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 b...
Harkis
2008
Wacko
1994
Tomboy
2008
Old School
2000
The Car Keys
2003
Recto/Verso
1999
Three Lives and Only One Death
1996
Un p’tit gars de Ménilmontant
2013
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
1985
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
Certifiée Halal
2015
Poor Richard!
2013
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
1998
Placés
2022
Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
1997
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
2005
Tom est tout seul
1995
Don't Worry, Be Happy
2003
The Joint Brothers
1986
The Blond Boy from the Casbah
2023
Dorothée : Le Show
1983
One Can Always Dream
1991
Le Schpountz
1999
Two Dads and One Mom
1996
La Smala
1984
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
1995
The Big Brother
1982
Te marre pas... c'est pour rire !
1982
L'Œil au beur(re) noir
1987
For the Love of God
2006
Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania
1993
Charité biz'ness
1998
Mosaïque
1976
The Bag of Flour
2012
La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia
2004
The Imaginary Doctor
2022
Bingo!
1998
Le Passager du Tassili
1987
Le Carnaval des animaux
2010
Smaïn: Rebelote
2005