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Elie Semoun

Elie Semoun

Actor and writer, also director · Born October 16, 1963 (63) · 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. 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". ... Source: Article "Élie Semoun" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Born
October 16, 1963 (63)
From
Paris, France
Works as
Actor and writer, also director
Titles
26 on MovieCove · 108 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Up 46% in 30 days

What are Elie Semoun's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Genres

Comedy9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 4th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Animation2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
28%
Society
24%
Bonds
23%
Power
9%
Survival
7%
Morality
5%
Ideas
4%
Community6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 13 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 12 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 3

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 9 · Charged 4 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1

Funny: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their funny movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 10

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 12 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 12 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

4 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.

Shadow
2 of 4
Trickster
1 of 4
Threshold guardian
1 of 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
9
Warm
7
Absurd
5
Thrilling
3
Tense
2
Other
5

How their films linger

Feel-good11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy12
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Elie Semoun's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 26 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Elie Semoun's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

108 credits, 26 with a MovieCove page; 72 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Ducobu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Show 10 episodes · as Latouche (voice)

  • Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Cubitus (voice)

  • Ducobu et le fantôme de Saint-Potache (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director · Screenplay · as Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche / Jean-Théodore Latouche

  • My Darling Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Jean-Luc

  • The Gardener(2025)

    as Dr Rouma

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • On aurait dû aller en Grèce (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Capitaine Fiama

  • Que le meilleur gagne ! Le quiz des générations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 2 episodes · as 04 - Équipe Boomers (+ 60 ans)

  • Ducobu passe au vert!(2024)

    Director · Writer · as Gustave Latouche

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • L'Incroyable Embouteillage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jean-Etienne · as Mathieu

  • LEGEND (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Elie Semoun et ses monstres (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Author · as Self

  • Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Actor

  • My Old Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Writer · as Elie

  • The Grand Restaurant IV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • Tous Inconnus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as ("Maitresses et patients" segment) · as ("Le Commissariat de Police" segment)

  • Classico(2022)

    as Ernest

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Two Much for the Job (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as RAF

  • Ducobu Président !(2022)

    Director · Writer · as Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Ils s'aiment... enfin presque!(2022)

    as Philippe

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Haters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Bertrand

  • Stuck Together(2021)

    as Policier

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Fake News (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as The presenter of online betting

  • Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire de toi, Maman ? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Actor

  • I Love You Coiffure(2020)

    as M. Gomez (segment "La Réunion de chantier")

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Ducoboo 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director · Writer · as Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche

  • La Boîte à secrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Peplum: la folle histoire du mariage de Cléopâtre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Pompilus

  • Neuilly Yo Mama II(2018)

    as Tapiro

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Looking for Teddy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Gouthard

  • Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion(2018)

    as Cubitus (voice)

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Elie Semoun - À partager (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Scenario Writer · as Self

  • Le meilleur des annonces d'Elie Semoun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · as Self

  • La presque soirée présidentielle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Lionel Navire

  • Le Palmashow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Captain Marleau(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Lieutenant Hazarski

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Le Placard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as François Pignon

  • Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Astérix: The Mansions of the Gods(2014)

    as Cubitus (voice)

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Un village presque parfait(2014)

    as Denis

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Ma pire angoisse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Le médecin

  • Serial Bad Weddings(2014)

    as Psychologist

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Porn in the Hood(2012)

    as Elie Semoun

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Ducoboo 2: Crazy Vacation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche

  • Emilie Jolie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Belzébuth / The Charming Prince (voice)

  • Platane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Elie Semoun

  • Bref.(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Elie Semoun

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Ducoboo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Gustave Latouche / Ghislaine Latouche

  • Second Chance(2010)

    as Philippe Markus

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Made in Jamel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Actor

  • The Storytelling Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Éric (voice)

  • Un divorce de chien (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Julien

  • Neuilly Yo Mama!(2009)

    as Huissier

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Park Benches(2009)

    as Womanizer # 2

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Cyprien (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Writer · as Cyprien / Jack Price

  • Rien dans les poches (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Marco Abitbol

  • Surviving Sid(2008)

    as Additional Voices (voice)

