Lagaf' (pseudonym of Vincent Rouil, born on 30 October 1959, Mont-Saint-Aignan, Seine-Maritime) is a famous French humorist, TV presenter, singer and actor. In 1987, Vincent Lagaf', who had just arrived in Paris, was first brought to the national eye as a comedian when he appeared in a TV show (La Classe) aimed at discovering young humorists. With his first one-man show, Lagaf' began a new popular comedian thanks to a song that he sings on scene, "Bo le lavabo", which was a success in France in 1990. A year later, he had the same success with "La Zoubida"[1] which was in the list of the 100 best-selling singles in France during the 1990s. (A side-scrolling platform game developed by (Titus Interactive based on this song was also produced – Titus the Fox). Until 1995, being associated with the producer Hervé Hubert, he continued to act many sketches on stage or for television and to interpret new funny songs like Casse toi and Sweet Georgia Brown. In 1995, he played the part of Scipion in a made-to-measure play Le Surbook.
In 1996, for French TV channel TF1, he began hosting game shows which were big successes. In 1998, he adapted Let's make a deal for the French audience. He hosted Le Bigdil for six years with a virtual alien called Bill and his beautiful dancing-girls Les gafettes.[2] With this show, he became one of the most popular TV presenters, twice an award winner, and a successful TV producer. In 2000, Vincent Lagaf' and his ever faithful partner Hervé Hubert sold their companies to the powerful group Endemol.
In 2006, he stopped hosting and producing TV shows to take a sabbatical year and a change of scenery. In 2008, he played the first leading role in the movie Le Baltringue. In 2009, after a tour with a new play Pourquoi moi ?!, he returned TV with a new version of The Price Is Right (Le Juste Prix), produced by Hervé Hubert who now works with Fremantle Media. In 2011, he will host the French version of the English gameshow Ant & Dec's Push the Button
