Élie Semoun (born Élie Semhoun on 16 October 1963) is a French comedian, actor, director, writer and singer.

Life and career

Élie Semoun was born in France, to a

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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

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's show ''Emission Impossible'', where they were noticed for their particularly corrosive sketches. They followed this up with one success after another at

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Theater, Paris's Palais des glaces, and at

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Élie and Dieudonné Élie and Dieudonné (french: link=no, Élie et Dieudonné), was a French comedic duo composed of Élie Semoun and Dieudonné M'bala M'bala. The duo was productive from 1990 until their dissolution in 1997, after which each has continued to pe ...

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.Témoignage d'Élie Semoun dans l'émission '' La parenthèse inattendue'',

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, 14 novembre 2012 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 Franck Dubosc (; born 7 November 1963) is a French actor, comedian and stand-up artist. Dubosc occupies 94th place in the list of the most profitable actors of French cinema.

. 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

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during Paris's municipal elections of 2001 and

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during the

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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". An album entitled ''Sur le fil'' (On the Edge), was released on 19 March 2007. He brought in new guest stars, such as Alexandre Astier and

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. The skits are always written by Élie Semoun and Franck Dubosc, but this time assisted by comedian Manu Payet. Élie performed his show ''Élie Semoun se prend pour qui?'' for the last time on 16 June 2007 in Doué-la-Fontaine at the Festival d'Anjou. In 2007, he signed a petition disagreeing with

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and participated in several meetings against the Socialist candidate with his friend

Family

His father, Paul Semhoun, is from the Moroccan city of

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, and worked for the French Postal Service. His mother, Denise Malka, born in

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in Algeria, was a French teacher. She died of

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at age 36 when Élie was 11 years old. He has a younger brother, Laurent, who died of AIDS in 2002, also age 36, and a sister, Anne-Judith, a marketing director. He has a son, Antoine, born in 1995 in

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. He shares custody with his ex-wife, Annie Florence Jeannesson, whom he divorced in 2002Biographie sur Gala
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, the grandfather of Bruel being the brother of Semoun's grandmother.

Shows

*1991: ''Élie Semoun et Dieudonné au Théâtre du Splendid Saint-Martin'', directed by

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*1996: ''Élie Semoun et Dieudonné en garde à vue'' *1999: ''Élie et Semoun au Palais des Glaces'', directed by Muriel Robin *2002: ''Élie Semoun à l'Olympia'', directed by Roger Louret *2005–2006: ''Élie Semoun se prend pour qui ?'', directed by Roger Louret *2008–2009: ''Merki…'', directed by Roger Louret *2012: ''Tranches de Vies'', directed by Muriel Robin

Theater

*2012: ''

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'' by Jérôme Savary, directed by the author, Théâtre André Malraux *2012: '' Inconnu à cette adresse'' by

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, directed by Delphine de Malherbe,

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*2014: ''Le Placard'' by

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Filmography

Television

*1989: ''Pause-café'' Pause Tendresse de Serge Leroy (3rd episode): ''Alberto'' *1988–1991: ''Vivement lundi!'' *1990: ''Édouard et ses filles'' by

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*1996: ''François Kleber – L'Embrouilleur'' *1996: ''

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– Maigret tend un piège'' *2001–2003: '' Caméra Café'' (at least 3 episodes) *2002: ''Si j'étais lui'' by Philippe Triboit *2004: '' Kaamelott'' (5 episodes) *2008: ''Rien dans les poches'' by Marion Vernoux *2010: ''Un divorce de chien'' by Lorraine Lévy : ''Julien'' *2011: ''Very Bad Blagues'' de Palmashow (épisode 58) *2012: ''

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'' by

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(episode 53) *2013: ''Hitchcock by Mocky'' – episode "Selon la loi" *2013: ''Nos chers voisins fêtent l'été'' : ''Ludovic, un représentant de commerce, victime de la ruse des voisins'' *2013: ''Y'a pas d'âge'' (1 episode) *2013: ''What Ze Teuf'' (2 episodes) : ''lui-même''

Film

*1988: ''Toilette-Zone'' by Laurence Arcadias *1995: '' Les Trois Frères'' by Bernard Campan and

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: ''Brice'' *1995: ''Les Bidochon'' by Serge Korber : ''René'' *1996: ''Titus et Cortex'' by Jean Claude Buziac *1996: '' Tout doit disparaître'' by Philippe Muyl: ''Gérard Piche'' *1997: ''Les Démons de Jésus'' by

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: ''Gérard'' *1997: ''Le Clone'' by Fabio Conversi: ''Thomas'' *1997: '' Que la lumière soit'' by

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: '' God the shopkeeper'' *1998: ''Charité biz'ness'' by Thierry Barthes: ''Momo/Massipu'' *1998: ''Les Grandes Bouches'' by

: ''Fichier'' *1999: ''L'Ami du jardin'' by Jean-Louis Bouchaud *1999: ''Les Parasites'' by

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: ''Brigadier Max Schmitt'' *1999: ''Love Me'' by Laetitia Masson: ''l'amoureux'' *1999: ''Stringer'' by Klaus Biedermann: ''Filo'' *2000: '' Old School'' by Karim Abbou and Kader Ayd: ''Dealer'' *2000: '' Deuxième vie'' by

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: ''Steve Michaud'' *2002: ''Si j'étais lui'' by

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: ''Tristan'' *2003: '' The Car Keys'' by Laurent Baffie: ''Himself'' *2004: ''

