__NOTOC__ Mathieu Madénian (born 23 July 1976) is a French comedian, actor and columnist.

Life and career

Madénian was born in

Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ca, Perpinyà ; es, Perpiñán ; it, Perpignano ) is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the ...

, southern

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. He is of

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and

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descent. He grew up in

Saleilles Saleilles (; ca, Salelles) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Saleilles is located in the canton of La Côte Sableuse and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. History Saleilles Chapelle Saint- ...

, a town in the suburbs of Perpignan, where he earned his scientific baccalaureate with honours, then a

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, then became a lawyer. When he was 25 he left the law profession to follow a career in comedy He landed his first role in ''

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'' where he performed various

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s alongside

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and his wife

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. He then wrote several

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s staged by Kader Aoun, many of which were performed at the ''théâtre du Point-Virgule''. From September 2010 has been a part of the French television show ''Vivement dimanche prochain'', presented by

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. He does a humor column. alternating with

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or Éric Antoine. From 2010 to 2011, he was also involved in '' Le Grand Direct des Médias'' with

Jean-Marc Morandini Jean-Marc Morandini (; born 5 August 1965) is a French television host. Morandini was born in Marseille. In 1985, aged 20, he became the youngest TV announcer in France. He worked for channel ''La Cinq'', before creating and animating the program ...

shown on

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. Since September 2011, he has been a columnist on

s show ''Faites entrer l'invité'' on

. On 7 January 2015 Madénian did not go to work and escaped the

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at the offices of the satirical weekly ''

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''.

Cinema

* 2014 : ''

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'' directed by

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* 2016 : ''

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'' directed by François Desagnat * 2016 : ''

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'' directed by

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Television

* 2001-2004 : ''

'' with

and

(Voiceover) * 2005 : ''Attention ça tourne'' (Chroniqueur et Auteur) * 2007 : ''Jamel Comedy Club Season 2'' presented by

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(Actor) * 2007 : ''Les Agités du bocal'' presented by Alexis Trégarot and Stéphane Blakowski on

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(Columnist and Author) * 2008 : ''Pliés en 4'' presented by

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(Columnist and Author) * 2009 : ''L'habit ne fait pas Lemoine'' presented by Jean-Luc Lemoine (Columnist and Author) * 2010 : ''Vivement Dimanche'' presented by

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(Columnist and Author) * 2011 : ''La Pire Semaine de ma Vie'' directed by Frédéric Auburtin et released on M6 (Actor) * 2011 : ''À la maison pour Noël'' directed by Christian Merret-Palmair and released soon on

(Actor)

Radio

* 2007 : ''Made in Blagues'' on ''Rire et Chansons'' * 2009 : ''Nouveaux Talents'' on ''Rire et Chansons'' * 2010 : ''Europe 1 Soir'' of Nicolas Demorand on

(Columnist and Author) * 2010-2011 : ''Le Grand direct, Le Grand direct des Médias'' of Jean Marc Morandini on

(Columnist and Author) * 2011 : '' Faites entrer l'invité'' of

Theatre

* 2004-2005 : Tout va bien se passer at ''Café Théâtre La Providence'' * 2006-2008 : L'Amour en Kit at ''Théâtre des Blancs-Manteaux'', then at ''Théâtre du Temple'' * 2008 : La Route du Rire First part of

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, Gérald Dahan, Jean-Luc Lemoine... * 2009 : Stand Up at ''Café Théâtre Le Panam'' * 2010-2011 : One Man Show at ''Théâtre du Point Virgule'' (Staged by Kader Aoun) * 2011-2012 : One Man Show at ''Théâtre Trévise'' (Staged by Kader Aoun)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Madenian, Mathieu 1976 births Living people People from Perpignan French male stage actors French male film actors French male television actors French people of Armenian descent French people of German descent