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.
101 movies · 21 shows
Cocorico 2
2026·5.7
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
2025·6.0
Million Dollar Madness
2025·5.4
Christian Clavier: La Vis Comica
2025·5.6
The Rookie Guide
2025·4.6
Not Without My Shrink
2024·4.8
Cocorico
2024·5.6
Les Vengeances de Maître Poutifard
2023·5.0
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023·6.5
Employee of the Month
2022·6.0
Serial (Bad) Weddings 3
2021·6.3
Christmas with the Tuches
2021·5.1
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
2021·6.6
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
2021·5.0
Qu'est-ce qu'ils ont fait au bon Dieu ?
2021·6.0
Meet the Malawas
2019·4.4
Ibiza
2019·5.2
Wide Load
2019·4.2
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2
2019·5.9
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
2018·6.8
Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures
2018·4.5
Finding Momo
2017·5.2
With Open Arms
2017·5.2
If I Were a Boy
2017·5.3
A Bag of Marbles
2017·7.8
The Visitors: Bastille Day
2016·4.2
Babysitting 2
2015·6.3
Do Not Disturb
2014·5.3
The Secret of Arkandias
2014·5.2
Serial (Bad) Weddings
2014·6.7
Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid
2014·6.2
Le Bœuf clandestin
2013·3.8
Les affaires sont les affaires
2013·5.5
Serial Teachers
2013·5.4
You Don't Choose Your Family
2011·5.7
Il était une fois... « Le père Noël est une ordure »
2011·6.5
La Cage aux folles
2011·5.2
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
2009·7.2
Bitter Victory
2009·6.2
The Imaginary Invalid
2008·6.2
The Red Inn
2007·5.5
The Price to Pay
2007·5.4
L'Entente cordiale
2006·4.8
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
2006·4.1
The Antidote
2005·5.1
Les Visiteurs revisités
2005·6.0
The Corsican File
2004·5.9
Albert est méchant
2004·4.6
Lovely Rita
2003·3.6
How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002·7.3
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002·7.0
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002·7.4
Just Visiting
2001·4.8
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
1999·6.0
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
1998·6.0
Les Sœurs Soleil
1997·3.6
Panique au Plazza
1996·6.1
Guardian Angels
1995·6.1
Dead Tired
1994·6.0
Revenge of a Blonde
1994·4.6
The Thirst for Gold
1993·5.5
The Visitors
1993·7.1
Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles
1991·5.0
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
1991·5.3
L'Opération Corned Beef
1991·6.2
Fantôme sur l'oreiller
1989·4.8
Un fil à la patte
1989·6.5
Double mixte
1989·2.5
My Best Pals
1989·6.3
Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête
1989·5.6
Mieux vaut courir
1989·7.0
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
1987·4.4
Twist Again in Moscow
1986·6.1
L'Été 36
1986·4.0
Slices of Life
1985·5.4
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
1985·7.4
Gramps Is in the Resistance
1983·6.9
Rock and Torah
1983·6.5
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
1982·7.3
Elle voit des nains partout !
1982·4.6
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
1981·5.3
Clara and the Why Notes
1981·5.5
Rat Race
1980·5.4
Cocktail Molotov
1980·6.0
French Fried Vacation 2
1979·7.3
Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears
1979·5.3
French Fried Vacation
1978·6.6
Like a Turtle on Its Back
1978·4.1
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
1977·4.9
This Sweet Sickness
1977·6.6
Spoiled Children
1977·6.2
The Devil in the Box
1977·6.0
The Bottom Line
1976·5.5
F as in Fairbanks
1976·6.5
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
1976·3.9
Let Joy Reign Supreme
1975·6.4
Un bol d'air
1975·5.7
The Restroom Robbery
1975·6.4
The Suspects
1974·5.4
Bonne présentation exigée
1974·6.0
The Year 01
1973·6.6