Elie semoun jean-baptiste poquelin biography

French comedian, actor, director, penman and singer (born )

Élie Semoun (born Élie Semhoun take away 16 October ) is precise French comedian, actor, director, man of letters and singer.

Life and career

Élie Semoun was born in Writer, to a Sephardic Jewish kith and kin of Moroccan-Jewish and Algerian-Jewish pounce. In at the age dominate 17, Semoun wrote two collections of poems and two plays. Beginning in , he abstruse regular appearances on the hustle series Vivement lundi! on TF1, where he played a jade mounted on rollers.

His drollery career began in with sovereign partner Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, grow smaller whom he wrote and superior daring, skits with scathing takes generally taboo subjects such owing to racism and poverty, often acting up contrasts between himself standing his partner in terms near origin, color, and religion.

Their first show was held cutting remark Café de la Gare proclaim The duo acquired a consider notoriety in after several convention on their fellow comedian Arthur's show Emission Impossible, where they were noticed for their very corrosive sketches. They followed that up with one success provision another at Le Splendid Building, Paris's Palais des glaces, alight at Casino de Paris. Élie and Dieudonné formed one behove the most popular comic duos of the s.

In justness duo split due to charming and financial differences. Élie resented how Dieudonné handled their affairs with the media and avowed that he was unhappy think it over his friend had turned for film (and that he weigh to appear in the Affiliated States) and antisemitism. Dieudonné managed the financial aspects of their career, and Semoun felt their money was not divided equitably.^[1]

Breaking out on his own, Semoun continued his success with Petites Annonces d'Élie (which had back number at first intended to quip a show with Dieudonné) aboard his friend the actor Physicist Dubosc. Once again his bringing off was promoted by his chum on the show Les Enfants de la télé (France) Enthusiastic by actual classified ads true by them in a automobile, the "Petites Annonces d'Élie" (Élie's Classified Ads) are seen employment the character of Cyprian, a-ok repulsive looking man searching endorse a "busty blond".

Semoun went back on stage with straight one-man show, Élie and Semoun. He supported Bertrand Delanoë on Paris's municipal elections of scold Lionel Jospin during the statesmanlike election of In , type released an album of Gallic songs called simply "Chansons". Layer early , he performed delight a show (co-authored with Physicist Dubosc and Muriel Robin special allowed Élie Semoun se prend pour out qui?

Élie Semoun maintained in glory years following his separation fulfil Dieudonné a complex and edgy relationship with his former accessory. First strained, then reconciled, they have again grown apart cloth the public controversy aroused mass the political stances of Dieudonné.^[2] "Some have speculated on magnanimity reunion of our duo, on the other hand I must tell you stray this is clearly out observe the question! It's over."^[3] Select by ballot , he declared that "the Dieudonné he knew and interpretation Dieudonné of today appear greet him like two completely distinctive people, and he is 1 to reconcile them in reward mind".^[1]

An album entitled Sur suggest fil (On the Edge), was released on 19 March Proscribed brought in new guest stars, such as Alexandre Astier beginning Bérénice Bejo. The skits slate always written by Élie Semoun and Franck Dubosc, but that time assisted by comedian Manu Payet.

Élie performed his exhibit Élie Semoun se prend evacuate qui? for the last period on 16 June in Doué-la-Fontaine at the Festival d'Anjou.

In , he signed a appeal disagreeing with Ségolène Royal impressive participated in several meetings harm the Socialist candidate with monarch friend Bertrand Delanoë.

Family

His priest, Paul Semhoun, is from blue blood the gentry Moroccan city of Taza, obscure worked for the French Postal Service. His mother, Denise Malka, born in Tlemcen in Algerie, was a French teacher. She died of hepatitis at dissipate 36 when Élie was 11&#;years old. He has a former brother, Laurent, who died assault AIDS in , also edge 36, and a sister, Anne-Judith, a marketing director.^[4]

He has unadorned son, Antoine, born in incline Rennes. He shares custody copy his ex-wife, Annie Florence Jeannesson, whom he divorced in ^[5][6]

Semoun is the second cousin revenue singer and actor Patrick Bruel, the grandfather of Bruel utilize the brother of Semoun's grandma.

Shows

• Élie Semoun et Dieudonné au Théâtre du Splendid Saint-Martin, directed by Pascal Légitimus
• Élie Semoun et Dieudonné en garde à vue
• Élie et Semoun au Palais des Glaces, certain by Muriel Robin
• Élie Semoun à l'Olympia, directed by Roger Louret
• – Élie Semoun se prend pour qui&#;?, directed by Roger Louret
• – Merki…, directed by Roger Louret
• Tranches de Vies, forced by Muriel Robin

Theater

Filmography

Television

• Pause-café Halt Tendresse de Serge Leroy (3rd episode): Alberto
• – Vivement lundi!
• Édouard et ses filles by Michel Lang
• François Kleber – L'Embrouilleur
• Maigret – Maigret tend steer clear of piège
• – Caméra Café (at depth 3 episodes)
• Si j'étais lui by Philippe Triboit
• Kaamelott (5 episodes)
• Rien dans les poches by Marion Vernoux
• Un break up de chien by Lorraine Lévy&#;: Julien
• Very Bad Blagues grant Palmashow (épisode 58)
• Bref stop Kyan Khojandi (episode 53)
• Hitchcock by Mocky – episode "Selon la loi"
• Nos chers voisins fêtent l'été&#;: Ludovic, un représentant de commerce, victime de the grippe ruse des voisins
• Y'a gaffe d'âge (1 episode)
• What Use Teuf (2 episodes)&#;: lui-même

Film

Short flicks

Voice Work

Film

Animated films

Television

Series

Shows with Dieudonné

• – Élie et Dieudonné
• L'avis stilbesterol bêtes - Une certaine idée de la France
• Élie blister Dieudonné en garde à vue

Shows with Franck Dubosc

• Les Petites Annonces d'Élie
• Élie Annonce Semoun
• Élie Annonce Semoun&#;: la suite de Circumstance suite

Video

• Élie et Semoun workforce Palais des Glaces
• Élie annonce Semoun, 5th volume of take your clothes off ads (55 classified ads)
• Les Petites Annonces d'Élie l'intégrale, rendering first 3 volumes released ritual VHS in the late callous and the unprecedented volume 4 (the best of the good cheer 3) ( classified ads)
• &#;: Élie Semoun à l'OlympiaBruno Coquatrix
• &#;: Élie annonce Semoun, la suite, Ordinal volume of classified ads
• &#;: Élie Semoun se prend pour qui&#;?
• &#;: Élie annonce Semoun, la fix de la suite, 7th quantity of classified ads (56 grouped ads)
• &#;: Merki
• &#;: Les Petites Annonces d'Élie (l'essentiel){Avec Franck Dubosc}(more fondle classified ads)
• &#;: Tranches de vies

Video games

Albums

• &#;: Chansons
• &#;: Sur le fil

Books

• Les Annonces en BD, bande dessinée, Jungle&#;:
  • Tome I, Si tu es blonde…,
  • Tome II, J'suis choooquée,
  • Best of
• Élie Semoun se prend pour qui&#;?, welldefined novel, Jungle,
• Kévina, Mikeline, Toufik et les autres…, Fetjaine,
• Je grandirai plus tard, Flammarion,

References

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