Laurent Ruquier Biography
Laurent Ruquier (Laurent Hugues Emmanuel Ruquier) is a French television presenter, radio host and comedian. He is also known as a lyricist, writer, columnist, and impresario and as a co-owner and general manager of Théâtre Antoine-Simone Berriau in Paris since 2011. He is as well known for hosting the On n’est pas couché show on France 2 every Saturday evening since 2006.
Laurent Ruquier Age
Laurent was born on 24th of February 1963 in Le Havre, France. He is 56 years old as of 2019.
Laurent Ruquier Taille | Height
Laurent stands at a height of 1.83 m tall.
Laurent Ruquier Family | Jeune |Couple
Ruquier was born to Roger Ruquier (father) who was a boilermaker at construction sites in Le Havre and Raymonde Ruquier (mother), who was a housewife. He was raised in a large family of modest means, as the second of five siblings.
Laurent Ruquier Wife | Compagnon
Laurent is homosexual in the late 1990s he is in a relationship with Benoît Petitjean. there is no information about his past relationship.
Laurent Ruquier Education
He was enrolled in a high school where he entertained his friends by publishing his first satires in the school newspaper. He studied accounting and obtained a DEUG in Economic and Social Administration (AES) at the Le Havre site of the University of Rouen and a Diploma from the Institute of Technology (DUT) in Business Management and Training administration (GEA). He as well got enrolled for a course in Constitutional Law given by Patrice Gélard.
Laurent Ruquier Career
He began his career in 1991 becoming the host of the summer radio show “Close the window for mosquitoes”. The show ran successfully on France Inter and featured other comedians including Pascal Brunner, Anne Roumanoff, Chraz, Sophie Forte, Virginie Lemoine, Jean-Jacques Vanier, Patrick Font, Didier Porte, Laurence Boccolini, Christophe Alévêque, Frédéric Lebon, Patrick Adler, and Laurent Gerra.
He later founded his own production company RUQ Productions and hosted the show “Nothing Polished” on France Inter. Ruquier later took on Change Management and he hosted the show In Every Sense on France Inter in 1997. Ruquier as well got to be featured on Europe 1 with two programs daily: a morning chronicle with Julie and “Get in the way” (On va s’gener) the he as well directed daily from 4.30pm to 6 pm, changing to 4 pm from 2006, then 4 pm to 6.30pm from 2009 and 3.30pm to 6pm from September 2010.
Laurent Ruquier PhotoHe was announced by Jean-Marc Morandini his blog that in 2007 that Laurent should stop his daily broadcast on Europe 1 at the end of the season 2006 / in 2007 on JeanMarcMorandini.com, 4 May 2007</ref> The presenter should “take a break” in his radio activities to focus on television (he was hosting a daily radio show and a weekly show on France 2). Laurent Ruquier also wanted to spend more time in theatre and in writing.
Ruquier as well retained his program Get in the Way in 2011. He later joined the station’s morning show, replacing Guy Carlier, to broadcast a humor section at 7.55am and calling himself the “Clipboard”. This novelty in the program schedule reflected the fact that the presenter must be present during the presidential year, according to the agreement with the President of the station, Denis Olivennes.
Ruquier later announced in an interview in Paris that he had re-enlisted for (at least) two years in Europe 1. As for each year, some minor changes are in preparation for the show. He later stared Get in the Way now started at 4 pm and finished at 6.30pm in 2013.
He later attempted getting back to the television with the show Tout le monde en parle, produced and co-hosted with Thierry Ardisson. This time, the public was won over, but Laurent Ruquier changed his employer next season to rejoin the ranks of Canal+. He co-hosts Un an de plus with Marc-Olivier Fogiel where he brings his sense of humour.
Christine Bravo recovered “her” slot on Saturday primetime for a version of On a tout essayé without Laurent Ruquier who was too busy with all of his other activities: On a tout essayé… sans le patron in 2006. the same year in December 2006, Philippe Geluck replaced him for being absent for personal reasons.
