Acting · Paris, France · Born May 6, 1952
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.
MovieSerial Teachers 3
2027
as Cutiro / Tirocu
Avis de tempête
2026
as André Malraux
MovieAsterix: The Kingdom of Nubia
2026
as Astérix (voice)
MovieKaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
2026
as Le Jurisconsulte
MovieCocorico 2
2026
as Frédéric Bouvier-Sauvage / Mehmet Suleymanoglu
MovieKaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
2025
as Le Jurisconsulte
MovieMillion Dollar Madness
2025
as Hippolyte
MovieChristian Clavier: La Vis Comica
2025
MovieThe Rookie Guide
2025
as Karol Kowalski
MovieNot Without My Shrink
2024
as Olivier Béranger
TVLoris Giuliano en balade
2024
as Self - Guest
MovieCocorico
2024
as Frédéric Bouvier-Sauvage
TVFaut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023
as Self - Guest
MovieLes Vengeances de Maître Poutifard
2023
as Robert Poutifard
MovieL'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
as Self (archive footage)
TVIl était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieEmployee of the Month
2022
as Michel Gougnat, syndicaliste
MovieSerial (Bad) Weddings 3
2021
as Claude Verneuil
MovieChristmas with the Tuches
2021
as Le Père Noël
MovieKaamelott: The First Chapter
2021
as Le Jurisconsulte
MovieDo You Do You Saint-Tropez
2021
as Jean Boulin
MovieQu'est-ce qu'ils ont fait au bon Dieu ?
2021
as Self
TVSamedi Sébastien
2021
as Self - Guest
MovieMeet the Malawas
2019
as Julien Gosset-Grainville
MovieIbiza
2019
as Philippe
MovieWide Load
2019
as Foster
MovieSerial (Bad) Weddings 2
2019
as Claude Verneuil
MovieAsterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
2018
as Astérix (voice)
MovieSpirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures
2018
as Comte de Champignac
MovieFinding Momo
2017
as Alain Prioux
MovieWith Open Arms
2017
as Jean-Etienne Fougerole
MovieIf I Were a Boy
2017
as Docteur PACE
MovieA Bag of Marbles
2017
as Docteur Rosen
MovieThe Visitors: Bastille Day
2016
as Jacquouille la Fripouille/Antoine-Claude Jacquouillet/Edmond Jacquart
MovieBabysitting 2
2015
as Alain
MovieDo Not Disturb
2014
as Michel Leproux
MovieThe Secret of Arkandias
2014
as Agenor Arkandias
MovieSerial (Bad) Weddings
2014
as Claude Verneuil
MovieDes Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid
2014
as Self / Various characters
MovieLe Bœuf clandestin
2013
as monsieur Berthaud
MovieLes affaires sont les affaires
2013
as Le marquis de Porcellet
MovieSerial Teachers
2013
as Cutiro / Tirocu
MovieYou Don't Choose Your Family
2011
as César
MovieIl était une fois... « Le père Noël est une ordure »
2011
as Self
MovieLa Cage aux folles
2011
as Georges
MovieLe Bourgeois gentilhomme
2009
as Monsieur Jourdain
MovieBitter Victory
2009
as Vincent Cluzel
TVC à vous
2009
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Imaginary Invalid
2008
as Argan
MovieThe Red Inn
2007
as Pierre Martin
MovieThe Price to Pay
2007
as Jean-Pierre Ménard
MovieL'Entente cordiale
2006
as François de La Conche
TVKronprinz Rudolf
2006
as Graf Taaffe
MovieFrench Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
2006
as Jérôme Tarayre
MovieThe Antidote
2005
as Jacques-Alain Marty « JAM »
MovieLes Visiteurs revisités
2005
as Self
MovieThe Corsican File
2004
as Rémi François, aka Jack Palmer
MovieAlbert est méchant
2004
as Patrick Lechat
MovieLovely Rita
2003
as Edgar Lamarck
TVLa Méthode Cauet
2003
as Self - Guest
TVNapoleon
2002
as Napoléon Bonaparte
MovieHow we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002
as Self - Actor
MovieA Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002
