Christian Clavier
Acting
Born 1952-05-06
Paris, France
131 credits
Officer of the Legion of Honour 1
Knight of the Legion of Honour 1
Knight of the National Order of Merit 1
Awards
Won 1 Officer of the Legion of Honour Award
Officer of the Legion of Honour 1 won
- 2023 Officer of the Legion of Honour Won
European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 1 nominated
- 2015 Best European Film Nominated Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu?
Knight of the Legion of Honour 1 won
- 2008 Knight of the Legion of Honour Won
Knight of the National Order of Merit 1 won
- 1995 Knight of the National Order of Merit Won
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
59 credits
Ciné regards
Sacrée soirée
Champs-Elysées
Vivement dimanche
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
C à vous
Numéro un
Nulle part ailleurs
Cocorico 2
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Les Misérables
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Napoleon
Serial (Bad) Weddings
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
Stars 90
The Visitors
Just Visiting
Les Nuls, l'émission
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
Palace
La Méthode Cauet
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
If I Were a Boy
With Open Arms
French Fried Vacation
Samedi Sébastien
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2
Cocorico
The Antidote
The Visitors: Bastille Day
Meet the Malawas
Serial (Bad) Weddings 3
The Corsican File
French Fried Vacation 2
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
Guardian Angels
Babysitting 2
A Bag of Marbles
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
Employee of the Month
Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia
Merci Bernard
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
L'Opération Corned Beef
Dead Tired
Finding Momo
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
Wide Load
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
Not Without My Shrink
Les Sœurs Soleil
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
Ibiza
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Gramps Is in the Resistance
Kronprinz Rudolf
The Red Inn
Writing
14 credits
The Visitors
Just Visiting
French Fried Vacation
The Visitors: Bastille Day
Empire of the Wolves
The Corsican File
French Fried Vacation 2
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
Guardian Angels
L'Opération Corned Beef
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Gramps Is in the Resistance
Producing
3 credits
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