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Les Petites Annonces la suite de la suite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Creator · as Various Characters

  • Les Petites Annonces d'Elie - L'Essentiel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Production Design · as Various Characters

  • Daddy Cool(2008)

    as L'automobiliste énervé

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Asterix at the Olympic Games(2008)

    as Omega

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Elie annonce Semoun, la suite de la suite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Various Characters

  • Moot-Moot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Les Patel et Le Représentant (voice)

  • Les Galas juste pour rire : Un monde sans femme (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Chief Biker

  • Riviera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Romansky

  • Zapping Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Vivien Kechiche

  • Once Upon a Time in the Oued (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Le maître d'hôtel

  • Aux abois (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Paul Duméry

  • Dieudonné - Code de la Route (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Pépé Cadillac's son

  • La vie de Michel Muller est plus belle que la vôtre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Elie Semoun

  • Iznogoud (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as un prince

  • Kaamelott (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 3 episodes · as le Répurgateur

  • Lucky Luke and the Daltons(2004)

    as Doxey / Le douanier américain / Le douanier mexicain

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Casablanca Driver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as M. X

  • People(2004)

    as Cyril Legall

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Les clefs de bagnole(2003)

    as Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Elie annonce Semoun, la suite... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Writer · as Various Characters

  • Les Petites Annonces d'Elie - La Suite... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Creator · as Various Characters

  • Elie Semoun à l'Olympia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Writer · as Self

  • Les petites annonces d'Elie - L'intégrale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · as Various Characters

  • If I Was Him (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Tristan

  • Caméra Café (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show as le gardien de nuit

  • The Apartment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Elie annonce Semoun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Various Characters

  • La Cape et l'épée (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Ménestrel

  • Second life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Steve Michaud

  • Old School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Frère de Ramzy - Dealer

  • Love Me(2000)

    as The lover

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Stringer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Filo

  • Les Grandes Bouches (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Fichier

  • Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Actor

  • Les Parasites (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Brigadier Schmitt

  • Charité biz'ness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Momo / Masipu

  • Let There Be Light! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Dieu le magasinier

  • Le Clone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Thomas

  • Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Actor

  • Everything Must Disappear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Gerard Piche

  • Les Démons de Jésus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Gérard

  • Les Bidochon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as René

  • Elie & Dieudonné - En garde à vue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Scenic Artist · as Self

  • The Three Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Brice, le bras droit de Steven

  • Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Actor

  • Elie & Dieudonné - Une certaine idée de la France (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Writer · as Various characters

  • Élie & Dieudonné (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Writer · as Self

  • Papa veut pas que je t'épouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Brad Meltclaff

  • Maigret(1991)

    Show 1 episode · as Rougin

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Édouard et ses filles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 6 episodes · as Bertrand

  • Maguy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Babylone, police de proximité (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 108 titles, 105 of them dated from 1985 to 2026; peak year 2021.

Biggest box office

Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (2018)

$48M worldwide

Highest rated

Astérix: The Mansions of the Gods (2014)

Midcredits 77th

Most popular right now

Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (2018)

Film career

19852026

Peak 2021 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1995Screen debut· The Three Brothers
  • 2009First top-billed film· Cyprien
  • 2011Career best· Ducoboo

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting102 of 108: 90 only acting, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score29thDirecting7 of 108: 1 only directing, 6 with another roleWriting12 of 108: 4 only writing, 8 with another roleOther crew4 of 108: 1 only other crew, 3 with another role

108 titles, 12 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 8 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · acting1990s19 · 17 acting · 3 crew2000s36 · 35 acting · 7 crew2010s26 · 24 acting · 2 crew2020s23 · 22 acting · 6 crew

Billing

usually 8th · top billed in 17% of 36 roles
95051015

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Elie Semoun's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 20th percentile, the median of all 23; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 18th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

18thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Approval · how many liked their films

10thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 26 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th12

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 26 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned6
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser6
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

Love Me (2000)

75th percentile spread · 32% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Serial Bad Weddings (2014)

Midcredits 77th · 73% liked

Reviewers score the acting 60/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 17. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Elie Semoun work with?

People who share at least 2 of Elie Semoun's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Lionnel Astier shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers