Dominique Farrugia

Dominique Farrugia

Born: September 2, 1962
in Vichy, Allier, France
Dominique Farrugia (born 2 September 1962) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter, producer, humorist and comedian. He is a member and founder of the group of comedians Les Nuls alongside Alain Chabat, Chantal Lauby and Bruno Carette.

Farrugia was born in Vichy, France, to a Jewish pied-noir and Maltese family.

Since the launching of Canal+, in 1984, he works in editing trailers and as a broadcast production assistant on the Tous en scène show. Thus he meets Canal+ first weatherman, Alain Chabat, with whom he would form the group of comedians Les Nuls alongside Chantal Lauby and Bruno Carette in 1986. In 1987 he is included in the writing of the TV series Objective: nul (7 d'Or for best comedy TV show), the first parody by Les Nuls. He hosts a parodic weather forecast in the 'JTN' of 'Nulle part ailleurs' from 1987 to 1988. Initially, he did not want to act, but rather write. The absence of one of the actors in an episode of Objective: nul accidentally placed him in front of the camera. TVN 595, a TV special which was broadcast in October 1988, won the 7 d'Or for best show. Les Nuls' career lasts until 1992.

In 1994, La Cité de la peur is released making 3,216,436 entries in the French box office.

After Les Nuls split, Dominique Farrugia starts a film career as a director with Delphine 1, Yvan 0 and Trafic d'influence. He subsequently becomes a producer founding the RF2K production company with the actor Olivier Granier.

In 1997 he founded the cable and satellite TV channel Comédie!, discovering new comic talents such as Les Robins des Bois, Franck Dubosc, Titoff, Kad & Olivier and Jonathan Lambert.

In April 2001, he created the cable and satellite TV channel Cuisine TV.

In 2001-2002, he produces Vidocq (1,865,998 entries in France) and Monsieur Batignole (1,872,045 entries in France).

In 2002, he first becomes director-general and deputy director of broadcasting and programming at Canal+ and later president from April 2002 to February 2003 and to date, only assistant becoming president of Canal+.

In July 2003, he created FEW (Farrudg Entertainment Worldwide), a media company producing feature films.

In 2007 he produced the show of Manu Payet, then two years later of Laurent Lafitte.

In 2009, he launched the website Les graves infos which presents false news. The site is closed on 23 February 2010.

In 2010, he co-directed with Arnaud Lemort the film L'amour c'est mieux à deux (1,250,000 entries in France, more profitable movie of 2010, with its particular stage of Clovis Cornillac, Virginia Efira and Manu Payet).

Between September 2010 and May 2011, he is a columnist in the show Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil, hosted by Bruce Toussaint, every Sunday on Canal+.

On 20 November 2012, FEW, his production company and Luc Besson's EuropaCorp, signed an agreement under which all FEW films will be produced exclusively in partnership with EuropaCorp.

Source: Article "Dominique Farrugia" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Movies for Dominique Farrugia...

