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Christian Clavier

Christian Clavier

Known For Acting
Birthday May 06, 1952 (73)
Birthplace Paris, France
Popularity 0.8 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 (Scienc ... es 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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Not Without My Shrink

Not Without My Shrink

2024

as Olivier Béranger

Cocorico

Cocorico

2024

as Frédéric Bouvier Sauvage

Les Vengeances de Maître Poutifard

Les Vengeances de Maître Poutifard

2023

as Robert Poutifard

Employee of the Month

Employee of the Month

2022

as Michel Gougnat, syndicaliste

Serial (Bad) Weddings 3

Serial (Bad) Weddings 3

2021

as Claude Verneuil

Christmas with the Tuches

Christmas with the Tuches

2021

as Le Père Noël

Ibiza

Ibiza

2019

as Philippe

Serial (Bad) Weddings 2

Serial (Bad) Weddings 2

2019

as Claude Verneuil

Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion

Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion

2018

as Astérix (voice)

Serial (Bad) Weddings

Serial (Bad) Weddings

2014

as Claude Verneuil

Just Visiting

Just Visiting

2001

as Andre

The Visitors

The Visitors

1993

as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard

Gramps Is in the Resistance

Gramps Is in the Resistance

1983

as Michel Taupin

The Bottom Line

The Bottom Line

1976

as comédien en répétition (non crédité)

The Restroom Robbery

The Restroom Robbery

1975

as L'agent de sécurité homosexuel (uncredited)

Just Visiting

Just Visiting

2001

Screenplay

The Visitors

The Visitors

1993

Screenplay

Gramps Is in the Resistance

Gramps Is in the Resistance

1983

Theatre Play, Writer

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Napoleon

as Napoléon Bonaparte

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Oct 07, 2002

Les Misérables

as Thénardier

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 04, 2000

Palace

as Chef Briffaud

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 29, 1988

Kronprinz Rudolf

as Graf Taaffe

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 30, 2006

Rire et sourire : Le Splendid

as Jean-Jacques Dangle, le présentateur

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 19, 1978

Vivement dimanche

as Self

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Sep 20, 1998

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Jan 16, 1982

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

as Self (archive footage)

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 21, 2022

Stars 90

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 03, 1990

Nulle part ailleurs

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 31, 1987

Samedi Sébastien

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 17, 2021

Merci Bernard

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 04, 1982

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1975

Numéro un

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 05, 1975

Les Nuls, l'émission

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 13, 1990

Loris Giuliano en balade

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 02, 2024

Sacrée soirée

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 02, 1987

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