Élie Semoun
Age: N/A | From: Paris, France
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Élie Sémoun , Élie Semhoun , Elie Semhoun , Elie Semoun
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Paris, France
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Movie Involvements: 37
TV Involvements: 8
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Zone interdite
(1993) Self
Star Academy
(2001) Self
The secret song
(2018) Self
Palmashow - Very Bad Blagues
(2011) Napoléon
3615 code Arthur et Jarry
(2018) Self - Special Appearance
That's My Jam France
(2022) Self - Guest
La Grande Semaine
(2024) Self - Guest
Elie et Dieudonné - En garde à vue
(1996) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | N/A | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| Gustave Latouche | ||
| 2023 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| Jean-Etienne | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Elie | ||
| Self | ||
| 2022 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| ("Maitresses et patients" segment) | ||
| ("Le Commissariat de Police" segment) | ||
| Ernest | ||
| Self | ||
| RAF | ||
| Self | ||
| Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Philippe | ||
| Self | ||
| 2021 | Bertrand | |
| Self | ||
| Policier | ||
| Self - Actor | ||
| The presenter of online betting | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2020 | M. Gomez (segment "La Réunion de chantier") | |
| Self | ||
| Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche | ||
| 2019 | Self | |
| Pompilus | ||
| Self - Comedian | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| 2018 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Tapiro | ||
| Self | ||
| Gouthard | ||
| Self - Special Appearance | ||
| Cubitus (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2017 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Lionel Navire | ||
| 2016 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2015 | Self | |
| Lieutenant Hazarski | ||
| Self | ||
| François Pignon | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2014 | N/A | |
| Cubitus (voice) | ||
| Denis | ||
| Psychologist | ||
| 2012 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Elie Semoun | ||
| Ludovic Frantini | ||
| Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche | ||
| 2011 | Belzébuth / The Charming Prince (voice) | |
| Elie Semoun | ||
| Elie Semoun | ||
| Self | ||
| Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche | ||
| Napoléon | ||
| Philippe Markus | ||
| 2010 | Éric (voice) | |
| Julien | ||
| 2009 | Concierge pervers | |
| le concierge pervers de l'immeuble de Marion et Cédric | ||
| Self | ||
| Huissier | ||
| Womanizer # 2 | ||
| Cyprien / Jack Price | ||
| 2008 | Marco Abitbol | |
| Additional Voices (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Various Characters | ||
| Various Characters | ||
| L'automobiliste énervé | ||
| Omega | ||
| 2007 | Les Patel et Le Représentant (voice) | |
| Various Characters | ||
| 2006 | Self | |
| Self (guest) | ||
| Self - Guest (3) | ||
| Chief Biker | ||
| Self | ||
| Romansky | ||
| 2005 | Vivien Kechiche | |
| Le maître d'hôtel | ||
| Paul Duméry | ||
| Elie Semoun | ||
| un prince | ||
| le Répurgateur | ||
| 2004 | Self | |
| Doxey / Le douanier américain / Le douanier mexicain | ||
| Cyril Legall | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| 2003 | Un comédien qui refuse de tourner avec Laurent | |
| Various Characters | ||
| Various Characters | ||
| Self | ||
| 2002 | Self | |
| Various Characters | ||
| Tristan | ||
| Various Characters | ||
| 2001 | le gardien de nuit | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2000 | Ménestrel | |
| Steve Michaud | ||
| Frère de Ramzy - Dealer | ||
| 1999 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Filo | ||
| Fichier | ||
| N/A | ||
| Brigadier Schmitt | ||
| 1998 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Momo / Masipu | ||
| Dieu le magasinier | ||
| Thomas | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1997 | Gerard Piche | |
| Gérard | ||
| 1996 | René | |
| Self | ||
| 1995 | Brice, le bras droit de Steven | |
| N/A | ||
| 1994 | Self | |
| 1993 | Self | |
| 1992 | Self | |
| 1990 | Bertrand | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
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| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Director | |
| 2022 | Director | |
| 2020 | Director | |
| 2017 | Director | |
| 2003 | Director | |
| 2002 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Writer | |
| 2023 | Author | |
| Writer | ||
| 2022 | Writer | |
| 2020 | Writer | |
| 2017 | Scenario Writer | |
| 2009 | Author | |
| 2002 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Creator | |
| 2003 | Creator | |
| 1996 | Scenic Artist | |
| 1994 | Scenic Artist | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Art
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Production Design | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |