much for the Job
(RAF)
Ice Age: Surviving Sid
(Additional Voices (voice))
Let There Be Light!
(Dieu le magasinier)
Les Bidochon
(René)
Zapping Family
(Vivien Kechiche)
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans
(Self)
Le meilleur des annonces d'Elie Semoun
(Self)
Porn in the Hood
(Elie Semoun)
Arnaud Ducret dans tous ses états
(Self)
La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia
(Self)
Elie annonce Semoun, la suite de la suite
(Various Characters)
Sixty
(Self - Comedian)
Neuilly Yo Mama!
(Huissier)
A Village Almost Perfect!
(Denis)
Old School
(Frère de Ramzy - Dealer)
Tous Inconnus
(("Maitresses et patients" segment))
Tous Inconnus
(("Le Commissariat de Police" segment))
La Folle Soirée du Palmashow 2
(Self)
Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public
(Self)
Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public 2
(Self)
Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'essentiel
(Various Characters)
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2015
(Self)
The Grand Restaurant IV
Anne Roumanoff & co s'amusent !
(Self)
Le Placard
(François Pignon)
Meudon rire de tout - 2ème édition
(Self)
People - Jet set 2
(Cyril Legall)
On aurait dû aller en Grèce
(Capitaine Fiama)
Babylone, police de proximité
Jamel Show
(Self)
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2016
(Self)
Marrakech du rire
(Self)
Casablanca Driver
(M. X)
Les duos impossibles de Jérémy Ferrari : 3ème édition
(Self)
Lucky Luke and the Daltons
(Doxey / Le douanier américain / Le douanier mexicain)
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2017
(Self)
Once Upon a Time in the Oued
(Le maître d'hôtel)
Festival International du Rire de Liège 2017
(Self)
M'rire Festival : Gala D'ouverture
(Self)
Le Point Virgule fait l'Olympia - 10e édition
(Self)
Festival International du Rire de Liège 2015
(Self)
Elie Semoun - À Partager
(Self)
20 sketches, une vie
(Self)
Les petites annonces d'Elie - La suite...
(Various Characters)
Les petites annonces la suite de la suite
(Various Characters)
La famille, ça me fait bien rire !
(Self)
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
(Cubitus (voice))
Looking for Teddy
(Gouthard)
Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show
(Self)
Charité biz'ness
(Momo / Masipu)
Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
(Self - Guest)
Serial (Bad) Weddings
(Psychologist)
Daddy Cool
(L'automobiliste énervé)
Ducoboo 3
(Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche)
Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !
(Tapiro)
Peplum: la folle histoire du mariage de Cléopâtre
(Pompilus)
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2018
(Self)
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire de toi, Maman ?
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !
(Self)
Le grand show des humoristes
(Self)
Muriel Robin, oser être soi...
(Self)
Rien dans les poches
(Marco Abitbol)
I Love You Coiffure
(M. Gomez (segment "La Réunion de chantier"))
Les Galas Juste Pour Rire: Un monde sans femme
(Chief Biker)
My Old Man
(Elie)
Stuck Together
(Policier)
Fake News
(The presenter of online betting)
Muppets TV
(Self - Guest (3))
Haters
(Bertrand)
Iznogoud
(un prince)
Kevgad & Friends au Fridge Comedy
(Self)
Salut les Terriens !
(Self - Guest)
Bref
(Elie Semoun)
Kaamelott
(le Répurgateur)
La Parenthèse inattendue
(Self)
Vivement dimanche prochain
(Self)
L'Incroyable Embouteillage
(Jean-Etienne)
Our dear neighbors
(Ludovic Frantini)
Scènes de ménages
(le concierge pervers de l'immeuble de Marion et Cédric)
Scènes de ménages
(Concierge pervers)
Caméra Café
(le gardien de nuit)
The secret song
(Self)
Capitaine Marleau
(Lieutenant Hazarski)
3615 code Arthur et Jarry
(Self - Special Appearance)
Zone interdite
(Self)
That's My Jam France
(Self - Guest)
Kem's
(Self)
Moot-Moot
(Les Patel et Le Représentant (voice))
Elie Semoun, l'effroyable vérité
(Self)
La Cape et l'épée
(Ménestrel)
Burger Quiz
(Self)
Camille & images en hebdo
(Self)
La Grande Semaine
(Self - Guest)
Platane
(Elie Semoun)
Panique dans l'oreillette
(Self)
Star Academy
(Self)
Fort Boyard
(Self)
L'Incroyable Embouteillage
(Mathieu)
Vivement dimanche
(Self)
Palmashow - Very Bad Blagues
(Napoléon)
Édouard et ses filles
(Bertrand)
Que le meilleur gagne
(Self - Candidate)
Who Want to Be a Millionaire?
(Self - Contestant)
Téléthon
Ducobu 4 President
(Director)
Cyprien
(Author)
Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'intégrale
(Director)
Ducoboo 3
(Writer)
Ducobu 4 President
(Writer)
Ducobu 5
(Writer)
Le meilleur des annonces d'Elie Semoun
(Director)
Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'essentiel
(Production Design)
Elie Semoun à l'Olympia
(Writer)
Elie Semoun - Elie annonce Semoun, la suite...
(Director)
Elie Semoun et ses monstres
(Author)
Elie Semoun - À Partager
(Scenario Writer)
Les petites annonces d'Elie - La suite...
(Creator)
Les petites annonces la suite de la suite
(Creator)
Ducobu 5
(Director)
Elie & Dieudonné - Une certaine idée de la France
(Scenic Artist)
Elie & Dieudonné - En garde à vue
(Scenic Artist)
Ducoboo 3
(Director)
My Old Man
(Writer)