Christian Clavier
Acting
Born May 6, 1952 · 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.
Directed (1)
Acting (104)
Avis de tempête
2026
Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia
2026
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
2026
Cocorico 2
2026
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
2025
Million Dollar Madness
2025
Christian Clavier: La Vis Comica
2025
The Rookie Guide
2025
Not Without My Shrink
2024
Cocorico
2024
Les Vengeances de Maître Poutifard
2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
Employee of the Month
2022
Serial (Bad) Weddings 3
2021
Christmas with the Tuches
2021
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
2021
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
2021
Qu'est-ce qu'ils ont fait au bon Dieu ?
2021
Meet the Malawas
2019
Ibiza
2019
Wide Load
2019
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2
2019
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
2018
Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures
2018
Finding Momo
2017
With Open Arms
2017
If I Were a Boy
2017
A Bag of Marbles
2017
The Visitors: Bastille Day
2016
Babysitting 2
2015
Do Not Disturb
2014
The Secret of Arkandias
2014
Serial (Bad) Weddings
2014
Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid
2014
Le Bœuf clandestin
2013
Les affaires sont les affaires
2013
Serial Teachers
2013
You Don't Choose Your Family
2011
Il était une fois... « Le père Noël est une ordure »
2011
La Cage aux folles
2011
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
2009
Bitter Victory
2009
The Imaginary Invalid
2008
The Red Inn
2007
The Price to Pay
2007
L'Entente cordiale
2006
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
2006
The Antidote
2005
Les Visiteurs revisités
2005
The Corsican File
2004
Albert est méchant
2004
Lovely Rita
2003
How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002
Just Visiting
2001
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
1999
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
1998
Les Sœurs Soleil
1997
Panique au Plazza
1996
Guardian Angels
1995
Dead Tired
1994
Revenge of a Blonde
1994
The Thirst for Gold
1993
The Visitors
1993
Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles
1991
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
1991
L'Opération Corned Beef
1991
Fantôme sur l'oreiller
1989
Un fil à la patte
1989
Double mixte
1989
My Best Pals
1989
Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête
1989
Mieux vaut courir
1989
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
1987
Twist Again in Moscow
1986
L'été 36
1986
Slices of Life
1985
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
1985
Gramps Is in the Resistance
1983
Rock and Torah
1983
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
1982
Elle voit des nains partout !
1982
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
1981
Clara and the Why Not
1981
Rat Race
1980
Cocktail Molotov
1980
French Fried Vacation 2
1979
Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears
1979
French Fried Vacation
1978
Like a Turtle on Its Back
1978
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
1977
Tell Her That I Love Her
1977
Spoiled Children
1977
The Devil in the Box
1977
The Bottom Line
1976
F as in Fairbanks
1976
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
1976
Let Joy Reign Supreme
1975
Un bol d'air
1975
The Restroom Robbery
1975
The Suspects
1974
Bonne présentation exigée
1974
The Year 01
1973