Title: Camille & images en hebdo
Released: November 9, 2023
Type: TV
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L'Âge d'or de la pub
Title: L'Âge d'or de la pub
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 2, 2023
Type: Movie
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Title: Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 21, 2022
Type: TV
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Title: Le Late avec Alain Chabat
Character: Self - Guest
Released: November 21, 2022
Type: TV
Alain Chabat hosts a brand-new late show for TF1: games, fake ads, stand up, live music and interviews with all the personalities of the entertainment world!
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Bacri, comme un air de famille
Title: Bacri, comme un air de famille
Character: Self
Released: January 14, 2022
Type: Movie
Jean-Pierre Bacri was never happy about anything. But beyond the caricature of the grumpy man, from his apprenticeship years to his death in January 2021, this film tells the story of this quintessential Frenchman: a man turned towards others, an actor by accident, a moralist by vocation, who was left unaffected by flattery and false honors by success, and ready for all kinds of anger when it was necessary to speak out against injustice and stupidity. The film tells the story of how Jean-Pierre Bacri's life changed several times: from Algeria to France when he was eleven years old in 1962; from bank clerk to apprentice theater actor; from Pieds-noirs film star to screenwriter for Alain Resnais; and from Cannes playboy to Agnès Jaoui's mad lover, the most decisive encounter for his life as well as for his work
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Le Show de Noël Must Go On
Title: Le Show de Noël Must Go On
Released: December 21, 2020
Type: Movie
Hosted by French comedian Manu Payet, here to cheer you up for Christmas in such hard times.
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Room(h)ates
Title: Room(h)ates
Character: Copain Yvan 1
Released: April 19, 2017
Type: Movie
Delphine and Yvan divorce. While his financial situation does not allow him to find a home, Yvan remembers that he owns 20% of his ex-wife's house. He then returned to live with Delphine, in his 20%. The two ex will discover the joys of forced housemates.
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Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Title: Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Released: December 13, 2014
Type: Movie
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CANAL+'s 30th anniversary
Title: CANAL+'s 30th anniversary
Character: Self
Released: November 4, 2014
Type: Movie
Primetime special to celebrate 30 years of CANAL+.
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Title: Soda
Released: July 4, 2011
Type: TV
Soda is a French television series produced by CALT. The series follows Adam, an 18-year-old high school student as he struggles with amusing yet realistic everyday issues. His group of friends are always there to help him through it all.
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Stéphane Guillon - Portraits au vitriol (1ère salve)
Title: Stéphane Guillon - Portraits au vitriol (1ère salve)
Character: Self
Released: October 7, 2008
Type: Movie
Les portraits désormais cultes de Stéphane Guillon sur Canal+ . S'adressant aux invités, il ose un ton inédit, parfois irrévérencieux mais toujours hilarant et taquine avec facétie et perspicacité Jean Dujardin, IAM, Christophe Lambert, Judith Godrèche, Rocco Siffredi, David Douillet, Joey Starr, Fabrice Luchini, Nagui, Marianne James, Bernard Kouchner... Et retrouvez en bonus, les invités en colère qui ne voulaient plus jamais entendre parler de leur portrait !...
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Title: Panique dans l'oreillette
Character: Self
Released: September 6, 2008
Type: TV
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Title: Salut les Terriens !
Character: Self (guest)
Released: November 4, 2006
Type: TV
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L'Intégrule 2 - Les Nuls
Title: L'Intégrule 2 - Les Nuls
Character: (archive footage)
Released: November 15, 2004
Type: Movie
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RRRrrrr!!!
Title: RRRrrrr!!!
Character: Le Gourdinier
Released: January 28, 2004
Type: Movie
In 35,000 BC, the tribe of the Dirty Hairs is at war against the tribe of the Clean Hairs for eight hundred years, trying to get their shampoo. The chief of the Dirty Hairs sends his daughter Guy disguised to the enemy tribe to get some shampoo for his tribe. When the healer of the Clean Hairs tribe surprisingly kills two cavemen of his tribe, their imbecile chief assigns Pierre with curled hair and Pierre blonde to investigate the murder and find the criminal.
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The Car Keys
Title: The Car Keys
Character: Un producteur
Released: December 10, 2003
Type: Movie
Who would think losing car keys could lead us that far ? Be careful, adventure is on every street corner...
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L'Intégrule - Les Nuls
Title: L'Intégrule - Les Nuls
Character: (archive footage)
Released: November 18, 2003
Type: Movie
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Leave Your Hands on My Hips
Title: Leave Your Hands on My Hips
Character: Le dragueur du VIP
Released: August 3, 2003
Type: Movie
Odile is 42 years old actress and single mother. One day her 18 year old daughter decided to leave her and start living with the boyfriend. All of a sudden alone in her empty house, the anguish takes over...
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The Strategy of Failure
Title: The Strategy of Failure
Character: Le Présentateur
