Mathieu Madénian

Mathieu Madenian (born 23 July 1976) is a French comedian, actor and columnist. He was born in Perpignan and is of Armenian and German descent. He grew up in Saleilles, a town in the suburbs of Perpignan, where he earned his scientific baccalaureate with honors, then received a degree in criminology and became a lawyer. At 25 he left his law profession to follow a career in comedy.

He landed his first role in Un gars, une fille, where he performed various voiceovers alongside Jean Dujardin and Alexandra Lamy, and went on to write several one-man shows staged by Kader Aoun, many of which were performed at the Theatre du Point-Virgule. He appeared in the second season of the Jamel Comedy Club in 2007 and worked as a columnist on numerous television programmes. Since September 2010 he has been part of Michel Drucker's show Vivement dimanche prochain, with a humor column alternating with Anne Roumanoff, Nicolas Canteloup and Eric Antoine.

On radio, his credits include Le Grand Direct des Medias with Jean-Marc Morandini on Europe 1 (2010-2011) and Faites entrer l'invite on Europe 1 from September 2011. On 7 January 2015 Madenian did not go to work and escaped the shooting at the offices of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. His film work includes Les Gazelles (2014), Roommates Wanted (2016), and Marseille (2016), and he appeared as Castain in the 2019 series Infidele.