Dieudonne semoun bokassa biography

1966—

Comedian

Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, who is known professionally as simply "Dieudonné," is France's most controversial comedian.

He rose to fame in the early 1990s as part of a duo who poked fun at long-standing racial and religious stereotypes in France, but since 1997 Dieudonné has been a solo performer and has come under increasing scrutiny for his anti-Semitic remarks.

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Despite the debate about his humor, and the legal actions taken against him, Dieudonné remains one of France's most popular performers. "A brilliant mimic, he manages to transform himself, in a few deft gestures, into dozens of characters," wrote Tom Reiss in a 2007 New Yorker profile.

"His shows, which are usually sold out, aren't primarily attended by young minority men or skinhead rabble-rousers but by hip middle-class white Parisians."

Dieudonné was born in 1966 in Fontenay-aux-Roses, a section of Paris, and is biracial.

His mother hails from Brittany, the area of France that abuts the