[AmishDude]

Can you give any more background on this guy? You seem to know his work. I did find a publicity photo:

Here's an article from the French version of Yahoo!. Let me translate relevant portions via Babelfish and my own tweaking:
"Obviously, I am not anti-semite. Obviously, I fight against any form of communatarianism ", he declared, stressing that he did not have "a religion" and that he attacked "any form of extremism". He acted in a "sketch", of a "intervention in a humorous matter", he added.

"I was already attacked for anti-semitism by religious associations of the extreme right and I was released", added the actor in reference to a lawsuit brought by the central Consistory, Licra and the Union of the Jewish students of France.

Invited Tuesday on the broadcast "You Can't Please Everybody" to make a humorous "obituary" of Jamel Debbouze, Dieudonné appeared with a hood, a jacket of lattice, capped with the curly hair and the black hat characteristic of the orthodox Jews.

In a short article, Le Monde criticized the "skids" of Dieudonné. "For me, Le Monde is a newspaper which defends systematically the Zionist position", Dieudonné retorted.

[tallhappy]

In a short article, Le Monde criticized the "skids" of Dieudonné. "For me, Le Monde is a newspaper which defends systematically the Zionist position", Dieudonné retorted.

Comparing Jews to Nazis is just good fun and anyone who disagrees is a puppet of the Zionists.

Yep. He's just an anti-Zionist, not anti-semitic.

What a joke he is. Doo doo all right.

[Atlantic Friend]

I don't know much about him, since I never appreciated his kind of humor. Here'w what I recall :

He once was part of a stand-in comedy duo with a guy named Elie (I don't know if Elie was Jewish, though), but they did not enjoy much success. They were one from a bunch of young comedians that tried to emulate their elders (and betters) such as Coluche or Les Inconnus (The Nobodies).

Six or seven years ago, he began to get political, and went for a solo career. Maybe the separation with Elie had something to do with his new political inclinations, by the way. He announces his intention to participate to some elections (as Coluche had done in 1974 during the Presidential election). At that time, though, he was more focued on national issues, opposing France's National Front. He began to try putting some political flavor in his "comedy", which was lame as ever.

I had more or less lost sight on Dieudonne, until this story came up. I was a bit surprised, because while many comedians make fun of foreign leaders, in the Guignols or Spitting Image fashion, they keep a light tone. On that issue, my money is that Dieudonne tries to compensate for his utter lack of talent by playing the vulgarity and outrageous offences...