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