Michaël Benayoun (born 1973), known professionally as Michaël Youn, is a French actor, singer, comedian and television personality.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Le gala du Do You Comedy de Saint-Tropez
Character:Self
Release Date:07/10/2025
Bald Is The New Black
Character:Joseph
Release Date:16/07/2025
Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés
Character:
Release Date:07/03/2025
The Gardener
Character:Serge Shuster
Release Date:30/01/2025
The World Upside Down
Character:Stanislas
Release Date:16/10/2024
Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
Character:
Release Date:01/03/2024
Superpapa
Character:Christophe Perrot
Release Date:11/11/2023
BDE
Character:Bob
Release Date:20/01/2023
Maman, ne me laisse pas m'endormir
Character:Paul
Release Date:18/10/2022
Arnaud Ducret dans tous ses états
Character:Self
Release Date:16/08/2022
They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!
Character:Jacques-André
Release Date:30/03/2022
Les petits secrets de L'Équipe du Soir
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/02/2022
Stolen Childhood
Character:Romain
Release Date:01/04/2021
Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous
Character:
Release Date:05/03/2021
Connectés
Character:François
Release Date:12/11/2020
Divorce Club
Character:Titi
Release Date:14/07/2020
Le grand show des humoristes
Character:Self
Release Date:18/06/2020
Michael Youn - Du Morning Live à Divorce Club
Character:Self
Release Date:19/03/2020
Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés
Character:
Release Date:06/03/2020
Lucky
Character:Tony
Release Date:26/02/2020
Meet the Malawas
Character:Kévin Queffelec
Release Date:25/12/2019
Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu
Character:
Release Date:30/11/2019
No Filter
Character:Fabrice
Release Date:03/04/2019
Watch Me Burn
Character:Patrick Demarescau
Release Date:05/11/2018
Deux gouttes d'eau
Character:Sam Barbieri
Release Date:19/10/2018
Christ(Off)
Character:Chris
Release Date:11/07/2018
Un Incroyable Show
Character:
Release Date:05/04/2018
Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !
Character:
Release Date:09/03/2018
Brillantissime
Character:Ben
Release Date:17/01/2018
Enfoirés Kids
Character:
Release Date:01/12/2017
Carbone
Character:Laurent Melki
Release Date:01/11/2017
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
Character:
Release Date:03/03/2017
Sahara
Character:Poisson des Sables (voice)
Release Date:01/02/2017
Mon frère bien-aimé
Character:Mathias Leroy
Release Date:26/08/2016
The Canterville Ghost
Character:Gwilherm
Release Date:06/04/2016
Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés
Character:
Release Date:11/03/2016
Disney : Au Cœur de la Magie des Parcs
Character:Self
Release Date:17/07/2015
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2015
Character:Self
Release Date:14/06/2015
Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés
Character:
Release Date:13/03/2015
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Character:
Release Date:13/12/2014
Family Business
Character:Max Perez
Release Date:03/12/2014
Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés
Character:
Release Date:14/03/2014
Le Débarquement 2
Character:Various Characters
Release Date:20/12/2013
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2013
Character:Self
Release Date:20/06/2013
Vive la France
Character:Feruz
Release Date:20/02/2013
Le Débarquement
Character:
Release Date:18/01/2013
The Crossing
Character:Martin Arendt
Release Date:31/10/2012
Le Chef
Character:Jacky Bonnot
Release Date:07/03/2012
Wok the Kasbah
Character:Policier 2
Release Date:13/12/2011
Fatal
Character:Fatal Bazooka
Release Date:16/06/2010
Paris Express
Character:Sam
Release Date:24/02/2010
Du Morning Live à Fatal, le meilleur de Michaël Youn
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2010
Lucky Luke
Character:Billy The Kid
Release Date:21/10/2009
Florence Foresti & Friends
Character:Christelle Bazooka
Release Date:25/09/2008
Can You Keep a Secret?
Character:Le Livreur de Pizza
Release Date:07/05/2008
Le Pire du Morning Live 2
Character:
Release Date:31/10/2007
Héros
Character:Pierre Forêt / Pi
Release Date:20/06/2007
Le Pire du Morning Live
Character:Michaël Youn
Release Date:19/11/2006
Vivre c'est mieux que mourir
Character:Oliver Newton-John
Release Date:05/05/2006
Incontrôlable
Character:Georges Pal
Release Date:08/02/2006
Michaël Youn - Pluskapoil
Character:Various characters
Release Date:03/11/2005
Michaël Youn - Pluskapoil
Character:Self
Release Date:02/11/2005
Iznogoud
Character:Iznogoud
Release Date:19/01/2005
One Stays, the Other Leaves
Character:Michaël Youn
Release Date:12/01/2005
The Box
Character:Le réparateur
Release Date:06/10/2004
Around the World in 80 Days
Character:Art Gallery Manager
Release Date:16/06/2004
The 11 Commandments
Character:Mike
Release Date:04/02/2004
Les 11 commandements inédits
Character:Mike
Release Date:04/02/2004
The Car Keys
Character:Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
Release Date:10/12/2003
Chouchou
Character:Le transformiste brésilien
Release Date:19/03/2003
The Dope
Character:Alphonse Brown
Release Date:05/02/2003
Philosophale
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2001
Television Appearances
Flashback
Character:Josselin Letellier
Quelle époque !
Character:Self - Guest
Visual Suspect
Character:Self - Guest
Celebrity Hunted - France - Manhunt
Character:Self
Runaway
Character:Stéphane
A French Case
Character:Jean-Michel Bezzina
Samedi Sébastien
Character:Self - Guest
District Z
Character:Self
Le Morning Night
Character:Self - Host
L'Émission de McFly & Carlito
Character:Self
Kemps
Character:Self
Mask Singer
Character:Enquêteur
Les Bracelets rouges
Character:Gilbert
Quotidien
Character:Self - Guest
À l'état sauvage
Character:Self
Le Débarquement
Character:
It's Only TV
Character:Self - Guest
C à vous
Character:Self
C à vous
Character:Self - Guest
Panique dans l'oreillette
Character:Self
N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels
Character:Self
Moot-Moot
Character:Harchibald (voice)
Off Prime
Character:
Salut les Terriens !
Character:Self - Guest
On n'est pas couché
Character:Self - Guest
La chanson de l'année
Character:Self
La chanson de l'année
Character:Self (archive footage)
Samedi soir en direct
Character:Self - Guest
Caméra Café
Character:Un postulant
Star Academy
Character:Self
The Apartment
Character:Self - Guest
Morning live
Character:Self - Host
NRJ Music Awards
Character:Self
Vivement dimanche
Character:Self
Victoires de la musique
Character:Self
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