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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 6, 1952
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also Known As
- Christian Jean-Marie Clavier
- Кристиан Клавье
- Крістіан Клав’є
- کریستین کلاویه
Christian Clavier
1.7 Popularity
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
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Astérix (voice)
Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia
2026
0.0
Le Jurisconsulte
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
2026
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0.0
Frédéric Bouvier Sauvage
Cocorico 2
2026
6.3
Le Jurisconsulte
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
2025
4.5
Hippolyte
Million Dollar Madness
2025
4.5
Karol Kowalski
The Rookie Guide
2025
4.9
Olivier Béranger
Not Without My Shrink
2024
0.0
Self - Guest
Loris Giuliano en balade
2024
5.5
Frédéric Bouvier-Sauvage
Cocorico
2024
0.0
Self - Guest
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
2023
Credits
Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia
as Astérix (voice)
2026
0.0
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
as Le Jurisconsulte
2026
0.0
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Cocorico 2
as Frédéric Bouvier Sauvage
2026
0.0
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
as Le Jurisconsulte
2025
6.3
Million Dollar Madness
as Hippolyte
2025
4.5
The Rookie Guide
as Karol Kowalski
2025
4.5
Not Without My Shrink
as Olivier Béranger
2024
4.9
Loris Giuliano en balade
as Self - Guest
2024
0.0
Cocorico
as Frédéric Bouvier-Sauvage
2024
5.5
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
as Self - Guest
2023
0.0
Les Vengeances de Maître Poutifard
as Robert Poutifard
2023
5.2
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
2023
6.5
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self (archive footage)
2022
6.6
Employee of the Month
as Michel Gougnat, syndicaliste
2022
6.0
Serial (Bad) Weddings 3
as Claude Verneuil
2021
6.3
Christmas with the Tuches
as Le Père Noël
2021
5.1
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
as Le Jurisconsulte
2021
6.6
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
as Jean Boulin
2021
5.0
Qu'est-ce qu'ils ont fait au bon Dieu ?
as Self
2021
6.0
Samedi Sébastien
as Self - Guest
2021
6.3
Meet the Malawas
as Julien Gosset-Grainville
2019
4.5
Ibiza
as Philippe
2019
5.2
Wide Load
as Foster
2019
4.2
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2
as Claude Verneuil
2019
5.9
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
as Astérix (voice)
2018
6.8
Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures
as Comte de Champignac
2018
4.5
Finding Momo
as Alain Prioux
2017
5.2
With Open Arms
as Jean-Etienne Fougerole
2017
5.2
If I Were a Boy
as Docteur PACE
2017
5.3
A Bag of Marbles
as Docteur Rosen
2017
7.8
The Visitors: Bastille Day
as Jacquouille la Fripouille/Antoine-Claude Jacquouillet/Edmond Jacquart
2016
4.2
Babysitting 2
as Alain
2015
6.3
Do Not Disturb
as Michel Leproux
2014
5.3
The Secret of Arkandias
as Agenor Arkandias
2014
5.2
Serial (Bad) Weddings
as Claude Verneuil
2014
6.7
Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid
as Self / Various characters
2014
6.2
Le Bœuf clandestin
as monsieur Berthaud
2013
4.0
Les affaires sont les affaires
as Le marquis de Porcellet
2013
5.5
Serial Teachers
as Cutiro / Tirocu
2013
5.4
You Don't Choose Your Family
as César
2011
5.6
Il était une fois... « Le père Noël est une ordure »
as Self
2011
6.5
La Cage aux folles
as Georges
2011
5.2
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
as Monsieur Jourdain
2009
7.2
Bitter Victory
as Vincent Cluzel
2009
6.2
C à vous
as Self - Guest
2009
6.1
The Imaginary Invalid
as Argan
2008
6.3
The Red Inn
as Pierre Martin
2007
5.4
The Price to Pay
as Jean-Pierre Ménard
2007
5.4
L'Entente cordiale
as François de La Conche
2006
4.7
Kronprinz Rudolf
as Graf Taaffe
2006
4.7
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
as Jérôme Tarayre
2006
4.1
The Antidote
as Jacques-Alain Marty « JAM »
