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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as Karol Kowalski
2024
as Olivier Béranger
2024
as Self - Guest
2024
as Frédéric Bouvier Sauvage
2023
as Robert Poutifard
2023
as Self (archive footage)
2022
as Self (archive footage)
2022
as Michel Gougnat, syndicaliste
2021
as Claude Verneuil
2021
as Le Père Noël
2021
as Le Jurisconsulte
2021
as Jean Boulin
2021
as Self
2021
as Self - Guest
2019
as Julien Gosset-Grainville
2019
as Philippe
2019
as Foster
2019
as Claude Verneuil
2018
as Astérix (voice)
2018
as Comte de Champignac
2017
as Alain Prioux
2017
as Jean-Etienne Fougerole
2017
as Docteur PACE
2017
as Docteur Rosen
2016
as Pépé
2016
as Jacquouille la Fripouille/Antoine-Claude Jacquouillet/Edmond Jacquart
2015
as Alain
2014
as Michel Leproux
2014
as Agenor Arkandias
2014
as Claude Verneuil
2014
2013
as monsieur Berthaud
2013
as Le marquis de Porcellet
2013
as Cutiro / Tirocu
2011
as César
2011
as Self
2011
as Georges
2009
as Monsieur Jourdain
2009
as Vincent Cluzel
2008
as Argan
2007
as Pierre Martin
2007
as Jean-Pierre Ménard
2006
as François de La Conche
2006
as Graf Taaffe
2006
as Jérôme Tarayre
2005
as Jacques-Alain Marty « JAM »
2005
as Self
2004
as Rémi François, aka Jack Palmer
2004
as Patrick Lechat
2003
as Edgar Lamarck
2002
as Napoléon Bonaparte
2002
as Self
2002
as Self
2002
as Astérix
2001
as Andre
2000
as Thénardier
1999
as Astérix
1998
as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard / Prosper le Purineur / Jacouillet
1997
as Un spectateur
1996
1995
as Père Hervé Tarain / La « mauvaise conscience »
1994
as Christian Clavier
1994
as Gérard Bréha
1993
as Urbain Donnadieu
1993
as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard
1991
as Pierre
1991
as L'avocat
1991
as Jean-Jacques Granianski, le pigeon manipulé
1990
as Self
1990
as Self
1989
as Brice Michaud
1989
as Fernand de Bois d'Enghien
1989
as Jean-Michel Tuilier
1989
as le petit chef de la DDASS
1989
as Simon
1988
as Chef Briffaud
1987
as Edouard
1986
as Bob Smith
1986
as Iouri
1986
as Alexis
1985
as L'ami du dragueur / Charles-Henri / L'amant anti-chien
1985
as Jean-Jacques dit « Katia »
1983
as Michel Taupin
1982
as Jean-Jacques dit « Katia »
1982
as le fourbe
1982
1981
as Antoine Bonfils
1981
as Charles
1980
as Jérôme Osendron
1980
as Le Beatnick
1979
as Jérôme Tarayre, general practitioner
1979
as Man in the couple with the 2CV
1978
as Jean-Jacques Dangle, le présentateur
1978
as Jérôme Tarayre, bad general practitioner
1978
as un fêtard dans la voiture
1977
as Le conteur (voice)
1977
as François
1977
as Le journaliste télé
1977
as Renaud
1976
as comédien en répétition (non crédité)
1976
as Le serveur
1976
as Un flic
1975
as Self
1975
as The servant of the inn
1975
as Christian
1975
as L'agent de sécurité homosexuel (uncredited)
1974
as Photographer
1974
as Le chauffagiste
1973
as A debate viewer
as Le rabbin
as Hippolyte