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Michaël Youn (born December 2, 1973 in Suresnes ; actually Michaël Benayoun ) is a French actor, musician and comedian.
Life
After training as a radio announcer and theater actor, Youn joined the Paris youth radio station Skyrock in 1998 . There he was responsible for skits and entertainment in the morning program.
His popularity and his success with the largest French private broadcaster meant that television producers also noticed him and so he was hired in July 2000 for the new morning program “Morning Live” on the M6 TV channel . Together with Vincent Desagnat and Benjamin Morgaine he took care of the entertainment part. In addition to skits and public actions, such as a bubble bath in a Parisian fountain, her parodies were particularly successful. Especially the music scene from Jean Michel Jarre to the casting pop stars and the Grand Prix to the French rappers was the target of their ridicule.
The success of "Morning Live" depended in large part on Youn and his colleagues, which was particularly evident when they needed a creative change after two years and left the show. The show continued to run with little success for a year, then it was discontinued.
Youn, Desagnat and Morgaine turned one of their parodies into a music project immediately after they left in 2002: The sailors' trio Piotr, Olaff and Dvorjak from Eastern European Slovakia, the Bratisla Boys , sent them onto the western music market with the title Stach Stach . The bizarre number became a huge success and held number 1 on the French sales charts for ten weeks. In an evaluation of 2004, the single was among the best-selling singles of all time in France at number 30. And the popularity of Youn & Co. also reached into Switzerland, where they reached number 2 on the charts. On July 7th, 2002 they ended the project again by announcing the disappearance of the Bratisla Boys on the Dead Sea without a trace.
In the same year Michaël Youn directed the film La Beuze with Vincent Desagnat, directed by his brother François Desagnat . In the comedy film, he plays Alphonse, the unknown son of soul legend James Brown , on the road with obstacles to his own musical career. In doing so, he created his own fictional music style, a mixture of funk and rap called Frunkp.
The title Le frunkp then appeared as a single and Michaël Youn alias Alphonse Brown again achieved a number 1 hit in France and this time he also reached number 1 in Switzerland .
In addition to his own comedy program called Pluskapoil , with which he went on tour in 2003/04 and with a sequel from 2005, he also continued with music and film roles in the following years.
Musically, Les Conards followed with Comme des Conards , a version of The Knack's rock hit My Sharona , which was successful in France and Switzerland. Cinematically, a few smaller roles in larger productions followed and in 2004 Les 11 commandements , a French film version of the MTV series Jackass , again in a trio with Desagnat and Morgaine.
This was followed in 2005 by the role of Iznogoud in the film adaptation of the comic series of the same name (German Isnogud ) and in 2006 the leading role in the film comedy Incontrôlable , in which his body develops its own will and brings him into embarrassing situations. However, both were only mediocre with visitors and critics. In both films, Desagnat and Morgaine could again be seen in smaller roles. After all, Youn had another top 20 hit as Iznogoud with the title song.
Fatal bazooka
At the end of 2006 they picked up a parody from Morning Live times and played the hardcore rappers Fatal Bazooka , Profanation Funky and La Marmotte Infernale with their rapper hoods. In hardcore style, they rapped Fous ta cagoule (content: it's winter, it's cold, put your hood on) again to number 1 in the French charts. Several representatives of French rapeseed are parodied in the song, notably Grand Corps Malade and Booba . Nicolas Benamou directed the accompanying video clip .
- Fatal SSA, "Fou ta cagoule" (video of the fire department at Geneva Cointrin airport)
At Christmas 2006, the firefighters at Geneva-Cointrin airport , who were bored in their headquarters while their supervisor was absent , filmed their own video on the runway and in the building. This video, called "Fatal SSA (Service de Sécurité de l'Aéroport): Fou ta cagoule" enjoyed great success on the Internet (According to the 10vor10 news program (broadcast on January 22, 2007), the video was viewed by 130,000 people on the Internet.) But some political and direct superiors of the firefighters have criticized it because it misuses real uniforms.
At the beginning of 2007 the second single from Fatal Bazooka followed and this time one of the most famous French musicians also took part, Pascal Obispo , who hid himself behind the name Vitoo on Mauvaise foi nocturne (La réponse) . The piece is a parodic answer to the Confessions Nocturnes of the rapper Diam’s together with the R&B singer Vitaa , which were not a chart hit in 2006.
At the end of 2007, Parle à ma main collaborated with the singer Yelle and introduced the character of Christelle Bazooka, Fatal's younger sister. The collaboration secured Youn and colleagues the third number 1 in a row in France.
Discography
- Bratisla Boys - Stach Stach (2002)
- Alphonse Brown - Le frunkp (2003)
- Les Conards - Comme des Connards (2004)
- Iznogoud - Iznogoud (2005)
- Fatal Bazooka - Fous ta cagoule (2006)
- Fatal Bazooka feat. Vitoo - Mauvaise foi nocturne (2007)
- Fatal Bazooka - T'as Vu (2007, LP)
- Fatal Bazooka - J'aime trop ton boule (2007)
- Fatal Bazooka feat. Yelle et Christelle - Parle à ma main (2007)
Filmography
- 2000: La Malédiction de la mamie
- 2003: La Beuze
- 2003: Chouchou
- 2003: Les clefs de bagnole
- 2004: Le Carton
- 2004: Around the world in 80 days
- 2004: Les 11 commandements
- 2005: L'un reste, l'autre part
- 2005: Isnogud - The Evil Grand Vizier (Iznogoud)
- 2006: Incontrôlable
- 2007: Heroes (Héros)
- 2010: Paris Express (Coursier)
- 2009: Lucky Luke (Lucky Luke)
- 2010: Fatal
- 2012: Cooking is a matter for the boss (Comme un Chef)
- 2013: Vive la France - Blasted later (Vive la France)
- 2016: The Canterville Ghost (Le fantôme de Canterville)
- 2018: My Wonderful Divorce (Brillantissime)
Web links
- Michaël Youn in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- official homepage
- The clip of the Geneva fire brigade
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Youn, Michaël |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Benayoun, Michaël (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actor, musician and comedian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd December 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Suresnes , France |