Christian Clavier is a French actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director. He is the brother of French film director Stéphane Clavier.
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.
External links
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Filmography (Movies)
Avis de tempête
Character:André Malraux
Release Date:23/12/2026
Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia
Character:Astérix (voice)
Release Date:02/12/2026
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
Character:Le Jurisconsulte
Release Date:11/11/2026
Cocorico 2
Character:Frédéric Bouvier Sauvage
Release Date:08/04/2026
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
Character:Le Jurisconsulte
Release Date:22/10/2025
Million Dollar Madness
Character:Hippolyte
Release Date:24/09/2025
The Rookie Guide
Character:Karol Kowalski
Release Date:02/04/2025
Not Without My Shrink
Character:Olivier Béranger
Release Date:11/12/2024
Cocorico
Character:Frédéric Bouvier-Sauvage
Release Date:07/02/2024
Les Vengeances de Maître Poutifard
Character:Robert Poutifard
Release Date:28/06/2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/06/2023
Employee of the Month
Character:Michel Gougnat, syndicaliste
Release Date:29/06/2022
Serial (Bad) Weddings 3
Character:Claude Verneuil
Release Date:21/12/2021
Christmas with the Tuches
Character:Le Père Noël
Release Date:08/12/2021
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
Character:Le Jurisconsulte
Release Date:21/07/2021
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
Character:Jean Boulin
Release Date:14/07/2021
Qu'est-ce qu'ils ont fait au bon Dieu ?
Character:Self
Release Date:01/07/2021
Meet the Malawas
Character:Julien Gosset-Grainville
Release Date:25/12/2019
Ibiza
Character:Philippe
Release Date:03/07/2019
Wide Load
Character:Foster
Release Date:13/03/2019
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2
Character:Claude Verneuil
Release Date:30/01/2019
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
Character:Astérix (voice)
Release Date:12/05/2018
Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures
Character:Comte de Champignac
Release Date:21/02/2018
Finding Momo
Character:Alain Prioux
Release Date:27/12/2017
With Open Arms
Character:Jean-Etienne Fougerole
Release Date:05/04/2017
If I Were a Boy
Character:Docteur PACE
Release Date:22/02/2017
A Bag of Marbles
Character:Docteur Rosen
Release Date:18/01/2017
The Visitors: Bastille Day
Character:Jacquouille la Fripouille/Antoine-Claude Jacquouillet/Edmond Jacquart
Release Date:23/03/2016
Babysitting 2
Character:Alain
Release Date:02/12/2015
Do Not Disturb
Character:Michel Leproux
Release Date:31/12/2014
The Secret of Arkandias
Character:Agenor Arkandias
Release Date:22/10/2014
Serial (Bad) Weddings
Character:Claude Verneuil
Release Date:16/04/2014
Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid
Character:Self / Various characters
Release Date:31/01/2014
Le Bœuf clandestin
Character:monsieur Berthaud
Release Date:16/11/2013
Les affaires sont les affaires
Character:Le marquis de Porcellet
Release Date:09/08/2013
Serial Teachers
Character:Cutiro / Tirocu
Release Date:17/04/2013
You Don't Choose Your Family
Character:César
Release Date:09/11/2011
Il était une fois... « Le père Noël est une ordure »
Character:Self
Release Date:31/01/2011
La Cage aux folles
Character:Georges
Release Date:08/01/2011
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Character:Monsieur Jourdain
Release Date:19/12/2009
Bitter Victory
Character:Vincent Cluzel
Release Date:02/12/2009
The Imaginary Invalid
Character:Argan
Release Date:13/11/2008
The Red Inn
Character:Pierre Martin
Release Date:05/12/2007
The Price to Pay
Character:Jean-Pierre Ménard
Release Date:04/04/2007
L'Entente cordiale
Character:François de La Conche
Release Date:21/06/2006
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
Character:Jérôme Tarayre
Release Date:01/02/2006
The Antidote
Character:Jacques-Alain Marty « JAM »
Release Date:30/03/2005
Les Visiteurs revisités
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2005
The Corsican File
Character:Rémi François, aka Jack Palmer
Release Date:06/10/2004
Albert est méchant
Character:Patrick Lechat
Release Date:14/01/2004
Lovely Rita
Character:Edgar Lamarck
Release Date:24/09/2003
How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Character:Self - Actor
Release Date:28/08/2002
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:20/05/2002
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Character:Astérix
Release Date:30/01/2002
Just Visiting
Character:Andre
Release Date:06/04/2001
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
Character:Astérix
Release Date:03/02/1999
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
