Jean-Luc Marie Lemoine (born 6 March 1970) is a French humourist, media personality and stand-up comedian.

Early life

A native of

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, Lemoine grew up in

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. His first scene was on his high school stage, in front of 800 fellow students. In 1993, he played at the Théâtre des Blancs-Manteaux in Paris for 15 days and later worked as a columnist for the satirical weekly ''Infos du Monde'', based upon ''

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'' in the United States. He started his television career on local Téléssonne channel. The following year, he played a show during 10 months, directed by

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Career

Lemoine was a regular guest on ''On a tout essayé'' on

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from 2001 to 2006, when he joined ''

On n'est pas couché ''On n'est pas couché'' was a French talk show broadcast on France 2 on Saturdays at 11 p.m. and hosted by Laurent Ruquier. It was produced by Ruquier and Catherine Barma. It first aired on 16 September 2006; after fourteen seasons, it ended on ...

'' for two seasons. From 2011 until 2018, Lemoine was part of the slate of regular guests on ''

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'' on

France 4 France 4 () is a French free-to-air television channel owned by France Télévisions, focused on children's programming. The colour of France 4 is purple. Originally launched as Festival in 1996, the channel took its current name in 2005 when it ...

and then D8, when the talk show hosted by

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switched channels in 2012. He also had a weekly segment called ''Les Questions en 4/3''. In 2015, his segment became a TV special for one prime time. In 2013, he joined Hanouna on his radio programme ''

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'' broadcast on

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. From 2016 to 2017 and in 2017 respectively, he hosted the game shows ''Guess My Age'' and ''Couple or Not?'' on C8, both of which were created by

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and have spawned numerous international versions. Lemoine quit C8 in 2018. He has hosted ''Samedi d'en rire'' on

France 3 France 3 () is a French free-to-air public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5 and France Info. It is made up of a network of regional television services providing ...

since 2019."Jean-Luc Lemoine arrive sur France 3"
huffingtonpost.fr (in French), 18 June 2019. He has also been a regular guest on ''

Les Grosses Têtes Les Grosses Têtes (; ("The Big Heads" or "The Big Brains" in English) is a daily comedy radio programme on the French language RTL radio network. Broadcast since 1 April 1977, the current host since 2014 has been Laurent Ruquier. Presently bro ...

'' since 2019.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lemoine, Jean-Luc 1970 births French humorists French stand-up comedians French television presenters French television talk show hosts 21st-century French male actors People from Essonne French people of Vietnamese descent Living people