Michaël Youn
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 2, 1973 (age 52)
- Birthplace
- Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Biography
Michaël Benayoun (born 1973), known professionally as Michaël Youn, is a French actor, singer, comedian and television personality. Youn was born Michaël Benayoun in Suresnes, France, to a family of Hungarian, Italian, Moroccan-Jewish, and Algerian-Jewish descent. After his education as an announcer and theater actor, Youn joined the Paris radio station Skyrock in 1998. There, he made sketches and further entertainment during the morning show. The popularity and success of Michael Youn, at the most important French private broadcast station brought Youn to the attention of French TV executives. In July 2000, he was hired for the new morning show "Morning Live" shown on Métropole 6. With Vincent Desagnat and Benjamin Morgaine, Youn did the entertainment part of the show. Like their sketches and public events (e.g. foam bath in a Paris fountain, and waking random Parisians up shooting the slogan of the show at them), their parodies were particularly successful. In particular, they parodied the music scene of Jean-Michel Jarre, casting-popstars, the Grand Prix and French rappers. The success of "Morning Live" was mainly due to Youn and his colleagues – when they left the show, it remained on the air for just one more year. After leaving "Morning Live" in 2002, Youn, Desagnat and Morgaine have focused on their music parodies: The three sailors "Piotr", "Olaff" and "Dvorjak" from the Eastern European "Slowakistan", the Bratisla Boys, appeared on the Western music market with their song "Stach Stach". The act became a big success and was number one on the French charts for ten weeks. On a 2004 list of the all-time best selling CDs in France, "Stach Stach" was listed number 30. The success even spread beyond the French border and reached Switzerland, where it was 2nd on the official charts. On 7 July 2002, the project was stopped by its makers. They claimed that the Bratisla Boys had vanished on the Dead Sea without a trace. In 2003, the film "La Beuze", written by Youn and Desagnat, was released. Youn played the character of Alphonse, the "unknown son" of James Brown, who tries to start his own career – by creating a new (fictional) style called "Frunkp" (a mixture of funk and rap). The song "Le Frunkp" was published as a CD-single and Michaël Youn (under the name of Alphonse Brown) had another hit. This time, he even reached #1 in Swiss charts. Youn had a comedy-tour, called Pluskapoil in 2003/04 (its sequel followed in 2005) and has acted in films. New music projects followed: Les Conards (The Imbeciles) with Comme des Connards, a cover version of My Sharona by The Knack, as well as a song for the movie Iznogoud (both were in the French Top 20). He had small roles in rather big films, and was part of Les 11 commandements in 2004 (A French film done in the style of MTV's Jackass, together with Desagnat and Morgaine). In 2005, Youn was Iznogoud in the film version of the comic "Iznogoud" (also known as Isnogud). In 2006, he had the main role in the film comedy Incontrôlable. Those two films were not very successful, critics and viewers finding them only so-so. Both films starred Desagnat and Morgaine, but only in small roles. In 2010, he directed his first movie "Fatal" in which he also stars. ... Source: Article "Michaël Youn" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Filmography
Bazooka
Movie · as Fatal Bazooka
Rahan
Movie
Le Jardinier 2 – l’Élysée ne répond plus
Movie · as Serge Shuster
Jackdaws
TV · 1 ep
Les Enfoirés 2026 - La Ballade des Enfoirés
Movie · as Self
My Coluche
Movie · as Self
The Gardener
Movie · as Serge Shuster
Certains l'aiment chauve
Movie · as Joseph
Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés
Movie
Le gala du Do You Comedy de Saint-Tropez
Movie · as Self
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Flashback
TV · as Josselin Letellier · 12 eps
Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
Movie
The World Upside Down
Movie · as Stanislas
Superpapa
Movie · as Christophe Perrot
BDE
Movie · as Bob
LEGEND
TV · 1 ep
They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!
Movie · as Jacques-André
Maman, ne me laisse pas m'endormir
Movie · as Paul
Arnaud Ducret dans tous ses états
Movie · as Self
Les petits secrets de L'Équipe du Soir
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans
Movie · as Self
Quelle époque !
