Christian Clavier
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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.
Known for
Credits
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002)
as Astérix
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar (1999)
as Astérix
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (2018)
as Astérix (voice)
Cocorico 2 (2026)
as Frédéric Bouvier-Sauvage / Mehmet Suleymanoglu
Serial (Bad) Weddings (2014)
as Claude Verneuil
The Visitors (1993)
as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 (2019)
as Claude Verneuil
Serial (Bad) Weddings 3 (2021)
as Claude Verneuil
The Visitors: Bastille Day (2016)
as Jacquouille la Fripouille/Antoine-Claude Jacquouillet/Edmond Jacquart
Just Visiting (2001)
as Andre
Babysitting 2 (2015)
as Alain
With Open Arms (2017)
as Jean-Etienne Fougerole
A Bag of Marbles (2017)
as Docteur Rosen
Cocorico (2024)
as Frédéric Bouvier-Sauvage
If I Were a Boy (2017)
as Docteur PACE
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time (1998)
as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard / Prosper le Purineur / Jacouillet
Guardian Angels (1995)
as Père Hervé Tarain / La « mauvaise conscience »
L'Opération Corned Beef (1991)
as Jean-Jacques Granianski, le pigeon manipulé
French Fried Vacation (1978)
as Jérôme Tarayre
The Corsican File (2004)
as Rémi François, aka Jack Palmer
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez (2021)
as Jean Boulin
Kaamelott: The First Chapter (2021)
as Le Jurisconsulte
Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia (2026)
as Astérix (voice)
Employee of the Month (2022)
as Michel Gougnat, syndicaliste
Do Not Disturb (2014)
as Michel Leproux
Not Without My Shrink (2024)
as Olivier Béranger
Finding Momo (2017)
as Alain Prioux
Dead Tired (1994)
as Christian Clavier
Santa Claus Is a Stinker (1982)
as Jean-Jacques dit « Katia »
French Fried Vacation 2 (1979)
as Jérôme Tarayre
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II) (2026)
as Le Jurisconsulte
Meet the Malawas (2019)
as Julien Gosset-Grainville
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I) (2025)
as Le Jurisconsulte
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever (2006)
as Jérôme Tarayre
The Bottom Line (1976)
as Café-theater actor (uncredited)
Wide Load (2019)
as Foster
Million Dollar Madness (2025)
as Hippolyte
You Don't Choose Your Family (2011)
as César
Ibiza (2019)
as Philippe
Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983)
as Michel Taupin
The Red Inn (2007)
as Pierre Martin
L'Entente cordiale (2006)
as François de La Conche
Let's Make a Dirty Movie (1976)
as Un flic
The Rookie Guide (2025)
as Karol Kowalski
Les Vengeances de Maître Poutifard (2023)
as Robert Poutifard
Serial Teachers 3 (2027)
as Cutiro / Tirocu
The Antidote (2005)
as Jacques-Alain Marty « JAM »
My Best Pals (1989)
as Jean-Michel Tuilier
L'Âge d'or de la pub (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Spoiled Children (1977)
as Le réalisateur TV
Cédric (—)
as Pépé
The Year 01 (1973)
as A debate viewer
The Suspects (1974)
as A photojournalist at Bernard Vauquier's wife's house
Christmas with the Tuches (2021)
as Le Père Noël
Les Sœurs Soleil (1997)
as Un spectateur
A Day in the Life of French Cinema (2002)
as Self
Bitter Victory (2009)
as Vincent Cluzel
Twist Again in Moscow (1986)
as Iouri
Avis de tempête (2026)
as André Malraux
The Secret of Arkandias (2014)
as Agenor Arkandias
Rat Race (1980)
as Jérôme Osendron
Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures (2018)
as Comte de Champignac
The Restroom Robbery (1975)
as L'agent de sécurité homosexuel (uncredited)
The Thirst for Gold (1993)
as Urbain Donnadieu
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque (1987)
as Edouard
The Price to Pay (2007)
as Jean-Pierre Ménard
Double mixte (1989)
as Bob Smith
Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles (1991)
as Pierre
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck (1991)
as L'avocat
This Sweet Sickness (1977)
as François
Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
as The servant of the inn
How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002)
as Self - Actor
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe ! (1981)
as Antoine Bonfils
Lovely Rita (2003)
as Edgar Lamarck
Rock and Torah (1983)
as Isaac Stern
Slices of Life (1985)
as L'ami du dragueur / Charles-Henri / L'amant anti-chien
Albert est méchant (2004)
as Patrick Lechat
Clara and the Why Notes (1981)
as Charles
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine (1977)
as Le conteur (voice)
Les Visiteurs revisités (2005)
as Self
Revenge of a Blonde (1994)
as Gérard Bréha
Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears (1979)
as Man in the couple with the 2CV
The Imaginary Invalid (2008)
as Argan
Le Bœuf clandestin (2013)
as monsieur Berthaud
Cocktail Molotov (1980)
as Le Beatnick
Il était une fois... « Le père Noël est une ordure » (2011)
as Self
La Cage aux folles (2011)
as Georges
Elle voit des nains partout ! (1982)
as le fourbe
Un bol d'air (1975)
as Christian
Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête (1989)
as le petit chef de la DDASS
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (2009)
as Monsieur Jourdain
Fantôme sur l'oreiller (1989)
as Brice Michaud
Le Chat du rabbin (—)
as Le rabbin
Qu'est-ce qu'ils ont fait au bon Dieu ? (2021)
as Self
L'Été 36 (1986)
as Alexis
Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid (2014)
as Self / Various characters
Mieux vaut courir (1989)
as Simon
Christian Clavier: La Vis Comica (2025)
Actor
The Devil in the Box (1977)
as Renaud
Santa Claus Is a Stinker (1985)
as Jean-Jacques aka 'Katia'
Bonne présentation exigée (1974)
as Le chauffagiste
Like a Turtle on Its Back (1978)
as un fêtard dans la voiture
F as in Fairbanks (1976)
as Le serveur
Les affaires sont les affaires (2013)
as Le marquis de Porcellet
Panique au Plazza (1996)
as Jean-Louis Bonnot, Mr. Coïk's secretary
Un fil à la patte (1989)
as Fernand de Bois d'Enghien
Serial Teachers (2013)
as Cutiro / Tirocu