Michaël Youn
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · BDE as Bob
- 2022 · Quelle époque ! as Self - Guest
- 2021 · A French Case as Jean-Michel Bezzina
- 2021 · Samedi Sébastien as Self - Guest
- 2020 · District Z as Self
- 2020 · Connectés as François
- 2020 · Divorce Club as Titi
- 2020 · Lucky as Tony
- 2019 · Meet the Malawas as Kévin Queffelec
- 2019 · Kem's as Self
- 2019 · No Filter as Fabrice
- 2018 · Watch Me Burn as Patrick Demarescau
- 2018 · Christ(Off) as Chris
- 2018 · Les Bracelets rouges as Gilbert
- 2018 · Brillantissime as Ben
- 2017 · Carbone as Laurent Melki
- 2017 · Sahara as Poisson des Sables (voice)
- 2016 · The Canterville Ghost as Gwilherm
- 2015 · Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2015 as Self
- 2013 · Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2013 as Self
- 2013 · Vive la France as Feruz
- 2013 · Le Débarquement as
- 2013 · Le Débarquement as
- 2012 · Le Chef as Jacky Bonnot
- 2011 · Wok the Kasbah as Policier 2
- 2010 · Fatal as Fatal Bazooka
- 2010 · It's Only TV as Self - Guest
- 2010 · Paris Express as Sam
- 2009 · Lucky Luke as Billy The Kid
- 2009 · C à vous as Self
- 2008 · Panique dans l'oreillette as Self
- 2008 · N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels as Self
- 2007 · Moot-Moot as Harchibald (voice)
- 2006 · Salut les Terriens ! as Self (guest)
- 2006 · Incontrôlable as Georges Pal
- 2005 · Iznogoud as Iznogoud
- 2004 · Around the World in 80 Days as Art Gallery Manager
- 2004 · La chanson de l'année as Self
- 2004 · La chanson de l'année as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · The 11 Commandments as Mike
- 2003 · The Car Keys as Un comédien qui refuse de tourner avec Laurent
- 2003 · Chouchou as Le transformiste brésilien
- 2003 · The Dope as Alphonse Brown
- 2001 · Caméra Café as Un postulant
- 2001 · Star Academy as Self
- 2000 · Morning live as Self - Host
- 2000 · NRJ Music Awards as
- 1998 · Vivement dimanche as Self
- 1985 · Victoires de la musique as Self
- Future · Flashback as Josselin Letellier
- 2025 · Comme un œuf as
- 2024 · The World Upside Down as Stanislas
- 2024 · Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans ! as
- 2023 · Superpapa as Christophe Perrot
- 2022 · Maman, ne me laisse pas m'endormir as Paul
- 2022 · Arnaud Ducret dans tous ses états as Self
- 2022 · They Love Each Other... Well, Almost! as Jacques-André
- 2021 · Runaway as Stéphane
- 2021 · M'abandonne pas as Romain
- 2021 · Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous as
- 2020 · Le grand show des humoristes as Self
- 2020 · Le Morning Night as Self - Host
- 2020 · Michael Youn - Du Morning Live à Divorce Club as Self
- 2020 · Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés as
- 2020 · L'Émission de McFly & Carlito as Self
- 2019 · Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu as
- 2018 · Deux gouttes d'eau as Sam Barbieri
- 2018 · Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique ! as
- 2017 · Enfoirés Kids as
- 2017 · Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés as
- 2016 · Mon frère bien-aimé as Mathias Leroy
- 2016 · À l'état sauvage as Self
- 2016 · Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés as
- 2015 · Disney : Au Cœur de la Magie des Parcs as Self
- 2015 · Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés as
- 2014 · Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui as
- 2014 · Family Business as Max Perez
- 2014 · Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés as
- 2013 · Le Débarquement 2 as Various Characters
- 2012 · The Crossing as Martin Arendt
- 2008 · Florence Foresti & Friends as Christelle Bazooka
- 2008 · Tu peux garder un secret ? as Le Livreur de Pizza
- 2007 · Le Pire du Morning Live 2 as
- 2007 · Héros as Pierre Forêt / Pi
- 2006 · Le Pire du Morning Live as Michaël Youn
- 2006 · Muppets TV as Self - Guest (5)
- 2006 · Vivre c'est mieux que mourir as Oliver Newton-John
- 2005 · Michaël Youn - Pluskapoil as Various characters
- 2005 · One Stays, the Other Leaves as Michaël Youn
- 2004 · The Box as Le réparateur
- 2004 · Les 11 commandements inédits as Mike
- 2003 · Samedi soir en direct as
- 2001 · Philosophale as
- Future · Panique pour le réveillon as
- Future · Rahan as
- Future · Le Jardinier as
- Future · Bazooka as Fatal Bazooka