Édouard Deloignon

Édouard Deloignon is a French stand-up comedian and actor who grew up in Montville, a small town in the Seine-Maritime department of Normandy near Rouen. After completing his baccalaureate he studied sport sciences (STAPS) at the University of Rouen with the aim of becoming a physical education teacher, working as a Club Med holiday animator and playing and coaching basketball at a high level. He later moved to Paris to train as an actor at the Cours Florent drama school, where he discovered improvisational comedy. Deloignon built a following through comic videos on social media that have drawn more than 150 million views, before joining the Jamel Comedy Club troupe in 2021. He has won several French comedy awards, including Comedy Mouv, Rire en Seine and Nord de Rire, and has performed as an opening act for comedian Kev Adams, including at the Zenith in Paris. Since 2019 he has been a columnist on the radio show "Les Colocs" on Virgin Radio. His solo show, "Edouard Deloignon grandira plus tard" (Edouard Deloignon Will Grow Up Later), recounts his youth in Normandy and toured French theatres including the Theatre Fontaine in Paris in 2026.