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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 16, 1963
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also Known As
- Élie Sémoun
- Élie Semhoun
- Elie Semhoun
- Elie Semoun
Élie Semoun
0.2 Popularity
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". ... Source: Article "Élie Semoun" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
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Gustave Latouche
Ducobu et le fantôme de Saint-Potache
2026
6.1
Dr Rouma
The Gardener
2025
5.2
Capitaine Fiama
On aurait dû aller en Grèce
2024
9.0
04 - Équipe Boomers (+ 60 ans)
Que le meilleur gagne ! Le quiz des générations
2024
5.5
My Darling Family
2024
0.0
Self - Guest
La Grande Semaine
2024
4.3
Gustave Latouche
Ducobu Goes Green!
2024
0.0
Self
Meudon rire de tout - 2ème édition
2023
6.5
Self
Camille & images en hebdo
2023
5.0
Jean-Etienne
L'Incroyable Embouteillage
2023
Credits
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Ducobu et le fantôme de Saint-Potache
as Gustave Latouche
2026
0.0
The Gardener
as Dr Rouma
2025
6.1
On aurait dû aller en Grèce
as Capitaine Fiama
2024
5.2
Que le meilleur gagne ! Le quiz des générations
as 04 - Équipe Boomers (+ 60 ans)
2024
9.0
My Darling Family
2024
5.5
La Grande Semaine
as Self - Guest
2024
0.0
Ducobu Goes Green!
as Gustave Latouche
2024
4.3
Meudon rire de tout - 2ème édition
as Self
2023
0.0
Camille & images en hebdo
as Self
2023
6.5
L'Incroyable Embouteillage
as Jean-Etienne
2023
5.0
L'Incroyable Embouteillage
as Mathieu
2023
5.0
Elie Semoun et ses monstres
as Self
2023
6.0
Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours
2023
7.8
My Old Man
as Elie
2023
0.0
Bonsoir Monsieur Devos
as Self
2023
0.0
Elie Semoun, l'effroyable vérité
as Self
2022
0.0
Anne Roumanoff & co s'amusent !
as Self
2022
0.0
The Grand Restaurant IV
2022
8.0
Tous Inconnus
as ("Maitresses et patients" segment)
2022
3.4
Tous Inconnus
as ("Le Commissariat de Police" segment)
2022
3.4
Classico
as Ernest
2022
4.9
Arnaud Ducret dans tous ses états
as Self
2022
5.0
Two Much for the Job
as RAF
2022
5.0
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans
as Self
2022
5.8
Ducobu 4 President
as Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche
2022
4.2
That's My Jam France
as Self - Guest
2022
0.0
They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!
as Philippe
2022
5.1
Drôles de familles
as Self
2022
0.0
Haters
as Bertrand
2021
3.7
Les seigneurs du château
as Self
2021
6.0
Stuck Together
as Policier
2021
5.9
Camping : histoire d'un succès
as Self - Actor
2021
6.0
Fake News
as The presenter of online betting
2021
4.0
Le grand show des humoristes - Spécial couples
as Self
2021
0.0
Kevgad & Friends au Fridge Comedy
as Self
2021
0.0
I Love You Coiffure
as M. Gomez (segment "La Réunion de chantier")
2020
3.8
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Le grand show des humoristes
as Self
2020
0.0
Ducoboo 3
as Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche
2020
5.4
Kemps
as Self
2019
0.0
Peplum: la folle histoire du mariage de Cléopâtre
as Pompilus
2019
7.0
Sixty
as Self - Comedian
2019
6.0
Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
as Self - Guest
2019
7.0
Soirée Pyjama
as Self - Guest
2019
0.0
The Secret Song
as Self
2018
8.0
Muriel Robin, oser être soi...
as Self
2018
0.0
Les 100 vidéos qui ont fait rire le monde entier
as Self
2018
6.0
Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !
as Tapiro
2018
5.4
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2018
as Self
2018
6.7
Looking for Teddy
as Gouthard
2018
5.4
3615 code Arthur et Jarry
as Self - Special Appearance
2018
1.0
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
as Cubitus (voice)
2018
6.8
La famille, ça me fait bien rire !
as Self
2018
6.0
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20 sketches, une vie
as Self
2018
0.0
Elie Semoun - À Partager
as Self
2017
8.7
M'rire Festival : Gala D'ouverture
as Self
2017
0.0
Festival International du Rire de Liège 2017
as Self
2017
0.0
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2017
as Self
2017
7.7
Le Point Virgule fait l'Olympia - 10e édition
as Self
2017
0.0
Le meilleur des annonces d'Elie Semoun
as Self
2017
0.0
La presque soirée présidentielle
as Lionel Navire
2017
0.0
Les duos impossibles de Jérémy Ferrari : 3ème édition
as Self
2016
6.9
Quotidien
as Self - Guest
2016
5.4
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2016
as Self
2016
7.0
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Festival International du Rire de Liège 2015
as Self
2015
0.0
Capitaine Marleau
as Lieutenant Hazarski
2015
6.0
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2015
as Self
2015
7.0
Le Placard
as François Pignon
2015
5.4
Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !
as Self
2015
7.3
The Crazy Evening of Palmashow 2
as Self
2015
7.3
Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show
as Self
2015
5.8
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
8.0
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
as Cubitus (voice)
2014
6.8
A Village Almost Perfect!
