Élie Semoun
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1963-10-16 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Élie Semoun
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 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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Known For
Acting
(2026)
Ducobu et le fantôme de Saint-Potache
as Gustave Latouche
(2025)
The Gardener
as Dr Rouma
(2024)
On aurait dû aller en Grèce
as Capitaine Fiama
(2024)
(2024)
Ducobu 5
as Gustave Latouche
(2023)
(2023)
(2023)
Bonsoir Monsieur Devos
as Self
(2023)
My Old Man
as Elie
(2023)
Elie Semoun et ses monstres
as Self
(2022)
Classico
as Ernest
(2022)
Two Much for the Job
as RAF
(2022)
Ducobu 4 President
as Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche
(2022)
Tous Inconnus
as ("Maitresses et patients" segment)
(2022)
Tous Inconnus
as ("Le Commissariat de Police" segment)
(2022)
(2022)
Drôles de familles
as Self
(2022)
(2022)
They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!
as Philippe
(2022)
(2022)
(2021)
Stuck Together
as Policier
(2021)
Haters
as Bertrand
(2021)
Fake News
as The presenter of online betting
(2021)
Camping : histoire d'un succès
as Self - Actor
(2021)
(2021)
(2021)
Les seigneurs du château
as Self
(2020)
Ducoboo 3
as Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche
(2020)
I Love You Coiffure
as M. Gomez (segment "La Réunion de chantier")
(2020)
Le grand show des humoristes
as Self
(2019)
Sixty
as Self - Comedian
(2019)
Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
as Self - Guest
(2019)
Soirée Pyjama
as Self - Guest
(2019)
(2018)
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
as Cubitus (voice)
(2018)
Looking for Teddy
as Gouthard
(2018)
Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !
as Tapiro
(2018)
(2018)
20 sketches, une vie
as Self
(2018)
(2018)
(2017)
(2017)
(2017)
Elie Semoun - À Partager
as Self
(2017)
(2017)
La presque soirée présidentielle
as Lionel Navire
(2017)
(2017)
(2016)
(2016)
(2015)
(2015)
(2015)
Le Placard
as François Pignon
(2015)
Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show
as Self
(2015)
(2015)
(2014)
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
as Cubitus (voice)
(2014)
Serial (Bad) Weddings
as Psychologist
(2014)
(2014)
A Village Almost Perfect!
as Denis
(2012)
Porn in the Hood
as Elie Semoun
(2012)
Ducoboo 2: Crazy Vacation
as Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche
(2012)
Départ immédiat
as Self
(2012)
(2011)
Ducoboo
as Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche
(2011)
Second Chance
as Philippe Markus
(2011)
Emilie Jolie
as Belzébuth / The Charming Prince (voice)
(2011)
Marrakech du rire
as Self
(2011)
(2010)
(2010)
Un divorce de chien
as Julien
(2010)
The Storytelling Show
as Éric (voice)
(2009)
Neuilly Yo Mama!
as Huissier
(2009)
Cyprien
as Cyprien / Jack Price
(2009)
Park Benches
as Womanizer # 2
(2009)
Elie Semoun - Merki...
as Self
(2008)
Asterix at the Olympic Games
as Omega
(2008)
Ice Age: Surviving Sid
as Additional Voices (voice)
(2008)
Daddy Cool
as L'automobiliste énervé
(2008)
Rien dans les poches
as Marco Abitbol
(2008)
Les petites annonces la suite de la suite
as Various Characters
(2008)
Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'essentiel
as Various Characters
(2007)
Elie annonce Semoun, la suite de la suite
as Various Characters
(2006)
Muppets TV
as Self - Guest (3)
(2006)
Les Galas Juste Pour Rire: Un monde sans femme
as Chief Biker
(2006)
Riviera
as Romansky
(2006)
(2006)
(2005)
Iznogoud
as un prince
(2005)
Once Upon a Time in the Oued
as Le maître d'hôtel
(2005)
Zapping Family
as Vivien Kechiche
(2005)
La vie de Michel Muller est plus belle que la vôtre
as Elie Semoun
(2005)
Aux abois
as Paul Duméry
(2004)
Lucky Luke and the Daltons
as Doxey / Le douanier américain / Le douanier mexicain
(2004)
People - Jet set 2
as Cyril Legall
(2004)
Casablanca Driver
as M. X
(2004)
(2004)
Les Zacros de la Télé
as Self - Guest
(2003)
The Car Keys
as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
(2003)
(2003)
Elie Semoun - Elie annonce Semoun, la suite...
as Various Characters
(2003)
Les petites annonces d'Elie - La suite...
as Various Characters
(2002)
If I Was Him
as Tristan
(2002)
Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'intégrale
as Various Characters
(2002)
Elie Semoun à l'Olympia
as Self
(2002)
Elie Semoun - Elie annonce Semoun
as Various Characters
(2000)
Old School
as Frère de Ramzy - Dealer
(2000)
Love Me
as The lover
(2000)
Second life
as Steve Michaud
(1999)
Les Parasites
as Brigadier Schmitt
(1999)
Jamel Show
as Self
(1999)
(1999)
Les Grandes Bouches
as Fichier
(1999)
Stringer
as Filo
(1999)
(1998)
(1998)
Let There Be Light!
as Dieu le magasinier
(1998)
Charité biz'ness
as Momo / Masipu
(1998)
Le Clone
as Thomas
(1997)
Les Démons de Jésus
as Gérard
(1997)
Everything Must Disappear
as Gerard Piche
(1996)
(1996)
Les Bidochon
as René
(1995)
The Three Brothers
as Brice, le bras droit de Steven
(1995)
(1994)
(1992)
Élie & Dieudonné
as Self
Crew
(2026)
Ducobu et le fantôme de Saint-Potache
Director, Screenplay
(2024)
Ducobu 5
Writer, Director
(2023)
(2023)
My Old Man
Writer
(2022)
Ducobu 4 President
Director, Writer
(2020)
Ducoboo 3
Writer, Director
(2017)
(2017)
Elie Semoun - À Partager
Scenario Writer
(2012)
Elie Semoun : Tranches de vies
Director
(2009)
Cyprien
Author
(2008)
Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'essentiel
Production Design
(2008)
(2003)
(2003)
(2002)
(2002)
Elie Semoun à l'Olympia
Writer
(1996)
Elie & Dieudonné - En garde à vue
Scenic Artist
(1994)
Elie & Dieudonné - Une certaine idée de la France
Scenic Artist