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person_profile-Élie Semoun

Élie Semoun Age: 61

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Élie Semoun

Date of Birth:

Oct 16, 1963

Country of birth:

France

Biography of

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.

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Filmography of

Élie Semoun

Found 80 Movies in total

The Gardener

Dr Rouma ( Actor )

... 2025

... 2024

Ducobu 5

Gustave Latouche ( Actor )

Writer

... 2024

My Old Man

Elie ( Actor )

Writer

... 2023

Tous Inconnus

("Maitresses et patients" segment) ( Actor )

... 2022

Classico

Ernest ( Actor )

... 2022

Ducobu 4 President

Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche ( Actor )

Writer

... 2022

... 2022

Drôles de familles

Self ( Actor )

... 2022

The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild

Additional Voices (voice) ( Actor )

... 2022

Fireheart

Additional Voices (voice) ( Actor )

... 2022

Haters

Bertrand ( Actor )

... 2021

Stuck Together

Policier ( Actor )

... 2021

Camping : histoire d'un succès

Self - Actor ( Actor )

... 2021

Fake News

The presenter of online betting ( Actor )

... 2021

I Love You Coiffure

M. Gomez (segment "La Réunion de chantier") ( Actor )

... 2020

Ducoboo 3

Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche ( Actor )

Writer

... 2020

Sixty

Self - Comedian ( Actor )

... 2019

... 2018

Looking for Teddy

Gouthard ( Actor )

... 2018

... 2018

Ice Age: Collision Course

Additional Voices (voice) ( Actor )

... 2016

Le Placard

François Pignon ( Actor )

... 2015

... 2015

Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods

Cubitus (voice) ( Actor )

... 2014

... 2014

Serial (Bad) Weddings

Psychologist ( Actor )

... 2014

Khumba

Additional Voices (voice) ( Actor )

... 2013

Porn in the Hood

Elie Semoun ( Actor )

... 2012

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Additional Voices (voice) ( Actor )

... 2012

Ducoboo 2: Crazy Vacation

Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche ( Actor )

... 2012

Emilie Jolie

Belzébuth / The Charming Prince (voice) ( Actor )

... 2011

Ducoboo

Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche ( Actor )

... 2011

Marrakech du rire

Self ( Actor )

... 2011

Second Chance

Philippe Markus ( Actor )

... 2011

... 2010

Neuilly Yo Mama!

Huissier ( Actor )

... 2009

Park Benches

Womanizer # 2 ( Actor )

... 2009

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Additional Voices (voice) ( Actor )

... 2009

Cyprien

Cyprien / Jack Price ( Actor )

Author

... 2009

Rien dans les poches

Marco Abitbol ( Actor )

... 2008

Daddy Cool

L'automobiliste énervé ( Actor )

... 2008

... 2008

Muppets TV

Self - Guest (3) ( Actor )

... 2006

Ice Age: The Meltdown

Additional Voices (voice) ( Actor )

... 2006

Riviera

Romansky ( Actor )

... 2006

Zapping Family

Vivien Kechiche ( Actor )

... 2005

Once Upon a Time in the Oued

Le maître d'hôtel ( Actor )

... 2005

Aux abois

Paul Duméry ( Actor )

... 2005

Iznogoud

un prince ( Actor )

... 2005

Lucky Luke and the Daltons

Doxey / Le douanier américain / Le douanier mexicain ( Actor )

... 2004

The Magic Roundabout

Zébulon (French Voice) ( Actor )

... 2004

Casablanca Driver

M. X ( Actor )

... 2004

People - Jet set 2

Cyril Legall ( Actor )

... 2004

The Car Keys

Un comédien qui refuse de tourner avec Laurent ( Actor )

... 2003

Elie Semoun - Elie annonce Semoun, la suite...

Various Characters ( Actor )

Director

... 2003

Elie Semoun à l'Olympia

Self ( Actor )

Writer

... 2002

If I Was Him

Tristan ( Actor )

... 2002

Ice Age

Additional Voices (voice) ( Actor )

... 2002

Second life

Steve Michaud ( Actor )

... 2000

Old School

Frère de Ramzy - Dealer ( Actor )

... 2000

Love Me

The lover ( Actor )

... 2000

... 1999

Stringer

Filo ( Actor )

... 1999

Les Grandes Bouches

Fichier ( Actor )

... 1999

Les Parasites

Brigadier Schmitt ( Actor )

... 1999

Charité biz'ness

Momo / Masipu ( Actor )

... 1998

Let There Be Light!

Dieu le magasinier ( Actor )

... 1998

Le Clone

Thomas ( Actor )

... 1998

Everything Must Disappear

Gerard Piche ( Actor )

... 1997

Les Démons de Jésus

Gérard ( Actor )

... 1997

Les Bidochon

René ( Actor )

... 1996

The Three Brothers

Brice ( Actor )

... 1995

Pocahontas

Additional Voices (voice) ( Actor )

... 1995