Christian Clavier
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Christian Clavier

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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 (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.

Films Featuring Christian Clavier

The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time

19986.0

This Sweet Sickness

19776.6

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

20027.4

French Fried Vacation

19786.6

French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever

20064.1

The Visitors

19937.1

L'Entente cordiale

20064.8

Les Visiteurs revisités

20056.0

Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar

19996.0

French Fried Vacation 2

19797.3

The Price to Pay

20075.4

L'Opération Corned Beef

19916.2

The Red Inn

20075.5

Santa Claus Is a Stinker

19827.3

The Year 01

19736.5

Like a Turtle on Its Back

19784.1

The Corsican File

20045.9

Gramps Is in the Resistance

19836.9

The Antidote

20055.1

Clara and the Why Notes

19815.5

Twist Again in Moscow

19866.1

The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck

19915.3

Guardian Angels

19956.1

Lovely Rita

20033.6

The Thirst for Gold

19935.5

Revenge of a Blonde

19944.6

Albert est méchant

20044.6

Bitter Victory

20096.2

My Best Pals

19896.3

Rat Race

19805.4

Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête

19895.6

Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !

19815.2

Elle voit des nains partout !

19824.5

Not Without My Shrink

20244.8

Just Visiting

20014.8

You Don't Choose Your Family

20115.7

The Imaginary Invalid

20086.2

Slices of Life

19855.4

La Cage aux folles

20115.2

Santa Claus Is a Stinker

19857.4

Mieux vaut courir

19897.0

Serial Teachers

20135.4

Cocorico

20245.6

Double mixte

19892.5

Les affaires sont les affaires

20135.9

The Visitors: Bastille Day

20164.2

Serial (Bad) Weddings

20146.7

L'Âge d'or de la pub

20236.5

The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque

19874.4

Les Vengeances de Maître Poutifard

20235.1

The Secret of Arkandias

20145.2

Le Bœuf clandestin

20133.8

Do Not Disturb

20145.3

The Restroom Robbery

19756.4

Le Chat du rabbin

Le Chat du rabbin

Babysitting 2

20156.3

The Rookie Guide

20254.6

The Devil in the Box

19776.0

Panique au Plazza

19966.1

Million Dollar Madness

20255.4

Bonne présentation exigée

19745.0

A Bag of Marbles

20177.8

Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)

20256.0

With Open Arms

20175.2

If I Were a Boy

20175.3

Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures

20184.5

Cédric

Finding Momo

20175.2

Dead Tired

19946.0

Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles

19915.0

Les Sœurs Soleil

19973.6

Fantôme sur l'oreiller

19894.8

The Bottom Line

19765.6

Un fil à la patte

19896.5

L'Été 36

L'Été 36

19864.0

Serial (Bad) Weddings 2

20195.9

Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears

19795.3

Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion

20186.8

Ibiza

20195.2

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

20096.4

Wide Load

20194.2

Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid

20146.2

Un bol d'air

19755.7

Let's Make a Dirty Movie

19763.9

Cocktail Molotov

19806.0

Qu'est-ce qu'ils ont fait au bon Dieu ?

20216.0

Meet the Malawas

20194.5

Kaamelott: The First Chapter

20216.6

Christmas with the Tuches

20215.1

F as in Fairbanks

19766.5

Serial (Bad) Weddings 3

20216.3

You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine

19774.9

Employee of the Month

20226.0

Let Joy Reign Supreme

19756.4

Il était une fois... « Le père Noël est une ordure »

20116.5

Do You Do You Saint-Tropez

20215.0

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

20027.0

Cocorico 2

20265.2

Rock and Torah

19836.5

How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

20027.3

Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)

2026

Avis de tempête

Avis de tempête

2026

Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia

2026

Spoiled Children

19776.2

Christian Clavier: La Vis Comica

20255.6

Serial Teachers 3

2027

The Suspects

19745.4