Dominique Farrugia
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Dominique Farrugia in 1999
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Dominique Spiridion Léon Farrugia 2 September 1962 Vichy, France |
| Occupation | Actor, film director, screenwriter, producer, humorist |
| Years active | 1985–present |
Dominique Farrugia (born 2 September 1962) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter, producer and humorist. He is a member and founder of the group of comedians Les Nuls alongside Alain Chabat and Chantal Lauby.
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 (7 d'Or for best comedy TV show), the first parody by Les Nuls. He hosts a parodic weather forecast in the '' of '' 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. , 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 and . He subsequently becomes a producer founding the production company with the actor Olivier Granier.
In 1997 he founded the cable and satellite TV channel Comédie !, discovering new comic talents such as , Franck Dubosc, , Kad & Olivier and .
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