2005
5.1
Les Visiteurs revisités
as Self
2005
6.0
The Corsican File
as Rémi François, aka Jack Palmer
2004
5.9
Albert est méchant
as Patrick Lechat
2004
4.6
Lovely Rita
as Edgar Lamarck
2003
3.2
Napoleon
as Napoléon Bonaparte
2002
6.8
How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
as Self - Actor
2002
7.0
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
as Self
2002
0.0
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
as Astérix
2002
7.4
Just Visiting
as Andre
2001
4.7
Les Misérables
as Thénardier
2000
6.9
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
as Astérix
1999
6.0
Vivement dimanche
as Self
1998
3.0
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard / Prosper le Purineur / Jacouillet
1998
6.0
Les Sœurs Soleil
as Un spectateur
1997
3.3
Panique au Plazza
as Jean-Louis Bonnot, Mr. Coïk's secretary
1996
6.1
Guardian Angels
as Père Hervé Tarain / La « mauvaise conscience »
1995
6.1
Dead Tired
as Christian Clavier
1994
6.0
Revenge of a Blonde
as Gérard Bréha
1994
4.5
The Thirst for Gold
as Urbain Donnadieu
1993
5.4
The Visitors
as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard
1993
7.1
Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles
as Pierre
1991
3.0
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
as L'avocat
1991
5.3
L'Opération Corned Beef
as Jean-Jacques Granianski, le pigeon manipulé
1991
6.2
Les Nuls, l'émission
as Self
1990
8.3
Stars 90
as Self
1990
6.2
Fantôme sur l'oreiller
as Brice Michaud
1989
4.7
Un fil à la patte
as Fernand de Bois d'Enghien
1989
6.5
Double mixte
as Bob Smith
1989
2.5
My Best Pals
as Jean-Michel Tuilier
1989
6.2
Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête
as le petit chef de la DDASS
1989
5.2
Mieux vaut courir
as Simon
1989
0.0
Palace
as Chef Briffaud
1988
6.7
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
5.1
Nulle part ailleurs
as Self
1987
5.6
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
as Edouard
1987
4.2
Twist Again in Moscow
as Iouri
1986
6.0
🎬
L'été 36
as Alexis
1986
1.0
Slices of Life
as L'ami du dragueur / Charles-Henri / L'amant anti-chien
1985
5.2
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
as Jean-Jacques aka 'Katia'
1985
7.4
Gramps Is in the Resistance
as Michel Taupin
1983
6.9
Rock and Torah
as Isaac Stern
1983
4.0
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
as Jean-Jacques dit « Katia »
1982
7.3
Elle voit des nains partout !
as le fourbe
1982
4.5
Merci Bernard
as Professor Kottich
1982
0.0
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
as Antoine Bonfils
1981
5.2
Clara and Chics Types
as Charles
1981
5.4
Rat Race
as Jérôme Osendron
1980
5.1
Cocktail Molotov
as Le Beatnick
1980
5.8
French Fried Vacation 2
as Jérôme Tarayre, general practitioner
1979
7.3
Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears
as Man in the couple with the 2CV
1979
5.2
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
as Jean-Jacques Dangle, le présentateur
1978
8.0
French Fried Vacation
as Jérôme Tarayre, bad general practitioner
1978
6.6
Like a Turtle on Its Back
as un fêtard dans la voiture
1978
2.9
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
as Le conteur (voice)
1977
4.8
Tell Her That I Love Her
as François
1977
6.6
Spoiled Children
as Le journaliste télé
1977
6.2
The Devil in the Box
as Renaud
1977
4.5
The Bottom Line
as Café-theater actor (uncredited)
1976
5.4
F as in Fairbanks
as Le serveur
1976
6.4
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
as Un flic
1976
3.6
Numéro un
as Self
1975
6.0
Let Joy Reign Supreme
as The servant of the inn
1975
6.4
Un bol d'air
as Christian
1975
5.0
The Restroom Robbery
as L'agent de sécurité homosexuel (uncredited)
1975
6.4
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
6.0
The Suspects
as Photographer
1974
5.2
Bonne présentation exigée
as Le chauffagiste
1974
6.0
The Year 01
as A debate viewer
1973
6.4
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Le Chat du rabbin
as Le rabbin
N/A
0.0
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Avis de tempête
as André Malraux
N/A
0.0
Cédric
as Pépé
N/A
0.0