Christian Clavier
Acting
Born: May 6, 1952 (age 74) · Paris, France
Highest Rated
Biography
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
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002
Serial (Bad) Weddings
2014
The Visitors
1993
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
1999
Babysitting 2
2015
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
2018
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2
2019
French Fried Vacation 2
1979
Serial Teachers
2013
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
1998
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
1982
French Fried Vacation
1978
Photos (3)
Movies (93)
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
Astérix
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
Astérix (voice)
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard / Prosper le Purineur / Jacouillet
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
Jean Boulin
Cocorico
Frédéric Bouvier Sauvage
Not Without My Shrink
Olivier Béranger
Serial (Bad) Weddings
Claude Verneuil
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Astérix
The Visitors
Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard
Just Visiting
Andre
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2
Claude Verneuil
Million Dollar Madness
Hippolyte
French Fried Vacation
Jérôme Tarayre
Cocorico 2
Frédéric Bouvier-Sauvage / Mehmet Suleymanoglu
Babysitting 2
Alain
The Visitors: Bastille Day
Jacquouille la Fripouille/Antoine-Claude Jacquouillet/Edmond Jacquart
The Corsican File
Rémi François, aka Jack Palmer
The Secret of Arkandias
Agenor Arkandias
Serial (Bad) Weddings 3
Claude Verneuil
Guardian Angels
Père Hervé Tarain / La « mauvaise conscience »
Employee of the Month
Michel Gougnat, syndicaliste
A Bag of Marbles
Docteur Rosen
Finding Momo
Alain Prioux
French Fried Vacation 2
Jérôme Tarayre
With Open Arms
Jean-Etienne Fougerole
Dead Tired
Christian Clavier
L'Opération Corned Beef
Jean-Jacques Granianski, le pigeon manipulé
Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures
Comte de Champignac
Meet the Malawas
Julien Gosset-Grainville
The Price to Pay
Jean-Pierre Ménard
If I Were a Boy
Docteur PACE
You Don't Choose Your Family
César
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
Le Jurisconsulte
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
Le Jurisconsulte
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Jean-Jacques dit « Katia »
This Sweet Sickness
François
The Restroom Robbery
L'agent de sécurité homosexuel (uncredited)
Ibiza
Philippe
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
Jérôme Tarayre
Wide Load
Foster
The Rookie Guide
Karol Kowalski
The Bottom Line
Café-theater actor (uncredited)
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Un flic
Gramps Is in the Resistance
Michel Taupin
The Suspects
A photojournalist at Bernard Vauquier's wife's house
Spoiled Children
Le réalisateur TV
Let Joy Reign Supreme
The servant of the inn
L'Entente cordiale
François de La Conche
The Thirst for Gold
Urbain Donnadieu
Do Not Disturb
Michel Leproux
Christmas with the Tuches
Le Père Noël
Twist Again in Moscow
Iouri
The Red Inn
Pierre Martin
Revenge of a Blonde
Gérard Bréha
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
L'avocat
My Best Pals
Jean-Michel Tuilier
Rat Race
Jérôme Osendron
Un bol d'air
Christian
Lovely Rita
Edgar Lamarck
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
Le conteur (voice)
Mr. Putifar's Wacky Plan
Robert Poutifard
The Antidote
Jacques-Alain Marty « JAM »
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
Antoine Bonfils
Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears
Man in the couple with the 2CV
Les Sœurs Soleil
Un spectateur
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
Edouard
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Katia
The Year 01
A debate viewer
Elle voit des nains partout !
le fourbe
Rock and Torah
Isaac Stern
Albert est méchant
Patrick Lechat
Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête
le petit chef de la DDASS
Like a Turtle on Its Back
un fêtard dans la voiture
Bitter Victory
Vincent Cluzel
La Cage aux folles
Georges
The Imaginary Invalid
Argan
Slices of Life
L'ami du dragueur / Charles-Henri / L'amant anti-chien
Le Bœuf clandestin
monsieur Berthaud
Les affaires sont les affaires
Le marquis de Porcellet
Clara and the Why Notes
Charles
Fantôme sur l'oreiller
Brice Michaud
F as in Fairbanks
Le serveur
Un fil à la patte
Fernand de Bois d'Enghien
Christian Clavier: La Vis Comica
2025
Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles
Pierre
Bonne présentation exigée
Le chauffagiste
The Devil in the Box
Renaud
Mieux vaut courir
Simon
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Monsieur Jourdain
Cocktail Molotov
Le Beatnick
Double mixte
Bob Smith
Panique au Plazza
Jean-Louis Bonnot, Mr. Coïk's secretary
Serial Teachers
Cutiro / Tirocu
TV Shows (6)
Napoleon
Napoléon Bonaparte · 4 eps
Les Misérables
Thénardier · 4 eps
Palace
Chef Briffaud · 2 eps
Merci Bernard
Professor Kottich · 1 eps
Kronprinz Rudolf
Graf Taaffe · 2 eps
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
Jean-Jacques Dangle, le présentateur · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (22)
Sacrée soirée
Self · 6 eps
Champs-Elysées
Self · 7 eps
Vivement dimanche
Self · 10 eps
Numéro un
Self · 1 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 1 eps
C à vous
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Nulle part ailleurs
Self · 1 eps
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Ciné regards
Self · 2 eps
Les Nuls, l'émission
Self · 1 eps
Stars 90
Self · 2 eps
La Méthode Cauet
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
Samedi Sébastien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Loris Giuliano en balade
Self - Guest · 1 eps
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Self
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois... « Le père Noël est une ordure »
Self
Les Visiteurs revisités
Self
How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Self - Actor
Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid
Self / Various characters
Qu'est-ce qu'ils ont fait au bon Dieu ?
Self
Upcoming (5)
Directing (1)
Writing (27)
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
Screenplay
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
Screenplay
The Visitors
Screenplay
Just Visiting
Screenplay
French Fried Vacation
Writer
The Visitors: Bastille Day
Writer
The Corsican File
Writer
Empire of the Wolves
Screenplay
Guardian Angels
Writer
French Fried Vacation 2
Writer
L'Opération Corned Beef
Story
L'Opération Corned Beef
Screenplay
You Don't Choose Your Family
Screenplay
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Writer
The Restroom Robbery
Idea
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
Writer
Gramps Is in the Resistance
Writer
Gramps Is in the Resistance
Theatre Play
The Thirst for Gold
Writer
Twist Again in Moscow
Writer
The Red Inn
Scenario Writer
My Best Pals
Writer
Un bol d'air
Writer
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Theatre Play
Papy fait de la résistance
Author
Bonne présentation exigée
Screenplay
Panique au Plazza
Adaptation