Christian Clavier
74, from Paris, France
74, from 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 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.
Cutiro / Tirocu
Le Jurisconsulte
Frédéric Bouvier-Sauvage / Mehmet Suleymanoglu
Astérix (voice)
André Malraux
Karol Kowalski
(Unknown)
Hippolyte
Le Jurisconsulte
Frédéric Bouvier Sauvage
Olivier Béranger
Self (archive footage)
Robert Poutifard
Michel Gougnat, syndicaliste
Self
Jean Boulin
Le Jurisconsulte
Le Père Noël
Claude Verneuil
Author
Claude Verneuil
Foster
Philippe
Julien Gosset-Grainville
Comte de Champignac
Astérix (voice)
Docteur Rosen
Docteur PACE
Jean-Etienne Fougerole
Alain Prioux
Jacquouille la Fripouille/Antoine-Claude Jacquouillet/Edmond Jacquart
Alain
Self / Various characters
Claude Verneuil
Agenor Arkandias
Michel Leproux
Cutiro / Tirocu
Le marquis de Porcellet
monsieur Berthaud
Georges
Self
César
Vincent Cluzel
Monsieur Jourdain
Argan
Jean-Pierre Ménard
Pierre Martin
Jérôme Tarayre
François de La Conche
Self
Jacques-Alain Marty « JAM »
Screenplay
Patrick Lechat
Rémi François, aka Jack Palmer
Edgar Lamarck
Astérix
Self
Self - Actor
Le Cœur sur la main
Producer
Andre
Astérix
Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard / Prosper le Purineur / Jacouillet
Un spectateur
Jean-Louis Bonnot, Mr. Coïk's secretary
Père Hervé Tarain / La « mauvaise conscience »
Gérard Bréha
Christian Clavier
Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard
Urbain Donnadieu
Fernand de Bois d'Enghien
Jean-Jacques Granianski, le pigeon manipulé
L'avocat
Pierre
Simon
le petit chef de la DDASS
Jean-Michel Tuilier
Bob Smith
Brice Michaud
Edouard
L'Été 36
Alexis
Iouri
Katia
L'ami du dragueur / Charles-Henri / L'amant anti-chien
Isaac Stern
Michel Taupin
le fourbe
Jean-Jacques dit « Katia »
Charles
Antoine Bonfils
Le Beatnick
Jérôme Osendron
Man in the couple with the 2CV
Jérôme Tarayre
un fêtard dans la voiture
Jérôme Tarayre
Renaud
Le réalisateur TV
François
Le conteur (voice)
Un flic
Le serveur
Café-theater actor (uncredited)
L'agent de sécurité homosexuel (uncredited)
Christian
The servant of the inn
Le chauffagiste
A photojournalist at Bernard Vauquier's wife's house
A debate viewer
Le Chat du rabbin
Le rabbin
Pépé
Le client est roi
(Unknown)