Christian Clavier
Christian Clavier
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.
Known For
Actor
as Le rabbin
as Hippolyte
as Olivier Béranger
as Frédéric Bouvier Sauvage
as Self - Guest
as Robert Poutifard
as Self (archive footage)
as Michel Gougnat, syndicaliste
as Self (archive footage)
as Claude Verneuil
as Le Père Noël
as Le Jurisconsulte
as Jean Boulin
as Self - Guest
as Julien Gosset-Grainville
as Philippe
as Foster
as Claude Verneuil
as Astérix (voice)
as Comte de Champignac
as Alain Prioux
as Jean-Etienne Fougerole
as Docteur PACE
as Docteur Rosen
as Pépé
as Jacquouille la Fripouille/Antoine-Claude Jacquouillet/Edmond Jacquart
as Alain
as Michel Leproux
as Agenor Arkandias
as Claude Verneuil
as monsieur Berthaud
as Le marquis de Porcellet
as Cutiro / Tirocu
as César
as Georges
as Monsieur Jourdain
as Vincent Cluzel
as Argan
as Pierre Martin
as Jean-Pierre Ménard
as François de La Conche
as Jérôme Tarayre
as Graf Taaffe
as Andre Morin
as Self
as Rémi François, aka Jack Palmer
as Patrick Lechat
as Edgar Lamarck
as Astérix
as Napoléon Bonaparte
as Andre
as Thénardier
as Astérix
as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard / Prosper le Purineur / Jacouillet
as Self
as Un spectateur
as Père Hervé Tarain / La « mauvaise conscience »
as Christian Clavier
as Gérard Bréha
as Urbain Donnadieu
as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard
as Pierre
as L'avocat
as Jean-Jacques Granianski, le pigeon manipulé
as Self
as Self
as Brice Michaud
as Fernand de Bois d'Enghien
as Jean-Michel Tuilier
as le petit chef de la DDASS
as Simon
as Chef Briffaud
as Edouard
as Self
as Bob Smith
as Iouri
as Alexis
as L'ami du dragueur / Charles-Henri / L'amant anti-chien
as Jean-Jacques dit « Katia »
as Michel Taupin
as Jean-Jacques dit « Katia »
as le fourbe
as Self
as Antoine Bonfils
as Charles
as Jérôme Osendron
as Le Beatnick
as Jérôme Tarayre, general practitioner
as Man in the couple with the 2CV
as Jérôme Tarayre, bad general practitioner
as un fêtard dans la voiture
as Jean-Jacques Dangle, le présentateur
as Le conteur (voice)
as François
as Le journaliste télé
as Renaud
as comédien en répétition (non crédité)
as Le serveur
as Un flic
as The servant of the inn
as Christian
as L'agent de sécurité homosexuel (uncredited)
as Self
as Self
as Photographer
as Le chauffagiste
as A debate viewer
Writer
as Screenplay
as Theatre Play
as Writer
as Scenario Writer
as Scenario Writer
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Screenplay
as Adaptation
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Story
as Writer
as Writer
as Theatre Play
as Writer
as Theatre Play
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Idea
as Screenplay
Producer
as Co-Producer
as Producer
as Co-Producer
as Producer
Director
as Director
Creator
as Creator