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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Placés

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

Le Schpountz

Fernandel, l'homme au sourire

Don't Worry, Be Happy

Le Carnaval des animaux

One Can Always Dream

The Car Keys

L'Œil au beur(re) noir

The Telephone Always Rings Twice

Two Dads and One Mom

Harkis

Recto/Verso

The Big Brother

Poor Richard!

J'aurais jamais dû croiser son regard...

Un p’tit gars de Ménilmontant

The Bag of Flour

Dorothée : Le Show

Mosaïque

For the Love of God

Bingo!

La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia

Smaïn: Rebelote

Once Upon a Time in Algeria

Tom est tout seul

Old School

Le Passager du Tassili

Certifiée Halal

Charité biz'ness

Smaïn - Mon dernier avant le prochain

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

Gates of the Sun

Three Lives and Only One Death

Tomboy

The Joint Brothers

Les Chômeurs en folie

Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur

Les 60 ans du one-man-show

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

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

Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania

Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés

La Smala

The Imaginary Doctor

Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés

Wacko

Smaïn - Comme ça se prononce
Ceritfiée Halal de Mahmoud Zemmouri

Camping paradis

Salut les Terriens !

Le Théâtre de Bouvard

Victoires de la musique

The Unexpected Getaway

À votre service
Le Grand Tralala

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

Champs-Elysées

Commissariat Bastille

Mask Singer

Vivement dimanche

Sacrée Soirée

La France a un incroyable Talent

On n'est pas couché

Two Dads and One Mom

Sandrine Alexi - Prise de têtes

Smaïn - Comme ça se prononce
