Acting
Christian Clavier
FR, EN cinema · 111 credits
Born
6 May 1952 (age 74)
Birthplace
Paris, France
Also known as Christian Jean-Marie Clavier
Christian Clavier is a French actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director. He is the brother of French film director Stéphane Clavier. After his high class studies at the Neuilly Lycée Pasteur—though asserted here and there, he never studied at Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) —he started his actor career with the comedic theater troupe Splendid, which had hits with films like Les Bronzés font du ski and Le Père Noël est une ordure. His most notable success without the Splendid group, and by far his biggest hit to date, was in the 1993 film les Visiteurs, where he played a character known as Jacquouille la fripouille; the character's cry of "Okkkayyy!!" became a popular exclamation after the movie's success. After les Visiteurs he was a certified star, participating in big-budget films like Astérix et Obélix contre César, Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre, and the sequel and remake of Visiteurs. He also played several dramatic roles on television, including M. Thénardier in Les Misérables (2000 television version) and Napoléon in a biographical television film. Clavier has played in notable duos with: Jean Reno in les Visiteurs (the Visitors) and the US remake, Just Visiting, L'Opération Corned-Beef and L'Enquête corse (The Corsican investigation). Gérard Depardieu in Astérix et Obélix (Asterix and Obelix) and Les anges gardiens. He also runs a production company, Ouille Production. He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre national du Mérite on 13 June 1998, and promoted Officier (Officer) in 2005. He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur in 2008. He is a friend of former French président Nicolas Sarkozy, and recently emigrated to England as a result of Francois Hollande's punitive tax policy, mirrored in his Astérix co-star Gérard Depardieu's self-imposed exile to Belgium.
Known for
Filmography
Le Chat du rabbin
Le Chat du rabbin
as Le rabbin
Cédric
as Pépé
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
as Le Jurisconsulte
Serial Teachers 3: Back in Times
as Cutiro / Tirocu
Cocorico 2
as Frédéric Bouvier-Sauvage / Mehmet Suleymanoglu
Avis de tempête
as André Malraux
Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia
as Astérix (voice)
The Rookie Guide
as Karol Kowalski
Million Dollar Madness
as Hippolyte
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
as Le Jurisconsulte
Not Without My Shrink
as Olivier Béranger
Cocorico
as Frédéric Bouvier Sauvage
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. Putifar's Wacky Plan
as Robert Poutifard
Employee of the Month
as Michel Gougnat, syndicaliste
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
as Le Jurisconsulte
Christmas with the Tuches
as Le Père Noël
Serial (Bad) Weddings 3
as Claude Verneuil
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
as Jean Boulin, Co-Producer, Screenplay
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2
as Claude Verneuil
Ibiza
as Philippe
Wide Load
as Foster
Meet the Malawas
as Julien Gosset-Grainville
Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures
as Comte de Champignac
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
as Astérix (voice)
A Bag of Marbles
as Docteur Rosen
With Open Arms
as Jean-Etienne Fougerole, Producer
If I Were a Boy
as Docteur PACE
Finding Momo
as Alain Prioux
The Visitors: Bastille Day
as Jacquouille la Fripouille/Antoine-Claude Jacquouillet/Edmond Jacquart, Writer, Co-Producer
Babysitting 2
as Alain
Serial (Bad) Weddings
as Claude Verneuil
The Secret of Arkandias
as Agenor Arkandias
Do Not Disturb
as Michel Leproux
Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid
as Self / Various characters
Serial Teachers
as Cutiro / Tirocu
Les affaires sont les affaires
as Le marquis de Porcellet
Le Bœuf clandestin
as monsieur Berthaud
You Don't Choose Your Family
as César, Director, Screenplay
La Cage aux folles
as Georges
Bitter Victory
as Vincent Cluzel
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
as Monsieur Jourdain
The Price to Pay
as Jean-Pierre Ménard
The Red Inn
as Pierre Martin, Scenario Writer
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
as Jérôme Tarayre, Writer
L'Entente cordiale
as François de La Conche
The Antidote
as Jacques-Alain Marty « JAM »
Empire of the Wolves
Screenplay
The Corsican File
as Rémi François, aka Jack Palmer, Writer
Albert est méchant
as Patrick Lechat
Lovely Rita
as Edgar Lamarck, Producer
How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
as Self - Actor
Just Visiting
as Andre, Screenplay
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard / Prosper le Purineur / Jacouillet, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Les Sœurs Soleil
as Un spectateur
Panique au Plazza
as Jean-Louis Bonnot, Mr. Coïk's secretary, Adaptation
Guardian Angels
as Père Hervé Tarain / La « mauvaise conscience », Writer
Revenge of a Blonde
as Gérard Bréha
Dead Tired
as Christian Clavier
The Visitors
as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard, Screenplay
The Thirst for Gold
as Urbain Donnadieu, Writer
Un fil à la patte
as Fernand de Bois d'Enghien
L'Opération Corned Beef
as Jean-Jacques Granianski, le pigeon manipulé, Story, Screenplay
My Best Pals
as Jean-Michel Tuilier, Writer
Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête
as le petit chef de la DDASS
Mieux vaut courir
as Simon
Double mixte
as Bob Smith
Fantôme sur l'oreiller
as Brice Michaud
Twist Again in Moscow
as Iouri, Writer
L'Été 36
1986
L'Été 36
as Alexis
Slices of Life
as L'ami du dragueur / Charles-Henri / L'amant anti-chien
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
as Katia, Theatre Play
Gramps Is in the Resistance
as Michel Taupin, Writer, Theatre Play
Rock and Torah
as Isaac Stern
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
as Jean-Jacques dit « Katia », Writer
Elle voit des nains partout !
as le fourbe
Clara and the Why Notes
as Charles
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
as Antoine Bonfils
Rat Race
as Jérôme Osendron
Cocktail Molotov
as Le Beatnick
French Fried Vacation 2
as Jérôme Tarayre, Writer
Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears
as Man in the couple with the 2CV
French Fried Vacation
as Jérôme Tarayre, Writer
Like a Turtle on Its Back
as un fêtard dans la voiture
This Sweet Sickness
as François
The Devil in the Box
as Renaud
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
as Le conteur (voice)
Spoiled Children
as Le réalisateur TV
The Bottom Line
as Café-theater actor (uncredited)
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
as Un flic
F as in Fairbanks
as Le serveur
The Restroom Robbery
as L'agent de sécurité homosexuel (uncredited), Idea
Un bol d'air
as Christian, Writer
Let Joy Reign Supreme
as The servant of the inn
Bonne présentation exigée
as Le chauffagiste, Screenplay
The Suspects
as A photojournalist at Bernard Vauquier's wife's house
The Year 01
as A debate viewer