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Michaël Youn
Youn in 2018
Born	Michaël Benayoun (1973-12-02)December 2, 1973 (age 51) Suresnes,Hauts-de-Seine, France
Occupations	Actor singer comedian television personality
Years active	1998–present

Michaël Benayoun (French pronunciation:[mikaɛlbenajun]; born 1973), known professionally asMichaël Youn, is a French actor, singer, comedian and television personality.

Youn was born Michaël Benayoun inSuresnes,France, to a family of Hungarian, Italian,Moroccan-Jewish, andAlgerian-Jewish descent.^[1]

After his education as an announcer and theater actor, Youn joined the Paris radio stationSkyrock in 1998.^[2] 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 onM6. 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 ofJean-Michel Jarre, casting-popstars, the Grand Prix and French rappers.

The success of "Morning Live" was mainly due to Youn and his colleagues^{[citation needed]} – 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", theBratisla Boys, appeared on the Western music market with their song "Stach Stach". The act became a big success^[2] 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" ofJames Brown, who tries to start his own career – by creating a new (fictional) style called "Frunkp" (a mixture offunk andrap). 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, calledPluskapoil in 2003/04 (its sequel followed in 2005) and has acted in films.New music projects followed:Les Conards (The Imbeciles) withComme des Connards, a cover version ofMy Sharona byThe Knack, as well as a song for the movieIznogoud (both were in the French Top 20). He had small roles in rather big films, and was part ofLes 11 commandements in 2004 (A French film done in the style of MTV'sJackass, together with Desagnat and Morgaine).

In 2005, Youn wasIznogoud in the film version of the comic "Iznogoud" (also known asIsnogud). In 2006, he had the main role in the film comedyIncontrôlable. 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.

Towards the end of 2006 they picked up a parody from their oldMorning-Live times: the hardcore rappersFatal Bazooka ("Lethal Bazooka"), in which they played two rappers called "Profanation Fonky" and "La Marmotte Infernale" who worebalaclavas. Using a hardcore style of rap, they rappedFous ta cagoule ("Put on your balaclava"). It reached #1 on the French charts.

The CD-single is "Fous ta cagoule" of 2006. The song parodies multiple French rappers, in particularslammerGrand Corps Malade andBooba.^[2] The video clip was made byNicolas Benamou.

His first single of 2007, "Mauvaise foi nocturne"' withPascal Obispo parodiedConfessions nocturnes byDiam's andVitaa (mentioned in "Parle à ma main" as well) also went to #1 in France.

Fatal Bazooka released a full LP titledT'as vu ? in the last week of May 2007 selling over 300,000 copies in France and scored another N1 single (Christmas 2007 number one) with "Parle à ma main" ("Talk to my hand") featuringYelle released at the end of 2007. This time they attacked another phenomenon of French society : the "lolitas" and their antics.

The album was released through Jam Block entertainment/Warner Music France.

(For discography as part ofFatal Bazooka, refer to their page)

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