Smaïn

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. ...

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Known For
Acting
Born
January 3, 1958 (age 67)
Place of Birth
Constantine, France [now Algeria]
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2022

Placés

2014

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

1999

Le Schpountz

2023

Fernandel, l'homme au sourire

2003

Don't Worry, Be Happy

2010

Le Carnaval des animaux

1991

One Can Always Dream

2003

The Car Keys

1987

L'Œil au beur(re) noir

1985

The Telephone Always Rings Twice

1996

Two Dads and One Mom

2008

Harkis

1999

Recto/Verso

1982

The Big Brother

2013

Poor Richard!

1989

J'aurais jamais dû croiser son regard...

2013

Un p’tit gars de Ménilmontant

2012

The Bag of Flour

1983

Dorothée : Le Show

1976

Mosaïque

2006

For the Love of God

1998

Bingo!

2004

La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia

2005

Smaïn: Rebelote

2023

Once Upon a Time in Algeria

1995

Tom est tout seul

2000

Old School

1987

Le Passager du Tassili

2015

Certifiée Halal

1998

Charité biz'ness

2007

Smaïn - Mon dernier avant le prochain

1982

Te marre pas... c'est pour rire !

2015

Gates of the Sun

1996

Three Lives and Only One Death

2008

Tomboy

1986

The Joint Brothers

1982

Les Chômeurs en folie

1998

Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur

2020

Les 60 ans du one-man-show

1995

Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique

1992

Les Enfoirés 1992 - La Soirée des Enfoirés à l'Opéra

1993

Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania

1997

Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés

1984

La Smala

2022

The Imaginary Doctor

2005

Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés

1994

Wacko

1996

Smaïn - Comme ça se prononce

NaN

Ceritfiée Halal de Mahmoud Zemmouri

2023

Camping paradis

2023

Salut les Terriens !

2023

Le Théâtre de Bouvard

2023

Victoires de la musique

2023

The Unexpected Getaway

2023

À votre service

2023

Le Grand Tralala

2023

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

2023

Champs-Elysées

2023

Commissariat Bastille

2023

Mask Singer

2023

Vivement dimanche

2023

Sacrée Soirée

2023

La France a un incroyable Talent

2023

On n'est pas couché

1996

Two Dads and One Mom

2006

Sandrine Alexi - Prise de têtes

1996

Smaïn - Comme ça se prononce

2005

Smaïn: Rebelote

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