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Visual Suspect
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous
Movie
Stolen Childhood
Movie · as Romain
A French Case
TV · as Jean-Michel Bezzina · 6 eps
Runaway
TV · as Stéphane · 6 eps
Samedi Sébastien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Celebrity Hunted - France - Manhunt
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Lucky
Movie · as Tony
Divorce Club
Movie · as Titi
Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés
Movie
Michael Youn - Du Morning Live à Divorce Club
Movie · as Self
Le Grand Show des humoristes
Movie · as Self
Connectés
Movie · as François
Le Morning Night
TV · as Self - Host · 5 eps
District Z
TV · as Self · 1 ep
L'Émission de McFly & Carlito
TV · as Self · 2 eps
No Filter
Movie · as Fabrice
Meet the Malawas
Movie · as Kévin Queffelec
Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu
Movie
Kemps
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mask Singer
TV · as Self - Panelist · 32 eps
Mask Singer, The investigation continues
TV · as Enquêteur · 1 ep
Brillantissime
Movie · as Ben
Christ(Off)
Movie · as Chris
Watch Me Burn
Movie · as Patrick Demarescau
Deux gouttes d'eau
Movie · as Sam Barbieri
Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !
Movie
Un Incroyable Show
Movie
Les Bracelets rouges
TV · as Gilbert · 6 eps
Carbone
Movie · as Laurent Melki
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
Movie
Sahara
Movie · as Poisson des Sables (voice)
Enfoirés Kids
Movie
The Canterville Ghost
Movie · as Gwilherm
Mon frère bien-aimé
Movie · as Mathias Leroy
Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés
Movie · as Self
À l'état sauvage
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Quotidien
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés
Movie
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2015
Movie · as Self
Disney : Au Cœur de la Magie des Parcs
Movie · as Self
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Movie
Family Business
Movie · as Max Perez
Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés
Movie
Le Débarquement
Movie
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2013
Movie · as Self
Vive la France
Movie · as Feruz
Le Débarquement 2
Movie · as Various Characters
Le Débarquement
TV · 1 ep
Le Chef
Movie · as Jacky Bonnot
The Crossing
Movie · as Martin Arendt
Wok the Kasbah
Movie · as Policier 2
Vendredi, tout est permis
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Paris Express
Movie · as Sam
Fatal
Movie · as Fatal Bazooka
Du Morning Live à Fatal, le meilleur de Michaël Youn
Movie · as Self
It's Only TV
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Lucky Luke
Movie · as Billy The Kid
C à vous
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Can You Keep a Secret?
Movie · as Le Livreur de Pizza
Florence Foresti & Friends
Movie · as Christelle Bazooka
Panique dans l'oreillette
TV · as Self · 1 ep
N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Héros
Movie · as Pierre Forêt / Pi
Le Pire du Morning Live 2
Movie
Moot-Moot
TV · as Harchibald (voice) · 1 ep
Off Prime
TV · 1 ep
Incontrôlable
Movie · as Georges Pal
Vivre c'est mieux que mourir
Movie · as Oliver Newton-John
Le Pire du Morning Live
Movie · as Michaël Youn
Salut les Terriens !
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
On n'est pas couché
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Muppets TV
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Iznogoud
Movie · as Iznogoud
One Stays, the Other Leaves
Movie · as Michaël Youn
Michaël Youn - Pluskapoil
Movie · as Various characters
Michaël Youn - Pluskapoil
Movie · as Self
The 11 Commandments
Movie · as Mike
The Box
Movie · as Le réparateur
Les 11 commandements inédits
Movie · as Mike
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie · as Art Gallery Manager
La chanson de l'année
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Chouchou
Movie · as Le transformiste brésilien
The Dope
Movie · as Alphonse Brown
The Car Keys
Movie · as Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent
Samedi soir en direct
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
La Méthode Cauet
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Philosophale
Movie
Caméra Café
TV · as Un postulant
Star Academy
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Apartment
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Morning live
TV · as Self - Host · 352 eps
NRJ Music Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Vivement dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Victoires de la musique
TV · as Self · 1 ep