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.
Acted in
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
2025
Le Routard
2025
Jamais sans mon psy
2024
as Dr Béranger
Cocorico
2024
as Frédéric Bouvier Sauvage
Les Vengeances de Maître Poutifard
2023
as Robert Poutifard
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Employee of the Month
2022
as Michel Gougnat, syndicaliste
Serial (Bad) Weddings 3
2021
as Claude Verneuil
Christmas with the Tuches
2021
as Le Père Noël
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
2021
as Le Jurisconsulte
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
2021
as Jean Boulin
Qu'est-ce qu'ils ont fait au bon Dieu ?
2021
as Self
Samedi Sébastien
2021
as Self - Guest
Meet the Malawas
2019
as Julien Gosset-Grainville
Ibiza
2019
as Philippe
Wide Load
2019
as Foster
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2
2019
as Claude Verneuil
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
2018
as Astérix (voice)
Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures
2018
as Comte de Champignac
Finding Momo
2017
as Alain Prioux
With Open Arms
2017
as Jean-Etienne Fougerole
If I Were a Boy
2017
as Docteur PACE
A Bag of Marbles
2017
as Docteur Rosen
Cédric
2016
as Pépé
The Visitors: Bastille Day
2016
as Jacquouille la Fripouille/Antoine-Claude Jacquouillet/Edmond Jacquart
Babysitting 2
2015
as Alain
Do Not Disturb
2014
as Michel Leproux
The Secret of Arkandias
2014
as Agenor Arkandias
Serial (Bad) Weddings
2014
as Claude Verneuil
Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid
2014
Le Bœuf clandestin
2013
as monsieur Berthaud
Les affaires sont les affaires
2013
as Le marquis de Porcellet
Serial Teachers
2013
as Cutiro / Tirocu
You Don't Choose Your Family
2011
as César
Il était une fois... « Le père Noël est une ordure »
2011
as Self
La Cage aux folles
2011
as Georges
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
2009
as Monsieur Jourdain
Bitter Victory
2009
as Vincent Cluzel
The Imaginary Invalid
2008
as Argan
The Red Inn
2007
as Pierre Martin
The Price to Pay
2007
as Jean-Pierre Ménard
L'Entente cordiale
2006
as François de La Conche
Kronprinz Rudolf
2006
as Graf Taaffe
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
2006
as Jérôme Tarayre
The Antidote
2005
as Andre Morin
Les Visiteurs revisités
2005
as Self
The Corsican File
2004
as Rémi François, aka Jack Palmer
Albert est méchant
2004
as Patrick Lechat
Lovely Rita
2003
as Edgar Lamarck
Napoleon
2002
as Napoléon Bonaparte
How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002
as Self
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002
as Astérix
Just Visiting
2001
as Andre
Les Misérables
2000
as Thénardier
Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar
1999
as Astérix
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
1998
as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard / Prosper le Purineur / Jacouillet
Les Sœurs Soleil
1997
as Un spectateur
Panique au Plazza
1996
Guardian Angels
1995
as Père Hervé Tarain / La « mauvaise conscience »
Dead Tired
1994
as Christian Clavier
Revenge of a Blonde
1994
as Gérard Bréha
The Thirst for Gold
1993
as Urbain Donnadieu
The Visitors
1993
as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard
Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles
1991
as Pierre
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
1991
as L'avocat
L'Opération Corned Beef
1991
as Jean-Jacques Granianski, le pigeon manipulé
Les Nuls, l'émission
1990
as Self
Stars 90
1990
as Self
Fantôme sur l'oreiller
1989
as Brice Michaud
Un fil à la patte
1989
as Fernand de Bois d'Enghien
My Best Pals
1989
as Jean-Michel Tuilier
Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête
1989
as le petit chef de la DDASS
Mieux vaut courir
1989
as Simon
Palace
1988
as Chef Briffaud
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
1987
as Edouard
Double mixte
1986
as Bob Smith
Twist Again in Moscow
1986
as Iouri
L'été 36
1986
as Alexis
Slices of Life
1985
as L'ami du dragueur / Charles-Henri / L'amant anti-chien
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
1985
as Jean-Jacques dit « Katia »
Gramps Is in the Resistance
1983
as Michel Taupin
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
1982
as Jean-Jacques dit « Katia »
Elle voit des nains partout !
1982
as le fourbe
Merci Bernard
1982
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
1981
as Antoine Bonfils
Clara and Chics Types
1981
as Charles
Rat Race
1980
as Jérôme Osendron
Cocktail Molotov
1980
as Le Beatnick
French Fried Vacation 2: The Bronzés go Skiing
1979
as Jérôme Tarayre, le mauvais médecin généraliste
Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears
1979
as Le conducteur qui abandonne la dame âgée
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
1978
as Jean-Jacques Dangle, le présentateur
French Fried Vacation
1978
as Jérôme Tarayre, le mauvais médecin généraliste
Like a Turtle on Its Back
1978
as un fêtard dans la voiture
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
1977
as Le conteur (voice)
This Sweet Sickness
1977
as François
The Devil in the Box
1977
The Bottom Line
1976
as comédien en répétition (non crédité)
F as in Fairbanks
1976
as Le serveur
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
1976
as Un flic
Numéro un
1975
as Self
Let Joy Reign Supreme
1975
as The servant of the inn
Un bol d'air
1975
as Christian
The Restroom Robbery
1975
as L'agent de sécurité homosexuel (non crédité)
The Suspects
1974
as Un photographe
Bonne présentation exigée
1974
as Le chauffagiste
The Year 01
1973
as A debate viewer
Le Chat du rabbin
as Le rabbin
Le million
as Hippolyte