Christian Clavier

Acting · 1.5 popularity

Age

Movies

107

Born: May 6, 1952
From: Paris, France

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.

Works

107 films

The Antidote

20055.1

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

20027.4

Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar

19996.0

Serial (Bad) Weddings

20146.7

The Visitors

19937.1

Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion

20186.8

Just Visiting

20014.8

Serial (Bad) Weddings 2

20195.9

The Visitors: Bastille Day

20164.2

With Open Arms

20175.2

The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time

19986.0

Meet the Malawas

20194.4

Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia

2026

Cocorico 2

20265.4

French Fried Vacation

19786.6

If I Were a Boy

20175.3

Babysitting 2

20156.3

Serial (Bad) Weddings 3

20216.3

Let's Make a Dirty Movie

19763.9

Les Sœurs Soleil

19973.6

Kaamelott: The First Chapter

20216.6

The Corsican File

20045.9

A Bag of Marbles

20177.8

French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever

20064.1

Employee of the Month

20226.0

Wide Load

20194.2

Guardian Angels

19956.1

My Best Pals

19896.3

French Fried Vacation 2

19797.3

Cocorico

20245.6

Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)

2026

The Bottom Line

19765.6

L'Opération Corned Beef

19916.2

Ibiza

20195.2

Not Without My Shrink

20244.8

Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)

20256.0

Dead Tired

19946.0

Santa Claus Is a Stinker

19827.3

Finding Momo

20175.2

Do You Do You Saint-Tropez

20215.0

Bitter Victory

20096.2

Do Not Disturb

20145.3

You Don't Choose Your Family

20115.7

The Year 01

19736.6

The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque

19874.4

The Red Inn

20075.5

Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles

19915.0

Gramps Is in the Resistance

19836.9

Let Joy Reign Supreme

19756.4

L'Âge d'or de la pub

20236.5

Cédric

2026

Avis de tempête

2026

Million Dollar Madness

20255.4

The Rookie Guide

20254.6

Double mixte

19892.5

The Thirst for Gold

19935.5

L'Entente cordiale

20064.8

Les Visiteurs revisités

20056.0

Christmas with the Tuches

20215.1

Rock and Torah

19836.5

This Sweet Sickness

19776.6

Albert est méchant

20044.6

Rat Race

19805.4

Les Vengeances de Maître Poutifard

20235.0

The Suspects

19745.4

Le Bœuf clandestin

20133.8

L'Été 36

19864.0

Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures

20184.5

The Secret of Arkandias

20145.2

The Imaginary Invalid

20086.2

The Restroom Robbery

19756.4

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

20027.0

Serial Teachers 3

2027

Santa Claus Is a Stinker

19857.4

Twist Again in Moscow

19866.1

Clara and the Why Notes

19815.5

Spoiled Children

19776.2

Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête

19895.6

The Price to Pay

20075.4

The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck

19915.3

Revenge of a Blonde

19944.6

Christian Clavier: La Vis Comica

20255.6

Le Chat du rabbin

2026

Cocktail Molotov

19806.0

Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid

20146.2

The Devil in the Box

19776.0

Slices of Life

19855.4

Mieux vaut courir

19897.0

Les affaires sont les affaires

20135.9

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

20096.4

Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !

19815.2

You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine

19774.9

Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears

19795.3

Like a Turtle on Its Back

19784.1

Elle voit des nains partout !

19824.5

Panique au Plazza

19966.1

F as in Fairbanks

19766.5

How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

20027.3

La Cage aux folles

20115.2

Lovely Rita

20033.6

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

20216.0

Un bol d'air

19755.7

Fantôme sur l'oreiller

19894.8

Un fil à la patte

19896.5

Bonne présentation exigée

19746.0

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

20116.5

Serial Teachers

20135.4