Christian 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.
127 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 127
Champs-Elysées
1982
Sacrée soirée
1987
Vivement dimanche
1998
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Numéro un
1975
C à vous
2009
Nulle part ailleurs
1987
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002
Stars 90
1990
Cocorico
2024
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
The Visitors
1993
Napoleon
2002
If I Were a Boy
2017
Les Nuls, l'émission
1990
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
1999
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
2018
Palace
1988
Les Misérables
2000
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2
2019
Serial (Bad) Weddings
2014
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
1976
Million Dollar Madness
2025
Cocorico 2
2026
Meet the Malawas
2019
The Visitors: Bastille Day
2016
Serial (Bad) Weddings 3
2021
Just Visiting
2001
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
1998
Kronprinz Rudolf
2006
French Fried Vacation 2
1979
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
2021
Samedi Sébastien
2021
Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia
2026
French Fried Vacation
1978
La Méthode Cauet
2003
Babysitting 2
2015
Merci Bernard
1982
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
2025
With Open Arms
2017
L'Opération Corned Beef
1991
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
1982
A Bag of Marbles
2017
The Rookie Guide
2025
Gramps Is in the Resistance
1983
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
2021
Not Without My Shrink
2024
Avis de tempête
2026
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
2006
The Red Inn
2007
Employee of the Month
2022
Ibiza
2019
Guardian Angels
1995
Twist Again in Moscow
1986
Christmas with the Tuches
2021
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
1978
Dead Tired
1994
Tell Her That I Love Her
1977
The Corsican File
2004
L'Été 36
1986
You Don't Choose Your Family
2011
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures
2018
Finding Momo
2017
Les Vengeances de Maître Poutifard
2023
The Suspects
1974
The Year 01
1973
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002
Do Not Disturb
2014
My Best Pals
1989
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
1981
Spoiled Children
1977
Loris Giuliano en balade
2024
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
1977
Albert est méchant
2004
How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
1991
The Price to Pay
2007
L'Entente cordiale
2006
Les Sœurs Soleil
1997
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
2026
Cocktail Molotov
1980
Wide Load
2019
The Thirst for Gold
1993
Revenge of a Blonde
1994
The Antidote
2005
The Restroom Robbery
1975
The Bottom Line
1976
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
2009
Rat Race
1980
The Imaginary Invalid
2008
Lovely Rita
2003
Clara and the Why Not
1981
Let Joy Reign Supreme
1975
Rock and Torah
1983
La Cage aux folles
2011
Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête
1989
Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears
1979
The Secret of Arkandias
2014
Slices of Life
1985
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
1987
F as in Fairbanks
1976
Elle voit des nains partout !
1982
Serial Teachers 3
2027
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
1985
Double mixte
1989
Christian Clavier: La Vis Comica
2025
Qu'est-ce qu'ils ont fait au bon Dieu ?
2021
Les Visiteurs revisités
2005
Mieux vaut courir
1989
Fantôme sur l'oreiller
1989
Like a Turtle on Its Back
1978
Bitter Victory
2009
The Devil in the Box
1977
Le Bœuf clandestin
2013
Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles
1991
Les affaires sont les affaires
2013
Cédric
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Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid
2014
Un fil à la patte
1989
Bonne présentation exigée
1974
Panique au Plazza
1996
Un bol d'air
1975
Il était une fois... « Le père Noël est une ordure »
2011
Le Chat du rabbin
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Serial Teachers
2013