Arthur
Arthur is known for Superchondriac (2014), Family Is Family (2018), Challenger (2024).
Biography
Arthur (born Jacques Essebag; 10 March 1966) is a TV presenter, producer and comedian.
After dropping from law studies, he began his career as a host on local radio in the Paris region in the late 1980s. In the early 1990s, he found a certain notoriety by presenting programs on Fun Radio, Europe 1 and Europe 2 (Arthur et les pirates, PlanetArthur and Radio Arthur). Starting in 1991, he became the host of television programs, first on France 2 and TF1 (Les Enfants de la télé, La Fureur).
Meanwhile, he started a theatrical career with two one-man shows, Arthur en vrai (2005) and I Show (2009) and portraying Peter Brochan in Le Dîner de Cons (2007), alongside Dany Boon.
Since the mid-1990s, he has also been an entrepreneur in the audiovisual field. He was, until 2006, vice president of the French subsidiary of production company Endemol. Since 2008, he has been the owner of Ouï FM.
Jacques Essebag was born on 10 March 1966 in Casablanca. His father, Michel Essebag, was a chartered accountant and his mother a housewife. He has a brother Olivier. Like many Moroccan Jews, his parents left Morocco in 1967, during the Six-Day War and settled in the Paris region, in Massy. After high school, he began studying law at Sceaux, at the Faculty of Law Jean Monnet of the University of Paris-Sud 11. While he repeated his first year, he made his debut radio broadcast, on the local radio station Massy-Pal, on which he hosted the show Tonus which provided sports scores for the city.
In 1987, he became a presenter on RFM. He took the pseudonym of Arthur to distinguish from a homonym. In 1988, he spent a short time on Kiss Fm, then joined Skyrock in 1989. With Skyman, he created Les zigotos du matin.
In 1991, he joined Fun Radio to host programs from 6:30 am–9:00 am, in which he created games such as the provocative Orgasmotron (simulation of a live female orgasm). His notoriety grew when, thanks to a publicity campaign for his program in which he presented himself as "the greatest cunt of the FM band". On Fun, he met Emmanuel Lévy, aka Maître Lévy, who became his director and accompanied him in his TV career.
He left Fun Radio the following season in 1992 to join Europe 1, which wanted to rejuvenate its audience. There he hosted for four seasons Arthur et les pirates, between 4.30 pm-6.00 pm, with Maître Levy, Alexandre Devois (Captain Sboob), Princess Jade (met on Skyrock), Rémy Caccia and Michèle Bernier. He hosted the same games as he did on Fun. During the first season, the show took place among the audience.
In September 1996, he returned on Europe 2 to host La Matinale from 8 am to 9:30 am, then from 7:30 am to 9 am from 1997. The show was recorded a series of sketches with false listeners. The humoristic team was composed of Maître Levy, Gad Elmaleh, Axelle Laffont, Tex, Gus (Gustave de Kervern of Groland), François Meunier (JC of Skyrock) and Philippe Lelièvre.
At the beginning of 2000, Arthur left Europe 2 and hosted PlanetArthur on Fun Radio, every afternoon from 4.00 pm to 6.30 pm, alongside Maître Levy, Myriam, Valérie Benaïm and Cyril Hanouna. ...
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Questions about Arthur
How many Arthur films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 11 films with Arthur, from 1995 to 2024.
What is the best rated Arthur film?
The best rated Arthur film in the catalogue is Family Is Family (2018), rated 5.8.
What was the first Arthur film?
The first Arthur film in the catalogue is Paparazzi, from 1998.
People data: TMDb.
Known for
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5.5 Superchondriac
2014
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5.8 Family Is Family
2018
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5.0 Paparazzi
1998
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5.7 Challenger
2024
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3.4 Tous Inconnus
2022
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6.0 Florence Foresti & Friends
2008
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3.6 Les Bidochon
1996
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6.3 Mentalistes : Dans la tête des stars
2018
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5.7 La vie de chantier
2004
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5.8 Jeff Panacloc, l'extraordinaire aventure
2016
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3.5 Dany Boon - Les zacros de la télé
1995
Full filmography
16 films — 11 in the catalogue
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3.4
Tous Inconnus
2022 · ("C'est toi que je t'aime" segment)
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5.8
Family Is Family
2018 · Arthur
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6.3
Mentalistes : Dans la tête des stars
2018 · Self - Host
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1.0 Michèle Bernier, l'irrésistible
2017 · Self (archive footage)
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5.8
Jeff Panacloc, l'extraordinaire aventure
2016 · Self
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5.5
Superchondriac
2014 · Obstetrician gynecologist
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4.0 Arthur - Le Spectacle
2011 · Self
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3.5 Carte Blanche à Anne Roumanoff
2011 · Self
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6.0
Florence Foresti & Friends
2008 · Self
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2.3 Arthur en vrai !
2007 · Self
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5.3 Les Guignols, les 10 premières années
1999 · Self
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5.0
Paparazzi
1998 · Arthur
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3.6
Les Bidochon
1996 · Gérard de Bellair, le présentateur TV
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3.5
Dany Boon - Les zacros de la télé
1995 · Self
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5.7
La vie de chantier
2004
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5.7
Challenger
2024
Series and TV shows
11 titles
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5.6
Nismet
2025 · Producer · 4 ep.
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1.0
Le Dernier Cercle
2025 · Host · 2 ep.
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1.0
Influence(s) - L'agence derrière vos écrans
2024 · Producer · 6 ep.
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1.0
10 sur 10 : Combien tu te mets ?
2024 · Présentation · 2 ep.
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3.5
Bonjour ! La Matinale TF1
2024 · Guest
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1.0
The Wheel, le cercle des 7
2023 · Présentation · 3 ep.
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1.0
Visual Suspect
2022 · Host · 4 ep.
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5.1
Quotidien
2016 · Guest · 3 ep.
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6.8
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Appearance
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5.7
Star Academy
2001 · Producer · 29 ep.
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7.4
Burger Quiz
2001 · Appearance
People data: TMDb.
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