1. Arnaud Tsamere wrote his first one-man show, Reflexions profondes sur pas mal de trucs, in 2002 with Arnaud Joyet, and his second, Chose Promise, in 2007 with Joyet and Francois Rollin.
44 Facts About Arnaud Tsamere
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Arnaud Tsamere has attended numerous comedy festivals and is currently a member of the Ligue Majeure d'Improvisation.
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Arnaud Tsamere plays Captain Sport Extreme in the comedy science fiction programme Hero Corp.
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Arnaud Tsamere has acted in several films, including the short Being Homer Simpson with Philippe Peythieu and Veronique Augereau, and Fonzy, a 2013 adaptation of Starbuck.
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Arnaud Tsamere was born in Bordeaux, but grew up in Versailles, Rocquencourt and Trappes, in the Yvelines department.
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Arnaud Tsamere's father was a general in the French Air Force who was awarded the Legion of Honour, and his mother a housewife, whom he has described as "the best in her domain".
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Arnaud Tsamere describes himself as having had a "strict upbringing".
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The next day, my mates said: "Look, here's Arnaud Tsamere, he's going to talk about his mother [sa mere]".
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Arnaud Tsamere began writing his first one-man show in 2002 with his friend Arnaud Joyet, inspired by a videotape of comedian Francois Rollin.
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Arnaud Tsamere met Rollin at the Dinard Comedy Festival, and he joined Arnaud Tsamere and Joyet to write a second show, Chose Promise.
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Arnaud Tsamere chose to perform as a character under Rollin's suggestion, so that he could depict failure under the guise of somebody who is not a comedian.
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Arnaud Tsamere's performance was well received by critics; Le Parisien called the show a "masterpiece of the genre".
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Arnaud Tsamere has done three tours of the show, and its final two performances were at the Olympia in February 2014.
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Arnaud Tsamere's third show, Confidences sur pas mal de trucs plus ou moins confidentiels, written with Rollin and Joyet, was performed on tour throughout France from November 2014, and at Le Splendid from January 2015.
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Arnaud Tsamere has said it is based on the principal that "society laughs too much", and will involve him talking about himself.
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On 25 June 2012 at the Europeen theatre, Arnaud Tsamere performed alongside the On n'demande qu'a en rire jury member Eric Metayer in Metamere en impro.
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Arnaud Tsamere performed La tournee du trio with his On n'demande qu'a en rire colleague Jeremy Ferrari, and Baptiste Lecaplain; after a tour of 12 performances in Zeniths, they did several special performances in February 2014.
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Arnaud Tsamere has attended comedy festivals such as the Montreux Comedy Festival, where he performed with Ferrari, and the Avignon Festival.
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Arnaud Tsamere is part of the Ligue Majeure d'Improvisation.
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In 2005, with the help of Frederic Testot, whom he met at a Puy-Saint-Vincent comedy festival, Arnaud Tsamere got the job of presenting the weather forecast in Le Grand Journal on Canal+.
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In 2007 Arnaud Tsamere met Simon Astier during the recording of the M6 show Off Prime.
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Arnaud Tsamere was given the role of Captain Sport Extreme in Astier's comedy science fiction programme, Hero Corp, which is broadcast on France 4.
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Arnaud Tsamere only appeared in one episode of the first series, but more frequently in the second.
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Arnaud Tsamere has described it as "the missing piece of the puzzle" that allowed him to become well known.
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Arnaud Tsamere already knew all of the original participants, except for Nicole Ferroni, whom he discovered at a comedy festival in Puy-Saint-Vincent in January 2011.
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Arnaud Tsamere is friends with Jeremy Ferrari, with whom he has performed sketches on the show.
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From October 2012 to January 2013, Arnaud Tsamere took part in the ONDAR Show, a spin-off of On n'demande qu'a en rire in which its best comedians performed without judges in a format similar to American entertainment.
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In 2013, Arnaud Tsamere joined the team of beIN Sports' programme Lunch Time, which was hosted by Darren Tulett.
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Arnaud Tsamere stressed that he has fun when filming Canape Quiz.
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Arnaud Tsamere said "It's the challenge of taking the reins of a cult programme that interested me".
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Arnaud Tsamere has appeared on various game shows, including Mot de passe and Fort Boyard, as well as the chat show La nuit nous appartient on NRJ 12.
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Arnaud Tsamere starred alongside Jose Garcia in Fonzy, a remake of the film Starbuck, in which he plays Maitre Chasseigne.
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Arnaud Tsamere has written several columns about sport for the newspaper Le Monde, on topics such as golfer Tiger Woods, the cyclists Chris Froome and Lance Armstrong in the Tour de France, and the French football league Ligue 1.
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Arnaud Tsamere is known for his "slow burn" technique, in which he talks about a subject before moving on to another and repeatedly interrupting himself to return to the initial subject.
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Arnaud Tsamere's humour is popular with television audiences, and has boosted On n'demande qu'a en rire viewing figures.
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On his website, Arnaud Tsamere provides a link to that of Francois Rollin, as well as to that of English comedian Ricky Gervais, whom he calls "my absolute master".
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Arnaud Tsamere has stated that his favourite director is Tim Burton, linking this to his surreal style.
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Arnaud Tsamere's partner is the racing driver and television presenter Margot Laffite ; their first child was born on 4 February 2015.
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Arnaud Tsamere is a cycling enthusiast and a fan of association football; he called the latter "My first great love to which I have remained faithful for so many years".
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Arnaud Tsamere is a user of Twitter and describes himself as "a bit of a geek", but says that he never retweets fans.
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Arnaud Tsamere uses an iPad, which he says has allowed him to read more: he "love[s] new technology like a kid".
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Arnaud Tsamere quit smoking in June 2012, saying that tobacco "disgusted" him; he uses an electronic cigarette.
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Arnaud Tsamere enjoys romantic comedy films, of which his favourites are Pretty Woman and Notting Hill.
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Arnaud Tsamere has read Une Vie by Guy de Maupassant, which he described as "so beautiful", and the biography of Apple Inc founder Steve Jobs, which he said is "the story of an incredible life".