Cyril Hanouna
Acting

Cyril Hanouna

September 23, 1974 (51 years old) Paris, France

Biography

Cyril Valéry Isaac Hanouna (born 23 September 1974 in Paris) is a French radio and television presenter, writer, author, columnist, producer, singer and occasional actor and comedian of Tunisian origins. He is best known for hosting the popular French TV show Touche Pas à Mon Poste.

Hanouna was born into a Jewish family, he is the son of a general practitioner and a saleswoman who arrived in France from Tunis in 1969. He first studied to become a doctor like his father. After having difficulties in high school, he decided to study management to become a chartered accountant, but he later gave up his studies.

Hanouna made his television debut in 1999 on the television channel Comédie+ where he wrote the lyrics for the trailers. Hanouna became a television presenter in 2002 when he co-hosted the third series of La Grosse Émission alongside comedian duo Kad et Olivier. In February 2002 he was approached by RTL Radio and he hosted a radio show called Planet Arthur alongside Manu Levy and Valérie Bénaïm. In 2003 he hosted the morning show Morning Live on M6.

Since 2008 Hanouna has been associated with the Eurovision Song Contest. At the 2008 Contest, he presented the French tele-votes, and then provided the French commentary for the 2009 and 2010 Contests alongside Julien Courbet and Stéphane Bern.

Currently, he is a host on Europe 1, and on television with Touche Pas à Mon Poste (up to 2012 on France 4), before moving with the whole TV show team to D8 since the new channel was launched on 7 October. The channel also bought the rights for Nouvelle Star, the French version of the Pop Idol Series, and Hanouna became the host of the show.

In 2011, he acted in the third installment of La Vérité si je mens!.

Nowadays he is the producer of his own entertainment company, H2O Production, where he works on some of the most popular TV shows of C8 (as D8 was renamed). He is also active on almost all channels which are owned by Vincent Bolloré (Direct 8, Direct Star and Canal+). In 2015 Bolloré spent 250 million Euros to keep Hanouna on his team.

In 2019, he proposed a television show which he would co-host with a French politician to address the concerns of French citizens, a reaction to the yellow vests movement.

Cyril Hanouna has often received satirical awards from Gérards de la Télévision: Industrial Mistake Award 2007, Worst Presenter 2013 and 2014, The Presenter Who Doesn’t Need Drugs 2016. In February 2016, he was drawn by Charlie Hebdo as a mosquito sucking out children’s brains. …

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Known For

Fort Boyard

Fort Boyard

1990 • TV

Soda

Soda

2011 • TV

Victoires de la musique

Victoires de la musique

1985 • TV

Fort Boyard, toujours plus fort !

Fort Boyard, toujours plus fort !

2018 • TV

Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show

Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show

2015 • Movie

The New Adventures of Aladdin

The New Adventures of Aladdin

2015 • Movie

Movie Credits (19)

Acting

2015

Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show

as Self

2015

The New Adventures of Aladdin

as Radio (voice)

2020

Simply Black

as Cyril Hanouna

2012

Would I Lie to You? 3

as Hervé Cockpit

2026

Guru

as Self

2016

One Man and his Cow

as Self (uncredited)

2017

La Folle Histoire de Jeff Panacloc

as Self

2025

TPMP ! Toute la vérité

as Self

2016

Jeff Panacloc, l'extraordinaire aventure

as Self

2023

Cyril Hanouna : le nouveau parrain du PAF

as Self

2019

La télé des Nuls

as Self

2013

Toute la télé chante pour le Sidaction

as Self

2022

Media Crash

2025

Inside TPMP : les coulisses du talk n°1

2006

Les plus grands délires de Cyril Hanouna à la télé !

as Self

Crew

2023

La méthode Cauet, les 20 ans

Producer

2017

La Folie Disneyland Paris : L'Anniversaire des 25 ans du Parc

Producer

2006

Les plus grands délires de Cyril Hanouna à la télé !

Director

2025

TPMP ! Toute la vérité

Director

TV Credits (34)

Acting

1990

Fort Boyard

as Self

2 episodes

2011

Soda

55 episodes

1985

Victoires de la musique

as Self

1 episodes

2018

Fort Boyard, toujours plus fort !

as Self - Candidate (archive footage)

1 episodes

2000

Morning live

as Self - Host

78 episodes

2020

All the Way Up

as Cyril Hanouna

1 episodes

2008

N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels

as Self

1 episodes

2010

It's Only TV

as Self - Host

273 episodes

2025

Tout beau tout n9uf

as Self - Host

95 episodes

1986

Une Famille en Or

as Self - Host

7 episodes

2021

Samedi Sébastien

as Self - Guest

1 episodes

2024

Jonathan & Jesus

as Self

4 episodes

2004

Deal or No Deal France

as Self - Host

117 episodes

2023

C'est génial, c'est que de l'amour

as Self - Host

1 episodes

2022

C médiatique

as Self

1 episodes

2014

Un soir à la tour Eiffel

as Self

1 episodes

2021

Nabilla : Sans filtre

as Self

1 episodes

2020

La Grosse Rigolade !

as Self - Host

5 episodes

2025

Cyril et la famille

as Self - Host

94 episodes

2024

On marche sur la tête

as Animateur

20 episodes

Crew

2010

It's Only TV

Producer

2004

Deal or No Deal France

Producer

2010

It's Only TV

Creator

2017

C'est que de la télé !

Creator

2016

Hanounight Show

Creator

2024

Bébé à bord

Creator

2024

On marche sur la tête

Creator

2025

Tout beau tout n9uf

Creator

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
September 23, 1974 (51 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Popularity
0.7

Career Stats

19
Movies
34
TV Shows