Élie Semoun
Acting
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.
Ducobu et le fantôme de Saint-Potache
Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche
My Darling Family
The Gardener
Dr Rouma
On aurait dû aller en Grèce
Capitaine Fiama
Ducobu Goes Green!
Gustave Latouche
Meudon rire de tout - 2ème édition
Self
Elie Semoun et ses monstres
Self
Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours
My Old Man
Elie
Bonsoir Monsieur Devos
Self
Anne Roumanoff & co s'amusent !
Self
The Grand Restaurant IV
Tous Inconnus
("Le Commissariat de Police" segment)
Tous Inconnus
("Maitresses et patients" segment)
Classico
Ernest
Arnaud Ducret dans tous ses états
Self
Two Much for the Job
RAF
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans
Self
Ducobu 4 President
Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche
They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!
Philippe
Drôles de familles
Self
Haters
Bertrand
Les seigneurs du château
Self
Stuck Together
Policier
Camping : Histoire d'un succès
Self - Actor
Fake News
The presenter of online betting
Le Grand Show des humoristes - Spécial couples
Self
Kevgad & Friends au Fridge Comedy
Self
I Love You Coiffure
M. Gomez (segment "La Réunion de chantier")
Le Grand Show des humoristes
Self
Ducoboo 3
Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche
Peplum: la folle histoire du mariage de Cléopâtre
Pompilus
Sixty
Self - Comedian
Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
Self - Guest
Soirée Pyjama
Self - Guest
Muriel Robin, oser être soi...
Self
Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !
Tapiro
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2018
Self
Looking for Teddy
Gouthard
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
Cubitus (voice)
La famille, ça me fait bien rire !
Self
20 sketches, une vie
Self
M'rire Festival : Gala D'ouverture
Self
Festival International du Rire de Liège 2017
Self
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2017
Self
Le Point Virgule fait l'Olympia - 10e édition
Self
Elie Semoun - À partager
Self
Le meilleur des annonces d'Elie Semoun
Self
La presque soirée présidentielle
Lionel Navire
Les duos impossibles de Jérémy Ferrari : 3ème édition
Self
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2016
Self
Festival International du Rire de Liège 2015
Self
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2015
Self
Le Placard
François Pignon
Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !
Self
Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show
Self
The Crazy Evening of Palmashow 2
Self
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
Cubitus (voice)
A Village Almost Perfect!
Denis
Serial (Bad) Weddings
Psychologist
Départ immédiat
Self
Elie Semoun : Tranches de vies
Self
Porn in the Hood
Elie Semoun
Ducoboo 2: Crazy Vacation
Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche
Emilie Jolie
Belzébuth / The Charming Prince (voice)
Carte Blanche à Anne Roumanoff
Self
Ducoboo
Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche
Marrakech du rire
Self
Second Chance
Philippe Markus
Made in Jamel
The Storytelling Show
Éric (voice)
Un divorce de chien
Julien
Elie Semoun - Merki...
Self
Neuilly Yo Mama!
Huissier
Park Benches
Womanizer # 2
Cyprien
Cyprien / Jack Price
Rien dans les poches
Marco Abitbol
Surviving Sid
Additional Voices (voice)
Les Petites Annonces la suite de la suite
Various Characters
Les Petites Annonces d'Elie - L'Essentiel
Various Characters
Daddy Cool
L'automobiliste énervé
Asterix at the Olympic Games
Omega
Elie annonce Semoun, la suite de la suite
Various Characters
Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public 2
Self
Les Galas juste pour rire : Un monde sans femme
Chief Biker
Elie Semoun se prend pour qui ?
Self
Riviera
Romansky
Zapping Family
Vivien Kechiche
Once Upon a Time in the Oued
Le maître d'hôtel
Aux abois
Paul Duméry
La vie de Michel Muller est plus belle que la vôtre
Elie Semoun
Iznogoud
un prince
La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia
Self
Lucky Luke and the Daltons
Doxey / Le douanier américain / Le douanier mexicain
Casablanca Driver
M. X
People : Jet Set 2
Cyril Legall
Les Zacros de la Télé
Self - Guest
The Car Keys
Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
Les Petites Annonces d'Elie - La Suite...
Various Characters
Elie annonce Semoun, la suite...
Various Characters
Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public
Self
Elie Semoun à l'Olympia
Self
Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'intégrale
Various Characters
If I Was Him
Tristan
Elie annonce Semoun
Various Characters
Second life
Steve Michaud
Old School
Frère de Ramzy - Dealer
Love Me
The lover
Jamel Show
Self
Elie Semoun - Elie et Semoun au Palais des Glaces
Self
Stringer
Filo
Les Grandes Bouches
Fichier
Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
Les Parasites
Brigadier Schmitt
Charité biz'ness
Momo / Masipu
Let There Be Light!
Dieu le magasinier
Le Clone
Thomas
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
Everything Must Disappear
Gerard Piche
Les Démons de Jésus
Gérard
Les Bidochon
René
Elie & Dieudonné - En garde à vue
Self
The Three Brothers
Brice, le bras droit de Steven
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
Elie & Dieudonné - Une certaine idée de la France
Self
Papa veut pas que je t'épouse
Brad Meltclaff
Élie & Dieudonné
Self