Michaël Youn
Acting • Born 1973-12-02
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.
Filmography
116 credits
Paris Express
Movie • 2010
Sam
Lucky Luke
Movie • 2009
Billy The Kid
Incontrôlable
Movie • 2006
Georges Pal
Can You Keep a Secret?
Movie • 2008
Le Livreur de Pizza
Superpapa
Movie • 2023
Christophe Perrot
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Movie • 2014
Fatal
Movie • 2010
Fatal Bazooka
The 11 Commandments
Movie • 2004
Mike
Iznogoud
Movie • 2005
Iznogoud
Chouchou
Movie • 2003
Le transformiste brésilien
The Dope
Movie • 2003
Alphonse Brown
Philosophale
Movie • 2001
The Car Keys
Movie • 2003
Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
Le Débarquement
Movie • 2013
Le Chef
Movie • 2012
Jacky Bonnot
One Stays, the Other Leaves
Movie • 2005
Michaël Youn
Héros
Movie • 2007
Pierre Forêt / Pi
Michaël Youn - Pluskapoil
Movie • 2005
Various characters
They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!
Movie • 2022
Jacques-André
BDE
Movie • 2023
Bob
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2013
Movie • 2013
Self
Vive la France
Movie • 2013
Feruz
The Box
Movie • 2004
Le réparateur
Le Débarquement 2
Movie • 2013
Various Characters
Maman, ne me laisse pas m'endormir
Movie • 2022
Paul
Arnaud Ducret dans tous ses états
Movie • 2022
Self
Family Business
Movie • 2014
Max Perez
Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
Movie • 2024
The World Upside Down
Movie • 2024
Stanislas
Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés
Movie • 2015
Vivre c'est mieux que mourir
Movie • 2006
Oliver Newton-John
Le Pire du Morning Live 2
Movie • 2007
Les 11 commandements inédits
Movie • 2004
Mike
The Gardener
Movie • 2025
Serge Shuster
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie • 2004
Art Gallery Manager
The Canterville Ghost
Movie • 2016
Gwilherm
Florence Foresti & Friends
Movie • 2008
Christelle Bazooka
Bazooka
Movie
Fatal Bazooka
Certains l'aiment chauve
Movie • 2025
Joseph
Carbone
Movie • 2017
Laurent Melki
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
Movie • 2017
Sahara
Movie • 2017
Poisson des Sables (voice)
Wok the Kasbah
Movie • 2011
Policier 2
Brillantissime
Movie • 2018
Ben
Le Pire du Morning Live
Movie • 2006
Michaël Youn
Mon frère bien-aimé
Movie • 2016
Mathias Leroy
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2015
Movie • 2015
Self
Christ(Off)
Movie • 2018
Chris
Watch Me Burn
Movie • 2018
Patrick Demarescau
Deux gouttes d'eau
Movie • 2018
Sam Barbieri
No Filter
Movie • 2019
Fabrice
Disney : Au Cœur de la Magie des Parcs
Movie • 2015
Self
Enfoirés Kids
Movie • 2017
Meet the Malawas
Movie • 2019
Kévin Queffelec
Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu
Movie • 2019
Lucky
Movie • 2020
Tony
Divorce Club
Movie • 2020
Titi
Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés
Movie • 2020
Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés
Movie • 2016
Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés
Movie • 2014
Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !
Movie • 2018
Michael Youn - Du Morning Live à Divorce Club
Movie • 2020
Self
Le grand show des humoristes
Movie • 2020
Self
Rahan
Movie
Connectés
Movie • 2020
François
Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous
Movie • 2021
The Crossing
Movie • 2012
Martin Arendt
Stolen Childhood
Movie • 2021
Romain
Les petits secrets de L'Équipe du Soir
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés
Movie • 2025
Le Jardinier 2 – l’Élysée ne répond plus
Movie
Serge Shuster
Le gala du Do You Comedy de Saint-Tropez
Movie • 2025
Self
Du Morning Live à Fatal, le meilleur de Michaël Youn
Movie • 2010
Self
Un Incroyable Show
Movie • 2018
Michaël Youn - Pluskapoil
Movie • 2005
Self
Les Enfoirés 2026 - La Ballade des Enfoirés
Movie • 2026
Self
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans
Movie • 2022
Self
C à vous
TV • 2009
Self
Salut les Terriens !
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
A French Case
TV • 2021
Jean-Michel Bezzina
Runaway
TV • 2021
Stéphane
Samedi Sébastien
TV • 2021
Self - Guest
Quelle époque !
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
Victoires de la musique
TV • 1985
Self
Le Morning Night
TV • 2020
Self - Host
District Z
TV • 2020
Self
Morning live
TV • 2000
Self - Host
Caméra Café
TV • 2001
Un postulant
L'Émission de McFly & Carlito
TV • 2020
Self
À l'état sauvage
TV • 2016
Self
Le Débarquement
TV • 2013
Les Bracelets rouges
TV • 2018
Gilbert
Kemps
TV • 2019
Self
Flashback
TV • 2025
Josselin Letellier
Moot-Moot
TV • 2007
Harchibald (voice)
La chanson de l'année
TV • 2004
Self
La chanson de l'année
TV • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Samedi soir en direct
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Panique dans l'oreillette
TV • 2008
Self
Star Academy
TV • 2001
Self
N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels
TV • 2008
Self
Vivement dimanche
TV • 1998
Self
It's Only TV
TV • 2010
Self - Guest
NRJ Music Awards
TV • 2000
Self
Quotidien
TV • 2016
Self - Guest
Off Prime
TV • 2007
Visual Suspect
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
C à vous
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
The Apartment
TV • 2001
Self - Guest
Celebrity Hunted - France - Manhunt
TV • 2021
Self
On n'est pas couché
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
Mask Singer
TV • 2019
Enquêteur
Muppets TV
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
La Méthode Cauet
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Vendredi, tout est permis
TV • 2011
Self