Christian Clavier
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
124
Gender
Male
Birthday
1952-05-06 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
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
Champs-Elysées
Vivement dimanche
Sacrée Soirée
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Numéro un
C à vous
Nulle part ailleurs
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
Stars 90
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Serial (Bad) Weddings 3
Spoiled Children
Meet the Malawas
The Antidote
Christmas with the Tuches
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar
Serial (Bad) Weddings
The Visitors
Not Without My Shrink
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Napoleon
The Visitors: Bastille Day
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
Cocktail Molotov
My Best Pals
The Restroom Robbery
Les Nuls, l'émission
Les Misérables
French Fried Vacation 2
Just Visiting
Like a Turtle on Its Back
Do Not Disturb
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Les Vengeances de Maître Poutifard
The Secret of Arkandias
La Cage aux folles
Million Dollar Madness
Cocorico 2
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
The Suspects
L'Opération Corned Beef
Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
With Open Arms
Gramps Is in the Resistance
Palace
Babysitting 2
Qu'est-ce qu'ils ont fait au bon Dieu ?
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
Samedi Sébastien
Cocorico
Ibiza
The Rookie Guide
Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures
Rock and Torah
Merci Bernard
L'été 36
Employee of the Month
You Don't Choose Your Family
Let Joy Reign Supreme
If I Were a Boy
Twist Again in Moscow
Elle voit des nains partout !
Slices of Life
French Fried Vacation
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
Kronprinz Rudolf
Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears
A Bag of Marbles
The Red Inn
Les Sœurs Soleil
How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Guardian Angels
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
Lovely Rita
The Year 01
Finding Momo
Revenge of a Blonde
Loris Giuliano en balade
The Corsican File
Dead Tired
Wide Load
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid
Albert est méchant
Tell Her That I Love Her
Bitter Victory
L'Âge d'or de la pub
The Thirst for Gold
L'Entente cordiale
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
The Bottom Line
Double mixte
Un bol d'air
Le Chat du rabbin
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
Clara and Chics Types
The Imaginary Invalid
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
The Price to Pay
Le Bœuf clandestin
Rat Race
Mieux vaut courir
Il était une fois... « Le père Noël est une ordure »
Un fil à la patte
Cédric
Les affaires sont les affaires
The Devil in the Box
Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles
Les Visiteurs revisités
F as in Fairbanks
Bonne présentation exigée
Serial Teachers
Panique au Plazza
Fantôme sur l'oreiller
Avis de tempête
Kaamelott Premier Volet Director's cut
