Christian Clavier

Known for ActingBorn 1952-05-06 (age 74)Paris, France

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Le Cœur sur la main

Les Nuls, l'émission

A Bag of Marbles

Merci Bernard

Rire et sourire : Le Splendid

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

Santa Claus Is a Stinker

Numéro un

Santa Claus Is a Stinker

French Fried Vacation 2

The Visitors

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion

Les Misérables

Mieux vaut courir

Napoleon

Kaamelott: The First Chapter

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

Serial (Bad) Weddings

Palace

L'Âge d'or de la pub

Gramps Is in the Resistance

Il était une fois... « Le père Noël est une ordure »

Champs-Elysées

Serial (Bad) Weddings 3

Samedi Sébastien

Babysitting 2

Un fil à la patte

Tell Her That I Love Her

French Fried Vacation

Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid

Rock and Torah

Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)

Bitter Victory

The Year 01

The Imaginary Invalid

F as in Fairbanks

Employee of the Month

Qu'est-ce qu'ils ont fait au bon Dieu ?

Papy fait de la résistance

Let Joy Reign Supreme

My Best Pals

C à vous

The Restroom Robbery

L'Opération Corned Beef

Stars 90