Christian Clavier
Known For
Acting
Born
1952-05-06 in 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.
Most Known For
Meet the Malawas
as Julien Gosset-Grainville
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
Vivement dimanche
as Self
Champs-Elysées
as Self
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
C à vous
as Self - Guest
Numéro un
as Self
Nulle part ailleurs
as Self
Napoleon
as Napoléon Bonaparte
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
as Astérix
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
as Self - Guest
Les Nuls, l'émission
as Self
Stars 90
as Self
Les Misérables
as Thénardier
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
as Astérix (voice)
Finding Momo
as Alain Prioux
Merci Bernard
as Professor Kottich
Employee of the Month
as Michel Gougnat, syndicaliste
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
as Astérix
Serial (Bad) Weddings
as Claude Verneuil