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 & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Astérix
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
Astérix
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
Astérix (voice)
The Visitors
Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard
Serial (Bad) Weddings
Claude Verneuil
Cocorico 2
Frédéric Bouvier-Sauvage / Mehmet Suleymanoglu
Just Visiting
Andre
The Visitors: Bastille Day
Jacquouille la Fripouille/Antoine-Claude Jacquouillet/Edmond Jacquart
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2
Claude Verneuil
With Open Arms
Jean-Etienne Fougerole
Serial (Bad) Weddings 3
Claude Verneuil
French Fried Vacation
Jérôme Tarayre
Babysitting 2
Alain
A Bag of Marbles
Docteur Rosen
Dead Tired
Christian Clavier
Cocorico
Frédéric Bouvier-Sauvage
The Corsican File
Rémi François, aka Jack Palmer
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard / Prosper le Purineur / Jacouillet
Ibiza
Philippe
If I Were a Boy
Docteur PACE
Guardian Angels
Père Hervé Tarain / La « mauvaise conscience »
Employee of the Month
Michel Gougnat, syndicaliste
L'Opération Corned Beef
Jean-Jacques Granianski, le pigeon manipulé
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
Le Jurisconsulte
Finding Momo
Alain Prioux
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
Jean Boulin
Not Without My Shrink
Olivier Béranger
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Jean-Jacques dit « Katia »
Meet the Malawas
Julien Gosset-Grainville
French Fried Vacation 2
Jérôme Tarayre
Gramps Is in the Resistance
Michel Taupin
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
Jérôme Tarayre
You Don't Choose Your Family
César
Wide Load
Foster
The Antidote
Jacques-Alain Marty « JAM »
The Bottom Line
Café-theater actor (uncredited)
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
Le Jurisconsulte
L'Entente cordiale
François de La Conche
Do Not Disturb
Michel Leproux
The Red Inn
Pierre Martin
Les Vengeances de Maître Poutifard
Robert Poutifard
Million Dollar Madness
Hippolyte
Spoiled Children
Le réalisateur TV
Bitter Victory
Vincent Cluzel
The Secret of Arkandias
Agenor Arkandias
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Un flic
The Rookie Guide
Karol Kowalski
Christmas with the Tuches
Le Père Noël
The Year 01
A debate viewer
The Suspects
A photojournalist at Bernard Vauquier's wife's house
My Best Pals
Jean-Michel Tuilier
Les Sœurs Soleil
Un spectateur
Rat Race
Jérôme Osendron
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
Edouard
Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures
Comte de Champignac
This Sweet Sickness
François
Twist Again in Moscow
Iouri
The Imaginary Invalid
Argan
The Thirst for Gold
Urbain Donnadieu
Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles
Pierre
Slices of Life
L'ami du dragueur / Charles-Henri / L'amant anti-chien
The Restroom Robbery
L'agent de sécurité homosexuel (uncredited)
The Price to Pay
Jean-Pierre Ménard
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
L'avocat
Revenge of a Blonde
Gérard Bréha
Double mixte
Bob Smith
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
Le conteur (voice)
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
Antoine Bonfils
Rock and Torah
Isaac Stern
Albert est méchant
Patrick Lechat
Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears
Man in the couple with the 2CV
Let Joy Reign Supreme
The servant of the inn
Clara and the Why Notes
Charles
Cocktail Molotov
Le Beatnick
Le Bœuf clandestin
monsieur Berthaud
Fantôme sur l'oreiller
Brice Michaud
Christian Clavier: La Vis Comica
2025
Lovely Rita
Edgar Lamarck
Elle voit des nains partout !
le fourbe
La Cage aux folles
Georges
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Jean-Jacques aka 'Katia'
Mieux vaut courir
Simon
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Monsieur Jourdain
F as in Fairbanks
Le serveur
Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête
le petit chef de la DDASS
Un bol d'air
Christian
Un fil à la patte
Fernand de Bois d'Enghien
The Devil in the Box
Renaud
Like a Turtle on Its Back
un fêtard dans la voiture
Panique au Plazza
Jean-Louis Bonnot, Mr. Coïk's secretary
Bonne présentation exigée
Le chauffagiste
Les affaires sont les affaires
Le marquis de Porcellet
Serial Teachers
Cutiro / Tirocu
TV Shows (7)
Konbini Vidéo Club
1 eps
Les Misérables
Thénardier · 4 eps
Napoleon
Napoléon Bonaparte · 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)
Ciné regards
Self · 2 eps
Sacrée soirée
Self · 6 eps
Vivement dimanche
Self · 10 eps
Champs-Elysées
Self · 7 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 1 eps
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest · 1 eps
C à vous
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Numéro un
Self · 1 eps
La Méthode Cauet
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Les Nuls, l'émission
Self · 1 eps
Nulle part ailleurs
Self · 1 eps
Stars 90
Self · 2 eps
Samedi Sébastien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Self (archive footage)
Loris Giuliano en balade
Self - Guest · 1 eps
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Self
Les Visiteurs revisités
Self
How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Self - Actor
Il était une fois... « Le père Noël est une ordure »
Self
Qu'est-ce qu'ils ont fait au bon Dieu ?
Self
Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid
Self / Various characters
Upcoming (4)
Directing (1)
Writing (28)
The Visitors
Screenplay
Just Visiting
Screenplay
The Visitors: Bastille Day
Writer
Empire of the Wolves
Screenplay
French Fried Vacation
Writer
The Corsican File
Writer
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
Screenplay
Guardian Angels
Writer
L'Opération Corned Beef
Story
L'Opération Corned Beef
Screenplay
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
Screenplay
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Writer
French Fried Vacation 2
Writer
Gramps Is in the Resistance
Writer
Gramps Is in the Resistance
Theatre Play
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
Writer
You Don't Choose Your Family
Screenplay
The Red Inn
Scenario Writer
My Best Pals
Writer
Twist Again in Moscow
Writer
Papy fait de la résistance
Author
The Thirst for Gold
Writer
The Restroom Robbery
Idea
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Theatre Play
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Author
Un bol d'air
Writer
Panique au Plazza
Adaptation
Bonne présentation exigée
Screenplay