as Self
MovieAsterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002
as Astérix
MovieJust Visiting
2001
as Andre
TVLes Misérables
2000
as Thénardier
MovieAsterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
1999
as Astérix
TVVivement dimanche
1998
as Self
MovieThe Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
1998
as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard / Prosper le Purineur / Jacouillet
MovieLes Sœurs Soleil
1997
as Un spectateur
MoviePanique au Plazza
1996
as Jean-Louis Bonnot, Mr. Coïk's secretary
MovieGuardian Angels
1995
as Père Hervé Tarain / La « mauvaise conscience »
MovieDead Tired
1994
as Christian Clavier
MovieRevenge of a Blonde
1994
as Gérard Bréha
MovieThe Thirst for Gold
1993
as Urbain Donnadieu
MovieThe Visitors
1993
as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard
MovieLes gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles
1991
as Pierre
MovieThe Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
1991
as L'avocat
MovieL'Opération Corned Beef
1991
as Jean-Jacques Granianski, le pigeon manipulé
TVLes Nuls, l'émission
1990
as Self
TVStars 90
1990
as Self
MovieFantôme sur l'oreiller
1989
as Brice Michaud
MovieUn fil à la patte
1989
as Fernand de Bois d'Enghien
MovieDouble mixte
1989
as Bob Smith
MovieMy Best Pals
1989
as Jean-Michel Tuilier
MovieLes cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête
1989
as le petit chef de la DDASS
MovieMieux vaut courir
1989
as Simon
TVPalace
1988
as Chef Briffaud
TVSacrée soirée
1987
as Self
TVNulle part ailleurs
1987
as Self
MovieThe Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
1987
as Edouard
MovieTwist Again in Moscow
1986
as Iouri
L'Été 36
1986
as Alexis
MovieSlices of Life
1985
as L'ami du dragueur / Charles-Henri / L'amant anti-chien
MovieSanta Claus Is a Stinker
1985
as Jean-Jacques aka 'Katia'
MovieGramps Is in the Resistance
1983
as Michel Taupin
MovieRock and Torah
1983
as Isaac Stern
MovieSanta Claus Is a Stinker
1982
as Jean-Jacques dit « Katia »
MovieElle voit des nains partout !
1982
as le fourbe
TVMerci Bernard
1982
as Professor Kottich
TVChamps-Elysées
1982
as Self
MovieQuand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
1981
as Antoine Bonfils
MovieClara and the Why Not
1981
as Charles
MovieRat Race
1980
as Jérôme Osendron
MovieCocktail Molotov
1980
as Le Beatnick
MovieFrench Fried Vacation 2
1979
as Jérôme Tarayre
MovieHeroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears
1979
as Man in the couple with the 2CV
TVRire et sourire : Le Splendid
1978
as Jean-Jacques Dangle, le présentateur
MovieFrench Fried Vacation
1978
as Jérôme Tarayre
MovieLike a Turtle on Its Back
1978
as un fêtard dans la voiture
TVCiné regards
1978
as Self
MovieYou Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
1977
as Le conteur (voice)
MovieThis Sweet Sickness
1977
as François
MovieSpoiled Children
1977
as Le réalisateur TV
MovieThe Devil in the Box
1977
as Renaud
MovieThe Bottom Line
1976
as Café-theater actor (uncredited)
MovieF as in Fairbanks
1976
as Le serveur
MovieLet's Make a Dirty Movie
1976
as Un flic
TVNuméro un
1975
as Self
MovieLet Joy Reign Supreme
1975
as The servant of the inn
MovieUn bol d'air
1975
as Christian
MovieThe Restroom Robbery
1975
as L'agent de sécurité homosexuel (uncredited)
TVLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
MovieThe Suspects
1974
as A photojournalist at Bernard Vauquier's wife's house
MovieBonne présentation exigée
1974
as Le chauffagiste
MovieThe Year 01
1973
as A debate viewer
Le Chat du rabbin
as Le rabbin
MovieCédric
as Pépé
