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". ...
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Filmography of
Élie Semoun
Dr Rouma
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Capitaine Fiama
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Gustave Latouche
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Elie
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("Maitresses et patients" segment)
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("Le Commissariat de Police" segment)
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Ernest
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Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche
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Self
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Bertrand
... 2021
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Policier
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Self - Actor
... 2021
The presenter of online betting
... 2021
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M. Gomez (segment "La Réunion de chantier")
... 2020
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Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche
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Self - Comedian
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Self - Guest
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Self - Guest
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Tapiro
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Gouthard
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Cubitus (voice)
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Self
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Lionel Navire
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François Pignon
... 2015
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Cubitus (voice)
... 2014
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Psychologist
... 2014
Self
... 2012
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Elie Semoun
... 2012
Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche
... 2012
Belzébuth / The Charming Prince (voice)
... 2011
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Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche
... 2011
Self
... 2011
Philippe Markus
... 2011
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Éric (voice)
... 2010
Julien
... 2010
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Huissier
... 2009
Womanizer # 2
... 2009
Cyprien / Jack Price
... 2009
Marco Abitbol
... 2008
Additional Voices (voice)
... 2008
Various Characters
... 2008
Various Characters
... 2008
L'automobiliste énervé
... 2008
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Various Characters
... 2007
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Self - Guest (3)
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Chief Biker
... 2006
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Romansky
... 2006
Vivien Kechiche
... 2005
Le maître d'hôtel
... 2005
Paul Duméry
... 2005
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un prince
... 2005
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Doxey / Le douanier américain / Le douanier mexicain
... 2004
M. X
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Cyril Legall
... 2004
Self - Guest
... 2004
Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
... 2003
Various Characters
... 2003
Various Characters
... 2003
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Various Characters
... 2002
Tristan
... 2002
Various Characters
... 2002
Steve Michaud
... 2000
Frère de Ramzy - Dealer
... 2000
Self
... 1999
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Filo
... 1999
Fichier
... 1999
Brigadier Schmitt
... 1999
Momo / Masipu
... 1998
Dieu le magasinier
... 1998
Thomas
... 1998
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Gerard Piche
... 1997
Gérard
... 1997
René
... 1996
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Brice, le bras droit de Steven
... 1995
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Self
... 1992
Gustave Latouche