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Christian Clavier

Christian Clavier

Birthday: 1952-05-06 | Place of Birth: Paris, France

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Employee of the Month

as    Michel Gougnat, syndicaliste

2021
Serial (Bad) Weddings 3

as    Claude Verneuil

2021
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez

as    Jean Boulin

2019
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2

as    Claude Verneuil

2019
Wide Load

as    Foster

2019
Meet the Malawas

as    Julien Gosset-Grainville

2019
Ibiza

as    Philippe

2018
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion

as    Astérix (voice)

2017
A Bag of Marbles

as    Docteur Rosen

2014
Serial (Bad) Weddings

as    Claude Verneuil

2013
Serial Teachers

as    Cutiro / Tirocu

2011
La Cage aux folles

as    Georges

2009
Bitter Victory

as    Vincent Cluzel

2007
The Price to Pay

as    Jean-Pierre Ménard

2007
The Red Inn

as    Pierre Martin

2006
L'Entente cordiale

as    François de La Conche

2005
The Antidote

as    Andre Morin

2004
Albert est méchant

as    Patrick Lechat

2004
The Corsican File

as    Rémi François, aka Jack Palmer

2003
Lovely Rita

as    Edgar Lamarck

2001
Just Visiting

as    Andre

1998
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time

as    Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard / Prosper le Purineur / Jacouillet

1995
Guardian Angels

as    Père Hervé Tarain / His guardian angel

1994
Revenge of a Blonde

as    Gérard Bréha

1993
The Visitors

as    Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard