Actor

Élie Semoun

October 16, 1963 · Paris, France

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.

Notable work

6.7
Serial (Bad) Weddings (2014)
as Psychologist
5.2
Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008)
as Omega
6.8
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods (2014)
as Cubitus (voice)
6.8
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (2018)
as Cubitus (voice)
6
Neuilly Yo Mama! (2009)
as Huissier
7
The Three Brothers (1995)
as Brice, le bras droit de Steven
5.9
Stuck Together (2021)
as Policier
4.9
Ducoboo (2011)
as Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche
5
Porn in the Hood (2012)
as Elie Semoun
3.6
Lucky Luke and the Daltons (2004)
as Doxey / Le douanier américain / Le douanier mexicain
5.4
Neuilly sa mère, sa mère ! (2018)
as Tapiro
4.7
Ducoboo 2: Crazy Vacation (2012)
as Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche

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