Christian Clavier
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 6, 1952 (age 74)
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Le Chat du rabbin
Movie · as Le rabbin
Cédric
Movie · as Pépé
Le client est roi
Movie
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
Movie · as Le Jurisconsulte
Serial Teachers 3: Back in Times
Movie · as Cutiro / Tirocu
Cocorico 2
Movie · as Frédéric Bouvier-Sauvage / Mehmet Suleymanoglu
Avis de tempête
Movie · as André Malraux
Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia
Movie · as Astérix (voice)
The Rookie Guide
Movie · as Karol Kowalski
Million Dollar Madness
Movie · as Hippolyte
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
Movie · as Le Jurisconsulte
Christian Clavier: La Vis Comica
Movie
Not Without My Shrink
Movie · as Olivier Béranger
Cocorico
Movie · as Frédéric Bouvier Sauvage
Loris Giuliano en balade
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mr. Putifar's Wacky Plan
Movie · as Robert Poutifard
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Employee of the Month
Movie · as Michel Gougnat, syndicaliste
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
Qu'est-ce qu'ils ont fait au bon Dieu ?
Movie · as Self
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
Movie · as Le Jurisconsulte
Christmas with the Tuches
Movie · as Le Père Noël
Serial (Bad) Weddings 3
Movie · as Claude Verneuil
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
Movie · as Jean Boulin
Samedi Sébastien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2
Movie · as Claude Verneuil
Ibiza
Movie · as Philippe
Wide Load
Movie · as Foster
Meet the Malawas
Movie · as Julien Gosset-Grainville
Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures
Movie · as Comte de Champignac
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
Movie · as Astérix (voice)
A Bag of Marbles
Movie · as Docteur Rosen
With Open Arms
Movie · as Jean-Etienne Fougerole
If I Were a Boy
Movie · as Docteur PACE
Finding Momo
Movie · as Alain Prioux
The Visitors: Bastille Day
Movie · as Jacquouille la Fripouille/Antoine-Claude Jacquouillet/Edmond Jacquart
Babysitting 2
Movie · as Alain
Serial (Bad) Weddings
Movie · as Claude Verneuil
The Secret of Arkandias
Movie · as Agenor Arkandias
Do Not Disturb
Movie · as Michel Leproux
Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid
Movie · as Self / Various characters
Serial Teachers
Movie · as Cutiro / Tirocu
Les affaires sont les affaires
Movie · as Le marquis de Porcellet
Le Bœuf clandestin
Movie · as monsieur Berthaud
You Don't Choose Your Family
Movie · as César
La Cage aux folles
Movie · as Georges
Il était une fois... « Le père Noël est une ordure »
Movie · as Self
Bitter Victory
Movie · as Vincent Cluzel
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Movie · as Monsieur Jourdain
C à vous
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Imaginary Invalid
Movie · as Argan
The Price to Pay
Movie · as Jean-Pierre Ménard
The Red Inn
Movie · as Pierre Martin
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
Movie · as Jérôme Tarayre
L'Entente cordiale
Movie · as François de La Conche
Kronprinz Rudolf
TV · as Graf Taaffe · 2 eps
Les Visiteurs revisités
Movie · as Self
The Antidote
Movie · as Jacques-Alain Marty « JAM »
The Corsican File
Movie · as Rémi François, aka Jack Palmer
Albert est méchant
Movie · as Patrick Lechat
Lovely Rita
Movie · as Edgar Lamarck
La Méthode Cauet
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Movie · as Astérix
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Movie · as Self
How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Movie · as Self - Actor
Napoleon
TV · as Napoléon Bonaparte · 4 eps
Just Visiting
Movie · as Andre
Les Misérables
TV · as Thénardier · 4 eps
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
Movie · as Astérix
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
Movie · as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard / Prosper le Purineur / Jacouillet
Vivement dimanche
TV · as Self · 10 eps
Les Sœurs Soleil
Movie · as Un spectateur
Panique au Plazza
Movie · as Jean-Louis Bonnot, Mr. Coïk's secretary
Guardian Angels
Movie · as Père Hervé Tarain / La « mauvaise conscience »
Revenge of a Blonde
Movie · as Gérard Bréha
Dead Tired
Movie · as Christian Clavier
The Visitors
Movie · as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard
The Thirst for Gold
Movie · as Urbain Donnadieu
Un fil à la patte
Movie · as Fernand de Bois d'Enghien
L'Opération Corned Beef
Movie · as Jean-Jacques Granianski, le pigeon manipulé
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
Movie · as L'avocat
Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles
Movie · as Pierre
Les Nuls, l'émission
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Stars 90
TV · as Self · 2 eps
My Best Pals
Movie · as Jean-Michel Tuilier
Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête
Movie · as le petit chef de la DDASS
Mieux vaut courir
Movie · as Simon
Double mixte
Movie · as Bob Smith
Fantôme sur l'oreiller
Movie · as Brice Michaud
Palace
TV · as Chef Briffaud · 2 eps
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
Movie · as Edouard
Nulle part ailleurs
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Twist Again in Moscow
Movie · as Iouri
L'Été 36
Movie · as Alexis
Slices of Life
Movie · as L'ami du dragueur / Charles-Henri / L'amant anti-chien
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Movie · as Katia
Gramps Is in the Resistance
Movie · as Michel Taupin
Rock and Torah
Movie · as Isaac Stern
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Movie · as Jean-Jacques dit « Katia »
Elle voit des nains partout !
Movie · as le fourbe
Merci Bernard
TV · as Professor Kottich · 1 ep
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 7 eps
Clara and the Why Notes
Movie · as Charles
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
Movie · as Antoine Bonfils
Rat Race
Movie · as Jérôme Osendron
Cocktail Molotov
Movie · as Le Beatnick
French Fried Vacation 2
Movie · as Jérôme Tarayre
Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears
Movie · as Man in the couple with the 2CV
French Fried Vacation
Movie · as Jérôme Tarayre
Like a Turtle on Its Back
Movie · as un fêtard dans la voiture
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
TV · as Jean-Jacques Dangle, le présentateur · 1 ep
Ciné regards
TV · as Self · 2 eps
This Sweet Sickness
Movie · as François
The Devil in the Box
Movie · as Renaud
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
Movie · as Le conteur (voice)
Spoiled Children
Movie · as Le réalisateur TV
The Bottom Line
Movie · as Café-theater actor (uncredited)
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Movie · as Un flic
F as in Fairbanks
Movie · as Le serveur
The Restroom Robbery
Movie · as L'agent de sécurité homosexuel (uncredited)
Un bol d'air
Movie · as Christian
Let Joy Reign Supreme
Movie · as The servant of the inn
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Numéro un
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bonne présentation exigée
Movie · as Le chauffagiste
The Suspects
Movie · as A photojournalist at Bernard Vauquier's wife's house
The Year 01
Movie · as A debate viewer