Michaël Youn
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 2, 1973 (age 52)
- Place of birth
- Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- Credits
- 118
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. ...
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Known for
Around the World in 80 Days
2004Movie
Art Gallery Manager
Fatal
2010Movie
Fatal Bazooka
Le Chef
2012Movie
Jacky Bonnot
Lucky Luke
2009Movie
Billy The Kid
Chouchou
2003Movie
Le transformiste brésilien
The 11 Commandments
2004Movie
Mike
Filmography
My Coluche
2026Movie
Self
Les Enfoirés 2026 - La Ballade des Enfoirés
2026Movie
Self
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
2025Movie
Self (archive footage)
Le gala du Do You Comedy de Saint-Tropez
2025Movie
Self
Certains l'aiment chauve
2025Movie
Joseph
Flashback
2025TV
Josselin Letellier
Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés
2025Movie
The Gardener
2025Movie
Serge Shuster
The World Upside Down
2024Movie
Stanislas
Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
2024Movie
Superpapa
2023Movie
Christophe Perrot
LEGEND
2023TV
BDE
2023Movie
Bob
Maman, ne me laisse pas m'endormir
2022Movie
Paul
Quelle époque !
2022TV
Self - Guest
Arnaud Ducret dans tous ses états
2022Movie
Self
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans
2022Movie
Self
Visual Suspect
2022TV
Self - Guest
They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!
2022Movie
Jacques-André
Les petits secrets de L'Équipe du Soir
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
Celebrity Hunted - France - Manhunt
2021TV
Self
Runaway
2021TV
Stéphane
A French Case
2021TV
Jean-Michel Bezzina
Samedi Sébastien
2021TV
Self - Guest
Stolen Childhood
2021Movie
Romain
Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous
2021Movie
District Z
2020TV
Self
Connectés
2020Movie
François
Divorce Club
2020Movie
Titi
Le Grand Show des humoristes
2020Movie
Self
Michael Youn - Du Morning Live à Divorce Club
2020Movie
Self
Le Morning Night
2020TV
Self - Host
Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés
2020Movie
Lucky
2020Movie
Tony
L'Émission de McFly & Carlito
2020TV
Self
Meet the Malawas
2019Movie
Kévin Queffelec
Kemps
2019TV
Self
Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu
2019Movie
Mask Singer
2019TV
Self - Panelist
Mask Singer, The investigation continues
2019TV
Enquêteur
No Filter
2019Movie
Fabrice
Watch Me Burn
2018Movie
Patrick Demarescau
Deux gouttes d'eau
2018Movie
Sam Barbieri
Christ(Off)
2018Movie
Chris
Un Incroyable Show
2018Movie
Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !
2018Movie
Les Bracelets rouges
2018TV
Gilbert
Brillantissime
2018Movie
Ben
Enfoirés Kids
2017Movie
Carbone
2017Movie
Laurent Melki
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
2017Movie
Sahara
2017Movie
Poisson des Sables (voice)
Quotidien
2016TV
Self - Guest
Mon frère bien-aimé
2016Movie
Mathias Leroy
À l'état sauvage
2016TV
Self
The Canterville Ghost
2016Movie
Gwilherm
Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés
2016Movie
Self
Disney : Au Cœur de la Magie des Parcs
2015Movie
Self
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2015
2015Movie
Self
Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés
2015Movie
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014Movie
Family Business
2014Movie
Max Perez
Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés
2014Movie
Le Débarquement 2
2013Movie
Various Characters
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2013
2013Movie
Self
Vive la France
2013Movie
Feruz
Le Débarquement
2013Movie
Le Débarquement
2013TV
The Crossing
2012Movie
Martin Arendt
Le Chef
2012Movie
Jacky Bonnot
Vendredi, tout est permis
2011TV
Self
Wok the Kasbah
2011Movie
Policier 2
Fatal
2010Movie
Fatal Bazooka
It's Only TV
2010TV
Self - Guest
Paris Express
2010Movie
Sam
Du Morning Live à Fatal, le meilleur de Michaël Youn
2010Movie
Self
Lucky Luke
2009Movie
Billy The Kid
C à vous
2009TV
Self, Self - Guest
Florence Foresti & Friends
2008Movie
Christelle Bazooka
Panique dans l'oreillette
2008TV
Self
Can You Keep a Secret?
2008Movie
Le Livreur de Pizza
N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels
2008TV
Self
Le Pire du Morning Live 2
2007Movie
Moot-Moot
2007TV
Harchibald (voice)
Héros
2007Movie
Pierre Forêt / Pi
Off Prime
2007TV
Le Pire du Morning Live
2006Movie
Michaël Youn
Salut les Terriens !
2006TV
Self - Guest
Muppets TV
2006TV
Self - Guest
On n'est pas couché
2006TV
Self - Guest
Vivre c'est mieux que mourir
2006Movie
Oliver Newton-John
Incontrôlable
2006Movie
Georges Pal
Michaël Youn - Pluskapoil
2005Movie
Various characters
Michaël Youn - Pluskapoil
2005Movie
Self
Iznogoud
2005Movie
Iznogoud
One Stays, the Other Leaves
2005Movie
Michaël Youn
The Box
2004Movie
Le réparateur
Around the World in 80 Days
2004Movie
Art Gallery Manager
La chanson de l'année
2004TV
Self
The 11 Commandments
2004Movie
Mike
Les 11 commandements inédits
2004Movie
Mike
The Car Keys
2003Movie
Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent
Samedi soir en direct
2003TV
Self - Guest
La Méthode Cauet
2003TV
Self - Guest
Chouchou
2003Movie
Le transformiste brésilien
The Dope
2003Movie
Alphonse Brown
Caméra Café
2001TV
Un postulant
Star Academy
2001TV
Self
The Apartment
2001TV
Self - Guest
Philosophale
2001Movie
Morning live
2000TV
Self - Host
NRJ Music Awards
2000TV
Self
Vivement dimanche
1998TV
Self
Victoires de la musique
1985TV
Self
Jackdaws
TV
Le Jardinier 2 – l’Élysée ne répond plus
Movie
Serge Shuster
Rahan
Movie
Bazooka
Movie
Fatal Bazooka