Christian Clavier
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
125
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
Sacrée Soirée
Vivement dimanche
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
C à vous
Ibiza
Numéro un
Finding Momo
Dead Tired
Wide Load
Stars 90
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
Rock and Torah
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
Employee of the Month
Napoleon
The Corsican File
French Fried Vacation
Guardian Angels
Cocorico
Les Nuls, l'émission
Nulle part ailleurs
Merci Bernard
The Red Inn
Bitter Victory
Les Misérables
Do Not Disturb
With Open Arms
Serial (Bad) Weddings
My Best Pals
Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia
The Visitors
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
The Year 01
Double mixte
The Antidote
Cocktail Molotov
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
Palace
French Fried Vacation 2
Meet the Malawas
Les Sœurs Soleil
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
The Secret of Arkandias
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2
Samedi Sébastien
Just Visiting
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
Million Dollar Madness
The Rookie Guide
Gramps Is in the Resistance
The Visitors: Bastille Day
Babysitting 2
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
Serial (Bad) Weddings 3
Albert est méchant
A Bag of Marbles
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
Le Bœuf clandestin
Avis de tempête
Not Without My Shrink
If I Were a Boy
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
The Bottom Line
Cédric
Elle voit des nains partout !
The Thirst for Gold
You Don't Choose Your Family
L'Opération Corned Beef
Kronprinz Rudolf
L'Entente cordiale
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
Les Vengeances de Maître Poutifard
The Price to Pay
Slices of Life
Cocorico 2
The Imaginary Invalid
Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures
Lovely Rita
Twist Again in Moscow
Christmas with the Tuches
How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Mieux vaut courir
Serial Teachers
Rat Race
L'Âge d'or de la pub
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Tell Her That I Love Her
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
Loris Giuliano en balade
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
Let Joy Reign Supreme
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Fantôme sur l'oreiller
Spoiled Children
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
The Restroom Robbery
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
La Cage aux folles
L'été 36
Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête
Le Chat du rabbin
Revenge of a Blonde
Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles
Les Visiteurs revisités
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Clara and the Why Not
The Suspects
F as in Fairbanks
Qu'est-ce qu'ils ont fait au bon Dieu ?
Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears
Il était une fois... « Le père Noël est une ordure »
C'est pas Parce qu'on n'a Rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa Gueule...
The Devil in the Box
Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid
Un bol d'air
Panique au Plazza
Like a Turtle on Its Back
Un fil à la patte
Bonne présentation exigée
Les affaires sont les affaires
