Éric Blanc

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Éric Degbegni, better known as Éric Blanc (born October 10, 1965 in Cotonou, Benin) is a French impersonator and humorist

His father was a professional magistrate and his mother a pediatrci nurse, he lived in Cotonou until 1975 when his family have to exile to Paris after général Kérékou coup d'Etat. He discontinued his law courses for the scene. En 1986, he began in the Caveau de la République, a famous place for new humorists in Paris with imitations of the french president of republique Valery Giscard d'Estaing, the TV host Frédéric Mitterrand ou the french tennisplayer Yannick Noah and then played on different TV shows as la Classe on France 3.

He performed his first one-man show in the Bataclan then in Bobino. After legal trouble after a constested imitation of a french movie critic Henry Chapier in 1988, he becomed blacklisted on the french TV during many years but his career have kept going in movie and theater.

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  • Retour à la vie (2000)
  • Que la lumière soit ! (1997)
  • L'un contre l'autre (1995)
  • Thank You Satan (1989)
  • L'Invité surprise (1989)
  • A gauche en sortant de l'ascenseur (1988)
  • Black mic-mac 2 (1988)
  • L'œil au beur(re) noir (1987)


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