Character:Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard / Prosper le Purineur / Jacouillet
Release Date:11/02/1998
Les Sœurs Soleil
Character:Un spectateur
Release Date:02/04/1997
Panique au Plazza
Character:Jean-Louis Bonnot, Mr. Coïk's secretary
Release Date:13/04/1996
Guardian Angels
Character:Père Hervé Tarain / La « mauvaise conscience »
Release Date:11/10/1995
Dead Tired
Character:Christian Clavier
Release Date:18/05/1994
Revenge of a Blonde
Character:Gérard Bréha
Release Date:26/01/1994
The Thirst for Gold
Character:Urbain Donnadieu
Release Date:31/08/1993
The Visitors
Character:Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard
Release Date:27/01/1993
Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles
Character:Pierre
Release Date:15/06/1991
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
Character:L'avocat
Release Date:24/04/1991
L'Opération Corned Beef
Character:Jean-Jacques Granianski, le pigeon manipulé
Release Date:06/02/1991
Fantôme sur l'oreiller
Character:Brice Michaud
Release Date:30/12/1989
Un fil à la patte
Character:Fernand de Bois d'Enghien
Release Date:02/10/1989
Double mixte
Character:Bob Smith
Release Date:28/08/1989
My Best Pals
Character:Jean-Michel Tuilier
Release Date:01/03/1989
Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête
Character:le petit chef de la DDASS
Release Date:25/01/1989
Mieux vaut courir
Character:Simon
Release Date:01/01/1989
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
Character:Edouard
Release Date:14/01/1987
Twist Again in Moscow
Character:Iouri
Release Date:22/10/1986
L'été 36
Character:Alexis
Release Date:06/02/1986
Slices of Life
Character:L'ami du dragueur / Charles-Henri / L'amant anti-chien
Release Date:06/02/1985
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Character:Jean-Jacques aka 'Katia'
Release Date:14/01/1985
Gramps Is in the Resistance
Character:Michel Taupin
Release Date:26/10/1983
Rock and Torah
Character:Isaac Stern
Release Date:25/05/1983
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Character:Jean-Jacques dit « Katia »
Release Date:25/08/1982
Elle voit des nains partout !
Character:le fourbe
Release Date:07/04/1982
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
Character:Antoine Bonfils
Release Date:16/12/1981
Clara and the Why Not
Character:Charles
Release Date:14/01/1981
Rat Race
Character:Jérôme Osendron
Release Date:22/04/1980
Cocktail Molotov
Character:Le Beatnick
Release Date:06/02/1980
French Fried Vacation 2
Character:Jérôme Tarayre, general practitioner
Release Date:22/11/1979
Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears
Character:Man in the couple with the 2CV
Release Date:17/01/1979
French Fried Vacation
Character:Jérôme Tarayre, bad general practitioner
Release Date:11/11/1978
Like a Turtle on Its Back
Character:un fêtard dans la voiture
Release Date:27/09/1978
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
Character:Le conteur (voice)
Release Date:19/10/1977
Tell Her That I Love Her
Character:François
Release Date:28/09/1977
Spoiled Children
Character:Le journaliste télé
Release Date:06/09/1977
The Devil in the Box
Character:Renaud
Release Date:19/04/1977
The Bottom Line
Character:Café-theater actor (uncredited)
Release Date:16/06/1976
F as in Fairbanks
Character:Le serveur
Release Date:05/05/1976
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Character:Un flic
Release Date:17/02/1976
Let Joy Reign Supreme
Character:The servant of the inn
Release Date:23/03/1975
Un bol d'air
Character:Christian
Release Date:19/02/1975
The Restroom Robbery
Character:L'agent de sécurité homosexuel (uncredited)
Release Date:22/01/1975
The Suspects
Character:Photographer
Release Date:27/11/1974
Bonne présentation exigée
Character:Le chauffagiste
Release Date:30/09/1974
The Year 01
Character:A debate viewer
Release Date:22/02/1973
Television Appearances
Loris Giuliano en balade
Character:Self - Guest
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
Character:Self - Guest
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Character:Self (archive footage)
Samedi Sébastien
Character:Self - Guest
C à vous
Character:Self - Guest
Kronprinz Rudolf
Character:Graf Taaffe
Napoleon
Character:Napoléon Bonaparte
Les Misérables
Character:Thénardier
Vivement dimanche
Character:Self
Les Nuls, l'émission
Character:Self
Stars 90
Character:Self
Palace
Character:Chef Briffaud
Sacrée Soirée
Character:Self
Nulle part ailleurs
Character:Self
Merci Bernard
Character:Professor Kottich
Champs-Elysées
Character:Self
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
Character:Jean-Jacques Dangle, le présentateur
Numéro un
Character:Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character:Self
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