Acting
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.
Filmography
Les Enfoirés 2026 - La Ballade des Enfoirés
Film · 2026
My Coluche
Film · 2026
The Gardener
Film · 2025
Certains l'aiment chauve
Film · 2025
Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés
Film · 2025
Le gala du Do You Comedy de Saint-Tropez
Film · 2025
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
Film · 2025
Flashback
Series · 2025
Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
Film · 2024
The World Upside Down
Film · 2024
Superpapa
Film · 2023
BDE
Film · 2023
LEGEND
Series · 2023
They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!
Film · 2022
Maman, ne me laisse pas m'endormir
Film · 2022
Arnaud Ducret dans tous ses états
Film · 2022
Les petits secrets de L'Équipe du Soir
Film · 2022
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans
Film · 2022
Quelle époque !
Series · 2022
Visual Suspect
Series · 2022
Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous
Film · 2021
Stolen Childhood
Film · 2021
A French Case
Series · 2021
Runaway
Series · 2021
Samedi Sébastien
Series · 2021
Celebrity Hunted - France - Manhunt
Series · 2021
Lucky
Film · 2020
Divorce Club
Film · 2020
Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés
Film · 2020
Michael Youn - Du Morning Live à Divorce Club
Film · 2020
Le Grand Show des humoristes
Film · 2020
Connectés
Film · 2020
Le Morning Night
Series · 2020
District Z
Series · 2020
L'Émission de McFly & Carlito
Series · 2020
No Filter
Film · 2019
Meet the Malawas
Film · 2019
Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu
Film · 2019
Kemps
Series · 2019
Mask Singer
Series · 2019
Mask Singer, The investigation continues
Series · 2019
Brillantissime
Film · 2018
Christ(Off)
Film · 2018
Watch Me Burn
Film · 2018
Deux gouttes d'eau
Film · 2018
Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !
Film · 2018
Un Incroyable Show
Film · 2018
Les Bracelets rouges
Series · 2018
Carbone
Film · 2017
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
Film · 2017
Sahara
Film · 2017
Enfoirés Kids
Film · 2017
The Canterville Ghost
Film · 2016
Mon frère bien-aimé
Film · 2016
Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés
Film · 2016
À l'état sauvage
Series · 2016
Quotidien
Series · 2016
Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés
Film · 2015
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2015
Film · 2015
Disney : Au Cœur de la Magie des Parcs
Film · 2015
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Film · 2014
Family Business
Film · 2014
Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés
Film · 2014
Le Débarquement
Film · 2013
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2013
Film · 2013
Vive la France
Film · 2013
Le Débarquement 2
Film · 2013
Le Débarquement
Series · 2013
Le Chef
Film · 2012
The Crossing
Film · 2012
Wok the Kasbah
Film · 2011
Vendredi, tout est permis
Series · 2011
Paris Express
Film · 2010
Fatal
Film · 2010
Du Morning Live à Fatal, le meilleur de Michaël Youn
Film · 2010
It's Only TV
Series · 2010
Lucky Luke
Film · 2009
C à vous
Series · 2009
C à vous
Series · 2009
Can You Keep a Secret?
Film · 2008
Florence Foresti & Friends
Film · 2008
Panique dans l'oreillette
Series · 2008
N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels
Series · 2008
Héros
Film · 2007
Le Pire du Morning Live 2
Film · 2007
Moot-Moot
Series · 2007
Off Prime
Series · 2007
Incontrôlable
Film · 2006
Vivre c'est mieux que mourir
Film · 2006
Le Pire du Morning Live
Film · 2006
Salut les Terriens !
Series · 2006
On n'est pas couché
Series · 2006
Muppets TV
Series · 2006
Iznogoud
Film · 2005
One Stays, the Other Leaves
Film · 2005
Michaël Youn - Pluskapoil
Film · 2005
Michaël Youn - Pluskapoil
Film · 2005
The 11 Commandments
Film · 2004
The Box
Film · 2004
Les 11 commandements inédits
Film · 2004
Around the World in 80 Days
Film · 2004
La chanson de l'année
Series · 2004
Chouchou
Film · 2003
The Dope
Film · 2003
The Car Keys
Film · 2003
Samedi soir en direct
Series · 2003
La Méthode Cauet
Series · 2003
Philosophale
Film · 2001
Caméra Café
Series · 2001
Star Academy
Series · 2001
The Apartment
Series · 2001
Morning live
Series · 2000
NRJ Music Awards
Series · 2000
Vivement dimanche
Series · 1998
Victoires de la musique
Series · 1985
Bazooka
Film
Rahan
Film
Le Jardinier 2 – l’Élysée ne répond plus
Film
Jackdaws
Series