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Christian Clavier
Paris, France
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 th…
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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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2027
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
Movie Le Jurisconsulte
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2027
Serial Teachers 3
Movie Cutiro / Tirocu
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2026
Avis de tempête
Movie André Malraux
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2026
Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia
Movie Astérix (voice)
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2026
Cocorico 2
Movie Frédéric Bouvier-Sauvage / Mehmet Suleymanoglu
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2025
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
Movie Le Jurisconsulte
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2025
Million Dollar Madness
Movie Hippolyte
- 2025
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2025
The Rookie Guide
Movie Karol Kowalski
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2024
Not Without My Shrink
Movie Olivier Béranger
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2024
Loris Giuliano en balade
TV show Self - Guest
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2024
Cocorico
Movie Frédéric Bouvier-Sauvage
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2023
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
TV show Self - Guest
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2023
Mr. Putifar's Wacky Plan
Movie Robert Poutifard
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2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2022
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2022
Employee of the Month
Movie Michel Gougnat, syndicaliste
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2021
Serial (Bad) Weddings 3
Movie Claude Verneuil
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2021
Christmas with the Tuches
Movie Le Père Noël
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2021
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
Movie Le Jurisconsulte
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2021
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
Movie Jean Boulin
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2021
Qu'est-ce qu'ils ont fait au bon Dieu ?
Movie Self
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2021
Papy fait de la résistance
Movie Author
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2021
Samedi Sébastien
TV show Self - Guest
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2019
Meet the Malawas
Movie Julien Gosset-Grainville
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2019
Ibiza
Movie Philippe
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2019
Wide Load
Movie Foster
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2019
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2
Movie Claude Verneuil
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2018
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
Movie Astérix (voice)
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2018
Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures
Movie Comte de Champignac
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2017
Finding Momo
Movie Alain Prioux
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2017
With Open Arms
Movie Jean-Etienne Fougerole
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2017
If I Were a Boy
Movie Docteur PACE
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2017
A Bag of Marbles
Movie Docteur Rosen
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2016
The Visitors: Bastille Day
Movie Jacquouille la Fripouille/Antoine-Claude Jacquouillet/Edmond Jacquart
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2015
Babysitting 2
Movie Alain
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2014
Do Not Disturb
Movie Michel Leproux
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2014
The Secret of Arkandias
Movie Agenor Arkandias
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2014
Serial (Bad) Weddings
Movie Claude Verneuil
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2014
Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid
Movie Self / Various characters
