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