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: ''Cyril Legall'' *2004: ''Casablanca Driver'' by

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: ''Mr. X'' *2004: '' Les Dalton'' by

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: Docteur Doxey / Customs Officer *2004: ''La vie de Michel Muller est plus belle que la vôtre'' by Michel Muller *2005: ''Iznogoud'' by

: ''Prince'' *2005: ''

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'' by Djamel Bensalah: ''Maitre d'hôtel'' *2005: ''

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'' by

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: ''Romansky'' *2005: ''Aux abois'' by Philippe Collin: ''Paul'' *2008: ''

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'' by Frédéric Forestier and Thomas Langmann : ''Judge Omega'' *2008: '' 15 ans et demi'' by

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and François Desagnat: ''Angry Automobilist'' *2009: ''Cyprien'' by David Charhon: ''Cyprien'' *2009: ''

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'' by

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: ''Le dragueur'' *2009: '' Neuilly sa mère !'' by Gabriel Julien-Laferrière: ''Court Bailiff'' *2010: ''La Chance de ma vie'' by

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: ''Philippe Markus'' *2011: ''

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'' by

: ''Gustave Latouche'' *2012: ''Les Vacances de Ducobu'' by

: ''Gustave Latouche'' *2012: ''

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'' by Franck Gastambide: ''lui-même'' *2014: '' Les Trois Frères : le retour'' by

and Bernard Campan: ''Mr Gérard'' *2014: ''Les Francis'' by Fabrice Begotti: ''Prefect'' *2014: '' Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu?'' by

*2014: ''La Grande séduction'' by

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*2018: '' Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !'' by Gabriel Julien-Laferrière *2020: ''Ducobu 3'': Gustave Latouche *2022: ''Ducobu Président!'': Gustave Latouche Short films *1985: ''Poussière d'étoiles'' by Agnès Merlet *2000: ''Le Truc'' by Stéphane Bélaïsch *2007: ''

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, portrait d'une enfant pas sage'', by

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*2012: ''L'âge de Glace 4: Élie Semoun visite Blue Sky''; (document shown Sunday 24 juin 2012 by Gulli). *2014: '' Les Trois Frères, le retour''

Voice Work

Film

Animated Films

*1992: '' Old School'': French voice of Mitchell Whitfield *1995: ''

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'': French voice of Wiggins *2002: ''The Magic Roundabout'' directed by Dave Borthwick: voice of Zébulon *2002: ''

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'' directed by

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: French voice of Sid *2002: ''Gouille et Gar'' by Gamer (short film): voice of Gouille *2005: '' Robots'' of

: French voice of Fender *2006: '' Ice Age: The Meltdown'' directed by

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: French voice of Sid *2006: ''

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'' directed by

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: French voice of Rat Templeton *2009: '' Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'': French voice of Sid *2010: '' A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures'': French voice of adult Ray *2010: ''Allez raconte !'' directed by

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: Éric *2011: '' Animals United'': French voice of Billy the Meerkat *2011: ''

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'' directed by Francis Nielsen and Philippe Chatel: voices of Belzébuth and Prince Charming *2012: '' Ice Age: Continental Drift'' : French voice of Sid *2012: ''

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'' directed by

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: French voice of adult Ray *2014: '' The Mansions of the Gods'' directed by Alexandre Astier : voice of the chief of the Roman cohort *2016: '' Ice Age: Collision Course'': French voice of Sid

Television

Series

*1988: ''Les Années collège'' : Joey Jeremiah (

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)

Shows with Dieudonné

*1991–1993: ''Élie et Dieudonné'' *1993: ''L'avis des bêtes - Une certaine idée de la France'' *1996: ''Élie et Dieudonné en garde à vue''

Shows with Franck Dubosc

*''Les Petites Annonces d'Élie'' *''Élie Annonce Semoun 2000'' *''Élie Annonce Semoun : la suite de La suite''

Video

*1999: ''Élie et Semoun au Palais des Glaces'' *2000: ''Élie annonce Semoun'', 5th volume of short ads (55 classified ads) *2002: ''Les Petites Annonces d'Élie l'intégrale'', the first 3 volumes released on VHS in the late 1990s and the unprecedented volume 4 (the best of the first 3) (167 classified ads) *2002 : ''Élie Semoun à l' Olympia Bruno Coquatrix'' *2003 : ''Élie annonce Semoun, la suite'', 6th volume of classified ads *2006 : ''Élie Semoun se prend pour qui ?'' *2007 : ''Élie annonce Semoun, la suite de la suite'', 7th volume of classified ads (56 classified ads) *2008 : ''Merki'' *2008 : ''Les Petites Annonces d'Élie (l'essentiel)''(more than160 classified ads) *2012 : ''Tranches de vies''

Video Games

*1998 : ''

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'' (voiceover promotional advertising Sega console "Up to six billion players") *2003 : '' Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc'' (Les Ptizêtres, additional voices)

Albums

*2003 : ''Chansons'' *2007 : ''Sur le fil''

Books

*''Les Annonces en BD'',

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, Jungle : **Tome I, ''Si tu es blonde…'', 2004. **Tome II, ''J'suis choooquée'', 2005. **Best of 2009. *''Élie Semoun se prend pour qui ?'', graphic novel, Jungle, 2006. *''Kévina, Mikeline, Toufik et les autres…'', Fetjaine, 2008. *''Je grandirai plus tard'', Flammarion, 2013.

References

External links

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