He as well presented On n’a pas tout dit, a daily talk show which replaced On a tout essayé in 2008. He later then stopped his daily program to focus on On n’est pas couché.
In 2009 he got back on a tout essayé with a show called On a tout révisé, with that show’s crew.
He as well presented a monthly television adaptation of his show on Europe 1, Get in the Way (On va s’gêner), broadcast on France 4. In November 2010, France 4 decided to stop broadcasting the show following the wish of France Télévisions to prevent presenters from working on multiple channels in the group. The last episode was broadcast on 1 December 2016.
He as well presented on France 2 in the early evening Stars and Comedy, a show in which eight people mount the stage of the Palace for their first show in 2008. In 2009 he as well presented Vos chanteurs préférés in the early evening on France 2 with Michael Gregorio who imitated the singers’ favorite personalities, sometimes in duets with them.
The same year he presented On a tout révisé in prime time on France 2 with all the “band” that accompanied all these different programs for many years. In that evening, the former writers revisited the news for the 2009 year through games. Four teams of four writers. A second episode was scheduled for 13 July 2010, and a third for late September.
His radio show Get in the Way celebrated its tenth anniversary on 21 October 2009 during a special evening and three hours free at the Olympia and aired Wednesday 25 November and 2 December on France 4. All the writers who participated in the program since its inception were present.
On 31 May 2011, a fourth edition of On a tout révisé was broadcast. During this program, in addition to regular commentators, Laurent Ruquier decided to integrate his new comedians from the show On n’demande qu’à en rire, who make “song gags” or who had passed the “office assistant” test.
In June 2011, a survey by PureMédias, with more than 120,000 voters, voted Laurent Ruquier second class in the “presenter of the year” category behind Nagui who remained first by a large margin. His programs On n’est pas couché and On n’demande qu’à en rire also took the second and third place in the category “Entertainment of the Year”. On 8 February 2013, he presented the 2013 Victoires de la musique live with Virginie Guilhaume.
Laurent Ruquier Net Worth | Salaire
Laurent has an estimated net worth of $145 million.
Laurent Ruquier Tv Shows
- 1994: Rien à cirer (France 2), a television adaptation of his radio show
- 1995: Les Niouzes (TF1)
- 1998: Tout le monde en parle with Thierry Ardisson (France 2)
- 1999-2000: Un an de plus (Canal+)
- 2000-2007: On a tout essayé (France 2)
- 2001: 7 d’or (France 2)
- 2002-2005: La nuit des Molières (France 2)
- 2002-2005: Juste pur rire (France 2)
- 2003: Eurovision Song Contest 2003 (France 3) with Isabelle Mergault
- 2003: Drôles de dames (France 3)
- 2004: Eurovision Song Contest 2004 (France 3) with Elsa Fayer
- 2004: Ruquier allume la télé (France 2)
- 2005: French preselection for Eurovision Song Contest 2005 (France 3) with Elsa Fayer
- 2005-2006: Ça balance à Paris (Paris Première)
- 2005-2006: Vos imitations préférées (France 2)
- Since 2006: On n’est pas couché (France 2)
- 2006: 36 songs (France 3)
- 2007-2008: On n’a pas tout dit (France 2)
- 2008: Stars et Comédie (France 2)
- 2008: Tous au théâtre (France 2)
- 2009: Merci d’être venu! (France 2)
- 2009: Vos chanteurs préférés (France 2)
- 2009: On va s’gêner, 10 years (France 4) television adaptation of his radio show
- 2009-2011: On a tout révisé (four episodes to date) (France 2)
- 2010-2012: On n’demande qu’à en rire (presenter) (France 2)
- Since 2012: On n’demande qu’à en rire (Jury) (France 2)
- 2013: Victoires de la musique with Guilhaume Virginia (France 2)
- 2013: Season 3 of On n’demande qu’à en rire, producer (France 2)
- 2013: C à vous (France 5)
- 2014: L’émission pour tous, producer (France 2
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