as Denis
2014
5.4
Ma pire angoisse
as Le médecin
2014
7.8
Serial (Bad) Weddings
as Psychologist
2014
6.7
Départ immédiat
as Self
2012
0.0
Elie Semoun : Tranches de vies
as Self
2012
5.2
The Unexpected Getaway
as Self
2012
8.5
Porn in the Hood
as Elie Semoun
2012
5.0
Ducoboo 2: Crazy Vacation
as Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche
2012
4.7
Emilie Jolie
as Belzébuth / The Charming Prince (voice)
2011
6.9
Platane
as Elie Semoun
2011
7.3
Bref
as Elie Semoun
2011
8.1
Carte Blanche à Anne Roumanoff
as Self
2011
3.5
Ducoboo
as Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche
2011
4.9
Marrakech du rire
as Self
2011
5.6
Palmashow - Very Bad Blagues
as Napoléon
2011
8.4
Second Chance
as Philippe Markus
2011
5.7
Made in Jamel
2010
5.2
The Storytelling Show
as Éric (voice)
2010
5.5
Un divorce de chien
as Julien
2010
5.9
Elie Semoun - Merki...
as Self
2009
6.0
C à vous
as Self - Guest
2009
6.1
Neuilly Yo Mama!
as Huissier
2009
6.0
Park Benches
as Womanizer # 2
2009
5.3
Cyprien
as Cyprien / Jack Price
2009
3.9
Rien dans les poches
as Marco Abitbol
2008
4.3
Surviving Sid
as Additional Voices (voice)
2008
6.2
Panique dans l'oreillette
as Self
2008
5.3
Les petites annonces la suite de la suite
as Various Characters
2008
5.7
Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'essentiel
as Various Characters
2008
5.4
Daddy Cool
as L'automobiliste énervé
2008
4.7
Asterix at the Olympic Games
as Omega
2008
5.2
Moot-Moot
as Les Patel et Le Représentant (voice)
2007
10.0
Elie annonce Semoun, la suite de la suite
as Various Characters
2007
5.3
Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public 2
as Self
2006
5.9
Salut les Terriens !
as Self - Guest
2006
3.7
Les Galas Juste Pour Rire: Un monde sans femme
as Chief Biker
2006
8.0
Elie Semoun se prend pour qui ?
as Self
2006
5.2
Riviera
as Romansky
2006
3.0
Zapping Family
as Vivien Kechiche
2005
6.5
Once Upon a Time in the Oued
as Le maître d'hôtel
2005
5.5
Aux abois
as Paul Duméry
2005
4.5
La vie de Michel Muller est plus belle que la vôtre
as Elie Semoun
2005
4.6
Iznogoud
as un prince
2005
3.9
Kaamelott
as le Répurgateur
2005
8.4
La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia
as Self
2004
0.0
Lucky Luke and the Daltons
as Doxey / Le douanier américain / Le douanier mexicain
2004
3.7
Casablanca Driver
as M. X
2004
5.8
People : Jet Set 2
as Cyril Legall
2004
3.4
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Les Zacros de la Télé
as Self - Guest
2004
6.0
The Car Keys
as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
2003
5.2
Les petites annonces d'Elie - La suite...
as Various Characters
2003
4.5
Elie Semoun - Elie annonce Semoun, la suite...
as Various Characters
2003
5.4
Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public
as Self
2003
6.2
Elie Semoun à l'Olympia
as Self
2002
6.4
Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'intégrale
as Various Characters
2002
6.2
If I Was Him
as Tristan
2002
4.3
Elie Semoun - Elie annonce Semoun
as Various Characters
2002
5.5
Caméra Café
as le gardien de nuit
2001
6.8
Burger Quiz
as Self
2001
7.3
La Cape et l'épée
as Ménestrel
2000
6.5
Second life
as Steve Michaud
2000
4.9
Old School
as Frère de Ramzy - Dealer
2000
4.2
Who Wants to Win Millions?
as Self - Contestant
2000
4.0
Love Me
as The lover
2000
5.0
Jamel Show
as Self
1999
6.0
Elie Semoun - Elie et Semoun au Palais des Glaces
as Self
1999
8.0
Stringer
as Filo
1999
2.8
Les Grandes Bouches
as Fichier
1999
5.8
Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
1999
6.3
Les Parasites
as Brigadier Schmitt
1999
6.2
Vivement dimanche
as Self
1998
3.0
Vivement dimanche prochain
as Self
1998
3.4
Charité biz'ness
as Momo / Masipu
1998
4.5
Let There Be Light!
as Dieu le magasinier
1998
5.8
Le Clone
as Thomas
1998
2.6
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
1998
7.2
Everything Must Disappear
as Gerard Piche
1997
4.5
Les Démons de Jésus
as Gérard
1997
6.6
Les Bidochon
as René
1996
2.9
Elie & Dieudonné - En garde à vue
as Self
1996
5.7
The Three Brothers
as Brice, le bras droit de Steven
1995
6.9
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
1995
6.0
Elie & Dieudonné - Une certaine idée de la France
as Self
1994
6.0
Zone interdite
as Self
1993
5.0
Papa veut pas que je t'épouse
as Brad Meltclaff
1992
0.0
Élie & Dieudonné
as Self
1992
5.2
Maigret
as Rougin
1991
7.6
Que le meilleur gagne
as Self - Candidate
1991
6.0
Édouard et ses filles
as Bertrand
1990
10.0
Fort Boyard
as Self
1990
7.3
Téléthon
as Self
1987
5.0
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
5.1
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Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire de toi, Maman ?
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0.0
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Babylone, police de proximité
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