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Smaïn

1958-01-03 Constantine, France [now Algeria]

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Biografia

Smaïn (born Smaïn Fairouze, on January 3, 1958 in Constantine, Algeria) is a French comedian, humorist, writer, actor and director of Algerian descent. Born in 1958 in Constantine, Algeria, to an unknown father and mother, Smaïn Fairouze was taken in by the children's ward of the civil hospital. In 1960, brought back to France by an administrative assistant, he joined his foster family. His adoptive father, a street sweeper at the Régie immobilière de la ville de Paris, was Algerian and his adoptive mother, a cleaning lady, was Moroccan. He attended the Notre-Dame school in Saint-Mandé and then the Saint-Michel high school in St Mandé. During his childhood, he practiced choral singing for many years. Smaïn, to break into the world of show business, counted on the limitless support of his adoptive parents: «Of modest origins, they looked with suspicion at the world of artists. They constantly told me that there are many called and few chosen... But my desire quickly got the better of their advice! Unfortunately, they died too early to be able to benefit from my success. But I hope they would have been proud of it!». Smaïn began with a long career in café-théâtre in the 1980s, performing in small Parisian cabarets. Later, he met Philippe Bouvard who offered him a place in his Théâtre de Bouvard. It was there that he expanded his circle of friends by meeting Didier Bourdon, Bernard Campan, Pascal Légitimus and Seymour Brussel. With these four companions, he formed a small comedy group, Les Cinq, which toured for a few years. Smaïn ended up choosing the solo show. Little by little, with the help of his pianist Alain Bernard, he found success and performed in shows over the years: English beur in 1986 broadcast on 18 August (version filmed at the International Festival of Actors' Performance of June 1987) on La Cinq, T'en veux? in 1989, and Comme ça se prononce in 1996, a show for which he won the Molière for best Indonesian, a Victoire de la musique as well as a Grand Prix Sacem. At the same time, Smaïn was offered more and more roles in the cinema, notably in L'Œil au beur(re) noir, a film which received the César for best first film in 1988. He also participated in several shows by Enfoirés in 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1998. In 2008, he recorded with the Orchestre de la Suisse romande, Le Carnaval des animaux by Camille Saint-Saëns, for which he wrote the libretto. This will be followed by a collaboration with the Pau Pays de Béarn Orchestra who commissioned several musical tales for orchestra, Rayane and the Maestro, The Disappeared of the page 41 and most recently The Fabulous Journey of the Traveling Music Stand. In 2009, he was part of the jury of the show France has incredible talent, during the fourth season, replacing Patrick Dupond, and collaborates with Michel Legrand on the production of his album Délit de fa dièse. In 2012, Smaïn returned to the stage of the Théâtre Rive Gauche in the play Réactions en chaîne, which he performed from January to March. ... Source: Article "Smaïn" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Películas

Fernandel, l'homme au sourire Self 2023-05-04
Le Petit Blond de la Casbah Doctor Farès 2023-11-15
Le Médecin imaginaire Inspecteur Bachir 2022-04-27
Placés Père d'Elias 2022-01-12
Les 60 ans du one-man-show Self (archive footage) 2020-01-31
Les Portes du soleil : Algérie pour toujours Slimane 2015-03-18
Certifiée Halal Aziz Boukamache 2015-05-13
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui 2014-12-13
Pauvre Richard! Farid 2013-01-16
Un p’tit gars de Ménilmontant Maklouf 2013-03-20
Le sac de farine Sarah's Father 2012-01-13
Le Carnaval des animaux Le père 2010-01-01
Garçon manqué Amrani 2008-12-16
Harkis Saïd 2008-03-20
Smaïn - Mon dernier avant le prochain Self 2007-05-26
Pour l'amour de Dieu Kevin's Father 2006-11-07
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés 2005-11-25
Smaïn: Rebelote Self 2005-10-03
La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia Self 2004-12-01
Rien que du bonheur Self 2003-05-14
Les Clefs de bagnole Actor who refuses to film with Laurent 2003-12-10
Old School M. Fonblard 2000-07-05
Recto/Verso Fred 1999-06-16
Le Schpountz Irénée 1999-08-25
Charité biz'ness Sam 1998-08-26
Bingo! Vincent 1998-06-24
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur 1998-02-07
Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés 1997-02-08
Smaïn - Comme ça se prononce Self 1996-06-05
Les 2 papas et la maman Salim 1996-04-24
Trois vies et une seule mort Luca 1996-05-15
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique 1995-03-08
Tom est tout seul Street musician 1995-01-25
Parano Jimmy 1994-06-08
Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania 1993-03-06
Les Enfoirés 1992 - La Soirée des Enfoirés à l'Opéra 1992-01-20
On peut toujours rêver Rachid Merzahoui 1991-02-16
J'aurais jamais dû croiser son regard... Bambi 1989-08-27
L'Œil au beur(re) noir Rachid 1987-11-04
Le Passager du Tassili Fefer 1987-08-05
Les Frères Pétard Le jeune homme du train 1986-10-15
Le téléphone sonne toujours deux fois Momo 1985-01-23
La Smala Le jeune maghrébin de la bagarre 1984-08-29
Dorothée : Le Show 1983-12-26
Le Grand Frère Abdel 1982-09-08
Les Chômeurs en folie 1982-03-19
Te marre pas... c'est pour rire ! 1982-03-10
Mosaïque Self 1976-12-26
Ceritfiée Halal de Mahmoud Zemmouri