Released: November 20, 2001
Type: Movie
My various experiences in the field of failure have allowed me to highlight specific areas in which it is crucial to get disorganized and to recognize the steps to be taken to end in ineffective management. This sentence is totally incomprehensible. It's normal. The longer the sentences, the less we understand them. It is the strategy of failure. To help us understand the failure and illustrate this video, we will need two men who we will call Luc for further misunderstanding. We will also need a woman whom we will call Sylvie for hygiene reasons.
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Title: Burger Quiz
Character: Self
Released: August 27, 2001
Type: TV
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Title: La Cape et l'épée
Character: Ménestrel
Released: November 4, 2000
Type: TV
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Influence Peddling
Title: Influence Peddling
Character: l'employé du Funérarium
Released: March 31, 1999
Type: Movie
Maxime and Gerard are a couple of white-collar criminals condemned to 5 years in prison. Sandrine Athan, an honest and principled young police officer, is assigned the banal task of escorting them to the nearest prison in Melun. Things get complicated when killers try to knock them off. Meanwhile, they must contend with strikes which have paralyzed the country and make travelling a nightmare. Added to this mess are the prisoners' many botch escape attempts. All these complications turn a simple transfer into a hellish adventure.
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Title: Vivement dimanche
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 1998
Type: TV
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Let There Be Light!
Title: Let There Be Light!
Character: Le chauffeur de taxi
Released: July 8, 1998
Type: Movie
God comes to Earth in order to make a film.
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Paparazzi
Title: Paparazzi
Character: Dominique Farrugia (uncredited)
Released: April 29, 1998
Type: Movie
Franck shows up in a gossip magazine photo behind a brawling TV star at a football match.
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Didier
Title: Didier
Character: Commentateur sportif, Jean-Philippe
Released: January 28, 1997
Type: Movie
Jean-Pierre Costa is a football manager upon whom fate appears not to be smiling. First, a friend, Annabelle, dumps a pet Labrador named Didier on him whilst she goes off to make a report in Los Angeles. Next, one of his star players is injured, leaving him one player short for a crucial match. As if things could not get any worse, Costa wakes up one morning to find that that Didier has been transformed into a man...
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Delphine : 1, Yvan : 0
Title: Delphine : 1, Yvan : 0
Character: Serge
Released: June 19, 1996
Type: Movie
C'est une histoire d'amour banale présentée comme un match de foot ordinaire. Ce sont donc Thierry Roland et Jean-Michel Larqué qui commentent, avec leurs mots (d'amour) et leurs noms (d'oiseaux), la première année de vie en couple de Delphine et Yvan, filmés pas à pas, dans leurs ébats et leurs éclats.
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Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
Title: Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
Released: March 8, 1995
Type: Movie
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Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
Title: Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
Character: Simon Jérémi / Benjamin / Michel, TV journalist
Released: March 9, 1994
Type: Movie
A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, with hammer and sickle, just as it happens in the film to be shown.
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La Classe américaine
Title: La Classe américaine
Character: Dubbing Voice (voice)
Released: December 31, 1993
Type: Movie
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)
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Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania
Title: Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania
Released: March 6, 1993
Type: Movie
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Les Nuls : La Pub
Title: Les Nuls : La Pub
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
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The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
Title: The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
Character: Le vendeur du sentier
Released: April 24, 1991
Type: Movie
This series of sketches introduces doctor Apfelglück and four of his patients... and their rather peculiar and disturbing problems.
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Title: Les Nuls, l'émission
Character: Self - Various characters
Released: October 13, 1990
Type: TV
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Title: Histoire(s) de la télévision
Character: Gilou Gilet (le fils)
Released: March 12, 1990
Type: TV
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Title: A.B.C.D. Nuls
Character: Self
Released: August 28, 1989
Type: TV
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TVN 595, la télévision des nuls
Title: TVN 595, la télévision des nuls
Character: Self
Released: November 26, 1988
Type: Movie
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Title: Ça cartoon
Character: Silent Projectionist
Released: February 16, 1986
Type: TV
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Title: Champs-Elysées
Character: Self - Les Nuls
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: TV
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Title: Le Meilleur de nulle part ailleurs
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV