Booder

Mohammed Benyamna better known by his stage name Booder, born is a French-Moroccan actor and comedian.

Life

Booder was born in Bouarfa, Morocco. He moved to France in 1979 and grew up in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. He discovered comedy at the theatre club of his high school. After the obtention of a baccalauréat specialized in accounting he decides to change path to go on stage and become a comedian. His stage name is a reference to his favorite footballer, the Moroccan Aziz Bouderbala. He acquired the French nationality by naturalization on.

Career

At the start of his career, he is part of a trio with two other comedians, without success, he then continues alone. From 2004 he performed in one-man shows in Parisian theatres. He's spotted by producer Rachid Ould-Ali, he was entrusted with the first part of Mouss Diouf's show at the Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell, in Paris.
His first appearance in the cinema was in 2003 in a film of, named Corps à corps.
In 2011, he played his first major role in Beur sur la ville, written, directed and produced by.
During the of the, TV show of Arthur in which he is frequently invited, he announces that he published an autobiography called Un bout d'air in 2020 and that he had already sold 10 000 books.
Booder is easily recognizable with his small size, his atypical physique and his hat. Even thought the press sometimes attributed to him the Maroteaux–Lamy syndrome, he states that he doesn't suffer from any genetical disease.
On, he made his debut as a new member of the radio show Les Grosses Têtes, animated by Laurent Ruquier.
In 2022, with Gaëlle Falzerana he realized his first film, Le Grand Cirque in which he played the first role. The film is released in February 2023 in cinemas.
In 2023, he starred in the play Pour le meilleur et pour le pire, alongside Rebecca Hampton.

Filmography

TV shows

Year	Name of the show	TV channel
2010	Ticket pour le soleil	France Ô
2011, 2015 and 2018-2020	Touche pas à mon poste !	France 4 and C8
2011, 2014 and 2020	Fort Boyard	France 2
2014	Jazirat Al Kanz
Since 2016	On Fridays, [Anything Goes with Arthur]	TF1
2017	Cache toi-si tu peux	Gulli
2019, 2020	Le Grand Concours	TF1
2020	La Grosse Rigolade	C8
2020	District Z	TF1
2020-2022	Les Touristes	TF1
2020	Tous en cuisine, en direct avec Cyril Lignac	M6
2023	Vendredi, tout est Booder	TF1

Music clips

Theater

2017 : La grande évasion
2019 - 2021 : ''Booder is back''