Élie Semoun
Acting
Born: Oct 16, 1963
From: Paris, France
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| My Darling Family | 2026 | — | |
| Ducobu Goes Green! | Gustave Latouche | 2024 | 4.258 |
| Bonsoir Monsieur Devos | Self | 2023 | — |
| Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours | 2023 | 7.8 | |
| Elie Semoun et ses monstres | Self | 2023 | 6.0 |
| Ducobu 4 President | Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche | 2022 | 4.158 |
| Camping : Histoire d'un succès | Self - Actor | 2021 | 6.0 |
| Le Grand Show des humoristes - Spécial couples | Self | 2021 | — |
| Les seigneurs du château | Self | 2021 | 6.0 |
| La presque soirée présidentielle | Lionel Navire | 2017 | — |
| Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui | 2014 | 8.0 | |
| Départ immédiat | Self | 2012 | — |
| Ducoboo | Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche | 2011 | 4.946 |
| Second Chance | Philippe Markus | 2011 | 5.7 |
| The Storytelling Show | Éric (voice) | 2010 | 5.286 |
| Cyprien | Cyprien / Jack Price | 2009 | 3.937 |
| Park Benches | Womanizer # 2 | 2009 | 5.5 |
| Elie Semoun - Merki... | Self | 2009 | 6.0 |
| Asterix at the Olympic Games | Omega | 2008 | 5.231 |
| Elie Semoun se prend pour qui ? | Self | 2006 | 5.2 |
| The Car Keys | Actor who refuses to film … | 2003 | 5.182 |
| Elie annonce Semoun, la suite... | Various Characters | 2003 | 5.4 |
| Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'intégrale | Various Characters | 2002 | 6.2 |
| Les Parasites | Brigadier Schmitt | 1999 | 6.182 |
| Les Grandes Bouches | Fichier | 1999 | 6.056 |
| Elie Semoun - Elie et Semoun au Palais des Glaces | Self | 1999 | 8.0 |
| Le Clone | Thomas | 1998 | 2.861 |
| Les Démons de Jésus | Gérard | 1997 | 6.627 |
| Everything Must Disappear | Gerard Piche | 1997 | 4.771 |
| The Three Brothers | Brice, le bras droit de … | 1995 | 6.96 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1963 |
| From | Paris, France |