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