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". ...
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| 2024 | Ducobu passe au vert as Gustave Latouche |
| 2023 | Meudon rire de tout - 2ème édition as Self |
| 2023 | Elie Semoun et ses monstres as Self |
| 2023 | Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours |
| 2023 | Bonsoir Monsieur Devos as Self |
| 2023 | Mon vieux as Elie |
| 2022 | Anne Roumanoff & co s'amusent ! as Self |
| 2022 | Le Grand Restaurant : La Guerre de l'étoile |
| 2022 | Tous Inconnus as ("Le Commissariat de Police" segment) |
| 2022 | Tous Inconnus as ("Maitresses et patients" segment) |
| 2022 | Classico as Ernest |
| 2022 | Arnaud Ducret dans tous ses états as Self |
| 2022 | La Très Très Grande Classe as RAF |
| 2022 | Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans as Self |
| 2022 | Ducobu Président ! as Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche |
| 2022 | Ils s'aiment... enfin presque ! as Philippe |
| 2022 | Drôles de familles as Self |
| 2021 | Haters as Bertrand |
| 2021 | Les seigneurs du château as Self |
| 2021 | Böyle Kaldık as Policier |
| 2021 | Camping : histoire d'un succès as Self - Actor |
| 2021 | Les méchants as The presenter of online betting |
| 2021 | Le grand show des humoristes - Spécial couples as Self |
| 2021 | Kevgad & Friends au Fridge Comedy as Self |
| 2020 | I Love You Coiffure as M. Gomez (segment "La Réunion de chantier") |
| 2020 | Le grand show des humoristes as Self |
| 2020 | Ducobu 3 as Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche |
| 2019 | Peplum: la folle histoire du mariage de Cléopâtre as Pompilus |
| 2019 | Soixante as Self - Comedian |
| 2019 | Ce soir, c'est Palmashow as Self - Guest |
| 2019 | Soirée Pyjama as Self - Guest |
| 2018 | Muriel Robin, oser être soi... as Self |
| 2018 | Neuilly sa mère, sa mère ! as Tapiro |
| 2018 | Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2018 as Self |
| 2018 | Oyuncak Tedy as Gouthard |
| 2018 | Asteriks: Sihirli İksirin Sırrı as Cubitus (voice) |
| 2018 | La famille, ça me fait bien rire ! as Self |
| 2018 | 20 sketches, une vie as Self |
| 2017 | Elie Semoun - À Partager as Self |
| 2017 | M'rire Festival : Gala D'ouverture as Self |
| 2017 | Festival International du Rire de Liège 2017 as Self |
| 2017 | Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2017 as Self |
| 2017 | Le Point Virgule fait l'Olympia - 10e édition as Self |
| 2017 | Le meilleur des annonces d'Elie Semoun as Self |
| 2017 | La presque soirée présidentielle as Lionel Navire |
| 2016 | Les duos impossibles de Jérémy Ferrari : 3ème édition as Self |
| 2016 | Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2016 as Self |
| 2015 | Festival International du Rire de Liège 2015 as Self |
| 2015 | Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2015 as Self |
| 2015 | Le Placard as François Pignon |
| 2015 | Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène ! as Self |
| 2015 | La Folle Soirée du Palmashow 2 as Self |
| 2015 | Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show as Self |
| 2014 | Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui |
| 2014 | Asteriks: Roma Sitesi as Cubitus (voice) |
| 2014 | Un village presque parfait! as Denis |
| 2014 | Sürpriz Damatlar as Psychologist |
| 2012 | Départ immédiat as Self |
| 2012 | Elie Semoun : Tranches de vies as Self |
| 2012 | Porn in the Hood as Elie Semoun |
| 2012 | Les Vacances de Ducobu as Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche |
| 2011 | Émilie Jolie as Belzébuth / The Charming Prince (voice) |
| 2011 | Carte Blanche à Anne Roumanoff as Self |
| 2011 | L'Élève Ducobu as Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche |
| 2011 | Marrakech du rire as Self |
| 2011 | Aşka Şans Ver as Philippe Markus |
| 2010 | Allez raconte ! as Éric (voice) |
| 2010 | Un divorce de chien as Julien |
| 2009 | Elie Semoun - Merki... as Self |
| 2009 | Neuilly sa Mère ! as Huissier |
| 2009 | Bancs publics (Versailles rive droite) as Womanizer # 2 |
| 2009 | Cyprien as Cyprien / Jack Price |
| 2008 | Rien dans les poches as Marco Abitbol |
| 2008 | Ice Age: Surviving Sid as Additional Voices (voice) |
| 2008 | Les petites annonces la suite de la suite as Various Characters |
| 2008 | Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'essentiel as Various Characters |
| 2008 | 15 ans et demi as L'automobiliste énervé |
| 2008 | Asteriks Olimpiyat Oyunları'nda as Omega |
| 2007 | Elie annonce Semoun, la suite de la suite as Various Characters |
| 2006 | Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public 2 as Self |
| 2006 | Muppets TV as Self - Guest (3) |
| 2006 | Les Galas Juste Pour Rire: Un monde sans femme as Chief Biker |
| 2006 | Elie Semoun se prend pour qui ? as Self |
| 2006 | Riviera as Romansky |
| 2005 | La Famille Zappon as Vivien Kechiche |
| 2005 | Il était une fois dans l'Oued as Le maître d'hôtel |
| 2005 | Aux abois as Paul Duméry |
| 2005 | La vie de Michel Muller est plus belle que la vôtre as Elie Semoun |
| 2005 | Iznogoud as un prince |
| 2004 | La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia as Self |
| 2004 | Daltonlar as Doxey / Le douanier américain / Le douanier mexicain |
| 2004 | Casablanca Driver as M. X |
| 2004 | People - Jet set 2 as Cyril Legall |
| 2004 | Les Zacros de la Télé as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | Les Clefs de bagnole as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent |
| 2003 | Les petites annonces d'Elie - La suite... as Various Characters |
| 2003 | Elie Semoun - Elie annonce Semoun, la suite... as Various Characters |
| 2003 | Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public as Self |
| 2002 | Elie Semoun à l'Olympia as Self |
| 2002 | Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'intégrale as Various Characters |
| 2002 | Si j'étais lui as Tristan |
| 2002 | Elie Semoun - Elie annonce Semoun as Various Characters |
| 2000 | Deuxième vie as Steve Michaud |
| 2000 | Old School as Frère de Ramzy - Dealer |
| 1999 | Jamel Show as Self |
| 1999 | Elie Semoun - Elie et Semoun au Palais des Glaces as Self |
| 1999 | Stringer as Filo |
| 1999 | Les Grandes Bouches as Fichier |
| 1999 | Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000 |
| 1999 | Les parasites as Brigadier Schmitt |
| 1998 | Charité biz'ness as Momo / Masipu |
| 1998 | Que la lumiere soit! as Dieu le magasinier |
| 1998 | Le Clone as Thomas |
| 1998 | Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur |
| 1997 | Tout doit disparaître as Gerard Piche |
| 1997 | Les Démons de Jésus as Gérard |
| 1996 | Les Bidochon as René |
| 1996 | Elie & Dieudonné - En garde à vue as Self |
| 1995 | Les Trois Frères as Brice, le bras droit de Steven |
| 1995 | Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique |
| 1994 | Elie & Dieudonné - Une certaine idée de la France as Self |
| 1992 | Élie & Dieudonné as Self |
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