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
Serial (Bad) Weddings (2014)
as Claude Verneuil
Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983)
as Michel Taupin
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar (1999)
as Astérix
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (2018)
as Astérix (voice)
Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia (2026)
as Astérix (voice)
Serial Teachers 3: Back in Times (2027)
as Cutiro / Tirocu
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 (2019)
as Claude Verneuil
Employee of the Month (2022)
as Michel Gougnat, syndicaliste
The Visitors (1993)
as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard
Wide Load (2019)
as Foster
With Open Arms (2017)
as Jean-Etienne Fougerole
Babysitting 2 (2015)
as Alain
The Corsican File (2004)
as Rémi François, aka Jack Palmer
Dead Tired (1994)
as Christian Clavier
The Visitors: Bastille Day (2016)
as Jacquouille la Fripouille/Antoine-Claude Jacquouillet/Edmond Jacquart
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez (2021)
as Jean Boulin
Serial (Bad) Weddings 3 (2021)
as Claude Verneuil
French Fried Vacation (1978)
as Jérôme Tarayre
Just Visiting (2001)
as Andre
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time (1998)
as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard / Prosper le Purineur / Jacouillet
Finding Momo (2017)
as Alain Prioux
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II) (2027)
as Le Jurisconsulte
Guardian Angels (1995)
as Père Hervé Tarain / La « mauvaise conscience »
Cocorico (2024)
as Frédéric Bouvier Sauvage
Not Without My Shrink (2024)
as Olivier Béranger
Cocorico 2 (2026)
as Frédéric Bouvier-Sauvage / Mehmet Suleymanoglu
A Bag of Marbles (2017)
as Docteur Rosen
Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles (1991)
as Pierre
The Red Inn (2007)
as Pierre Martin
Les Sœurs Soleil (1997)
as Un spectateur
Bitter Victory (2009)
as Vincent Cluzel
Million Dollar Madness (2025)
as Hippolyte
Santa Claus Is a Stinker (1982)
as Jean-Jacques dit « Katia »
Do Not Disturb (2014)
as Michel Leproux
If I Were a Boy (2017)
as Docteur PACE
The Bottom Line (1976)
as Café-theater actor (uncredited)
French Fried Vacation 2 (1979)
as Jérôme Tarayre
Avis de tempête (2026)
as André Malraux
Kaamelott: The First Chapter (2021)
as Le Jurisconsulte
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I) (2025)
as Le Jurisconsulte
Santa Claus Is a Stinker (1985)
as Katia
The Year 01 (1973)
as A debate viewer
The Imaginary Invalid (2008)
as Argan
Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures (2018)
as Comte de Champignac
L'Opération Corned Beef (1991)
as Jean-Jacques Granianski, le pigeon manipulé
You Don't Choose Your Family (2011)
as César
Meet the Malawas (2019)
as Julien Gosset-Grainville
Ibiza (2019)
as Philippe
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever (2006)
as Jérôme Tarayre
Fantôme sur l'oreiller (1989)
as Brice Michaud
The Secret of Arkandias (2014)
as Agenor Arkandias
Double mixte (1989)
as Bob Smith
Rock and Torah (1983)
as Isaac Stern
Rat Race (1980)
as Jérôme Osendron
Les Visiteurs revisités (2005)
as Self
Twist Again in Moscow (1986)
as Iouri
Albert est méchant (2004)
as Patrick Lechat
Christian Clavier: La Vis Comica (2025)
Actor
Cédric (—)
as Pépé
Spoiled Children (1977)
as Le réalisateur TV
L'Entente cordiale (2006)
as François de La Conche
The Price to Pay (2007)
as Jean-Pierre Ménard
How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002)
as Self - Actor
Mieux vaut courir (1989)
as Simon
The Restroom Robbery (1975)
as L'agent de sécurité homosexuel (uncredited)
Clara and the Why Notes (1981)
as Charles
The Rookie Guide (2025)
as Karol Kowalski
The Antidote (2005)
as Jacques-Alain Marty « JAM »
Le Bœuf clandestin (2013)
as monsieur Berthaud
Christmas with the Tuches (2021)
as Le Père Noël
This Sweet Sickness (1977)
as François
Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
as The servant of the inn
A Day in the Life of French Cinema (2002)
as Self
Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête (1989)
as le petit chef de la DDASS
Le Chat du rabbin (—)
as Le rabbin
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque (1987)
as Edouard
The Thirst for Gold (1993)
as Urbain Donnadieu
The Suspects (1974)
as A photojournalist at Bernard Vauquier's wife's house
Revenge of a Blonde (1994)
as Gérard Bréha
L'Âge d'or de la pub (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck (1991)
as L'avocat
Mr. Putifar's Wacky Plan (2023)
as Robert Poutifard
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe ! (1981)
as Antoine Bonfils
La Cage aux folles (2011)
as Georges
Let's Make a Dirty Movie (1976)
as Un flic
Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears (1979)
as Man in the couple with the 2CV
Un fil à la patte (1992)
as Fernand de Bois d'Enghien
Elle voit des nains partout ! (1982)
as le fourbe
Les affaires sont les affaires (2013)
as Le marquis de Porcellet
The Devil in the Box (1977)
as Renaud
My Best Pals (1989)
as Jean-Michel Tuilier
Like a Turtle on Its Back (1978)
as un fêtard dans la voiture
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine (1977)
as Le conteur (voice)
Qu'est-ce qu'ils ont fait au bon Dieu ? (2021)
as Self
Lovely Rita (2003)
as Edgar Lamarck
Panique au Plazza (1996)
as Jean-Louis Bonnot, Mr. Coïk's secretary
Il était une fois... « Le père Noël est une ordure » (2011)
as Self
Un bol d'air (1975)
as Christian
Le client est roi (—)
Actor
L'Été 36 (1986)
as Alexis
Cocktail Molotov (1980)
as Le Beatnick
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (2009)
as Monsieur Jourdain
F as in Fairbanks (1976)
as Le serveur
Slices of Life (1985)
as L'ami du dragueur / Charles-Henri / L'amant anti-chien
Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid (2014)
as Self / Various characters
Bonne présentation exigée (1974)
as Le chauffagiste
Serial Teachers (2013)
as Cutiro / Tirocu