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Christian Clavier
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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 LycĂ©e Pasteurâthough asserted here and there, he never studied at Institut d'Ătudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) âhe started his actor career with the comedic theater troupe Splendid, which had hits with films like Les BronzĂ©s font du ski and Le PĂšre NoĂ«l 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 aâŠ
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Christian Clavier is a French actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director. He is the brother of French film director StĂ©phane Clavier. After his high class studies at the Neuilly LycĂ©e Pasteurâthough asserted here and there, he never studied at Institut d'Ătudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) âhe started his actor career with the comedic theater troupe Splendid, which had hits with films like Les BronzĂ©s font du ski and Le PĂšre NoĂ«l 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 AstĂ©rix et ObĂ©lix contre CĂ©sar, AstĂ©rix & ObĂ©lix: Mission ClĂ©opĂątre, and the sequel and remake of Visiteurs. He also played several dramatic roles on television, including M. ThĂ©nardier in Les MisĂ©rables (2000 television version) and NapolĂ©on 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'OpĂ©ration Corned-Beef and L'EnquĂȘte corse (The Corsican investigation). GĂ©rard Depardieu in AstĂ©rix et ObĂ©lix (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 MĂ©rite on 13 June 1998, and promoted Officier (Officer) in 2005. He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the LĂ©gion d'honneur in 2008. He is a friend of former French prĂ©sident Nicolas Sarkozy, and recently emigrated to England as a result of Francois Hollande's punitive tax policy, mirrored in his AstĂ©rix co-star GĂ©rard Depardieu's self-imposed exile to Belgium.
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BODY OF WORK
Christian Clavier's Filmography
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Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
as Le Jurisconsulte
Serial Teachers 3: Back in Times
as Cutiro / Tirocu
Avis de tempĂȘte
as André Malraux
Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia
as Astérix (voice)
Cocorico 2
as Frédéric Bouvier-Sauvage / Mehmet Suleymanoglu
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
as Le Jurisconsulte
Million Dollar Madness
as Hippolyte
Christian Clavier: La Vis Comica
The Rookie Guide
as Karol Kowalski
Not Without My Shrink
as Olivier BĂ©ranger
Cocorico
as Frédéric Bouvier Sauvage
Mr. Putifar's Wacky Plan
as Robert Poutifard
L'Ăge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
Employee of the Month
as Michel Gougnat, syndicaliste
Serial (Bad) Weddings 3
as Claude Verneuil
Christmas with the Tuches
as Le PÚre Noël
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
as Le Jurisconsulte
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
as Jean Boulin
Qu'est-ce qu'ils ont fait au bon Dieu ?
as Self
Meet the Malawas
as Julien Gosset-Grainville
Ibiza
as Philippe
Wide Load
as Foster
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2
as Claude Verneuil
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
as Astérix (voice)
Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures
as Comte de Champignac
Finding Momo
as Alain Prioux
With Open Arms
as Jean-Etienne Fougerole
If I Were a Boy
as Docteur PACE
A Bag of Marbles
as Docteur Rosen
The Visitors: Bastille Day
as Jacquouille la Fripouille/Antoine-Claude Jacquouillet/Edmond Jacquart
Babysitting 2
as Alain
Do Not Disturb
as Michel Leproux
The Secret of Arkandias
as Agenor Arkandias
Serial (Bad) Weddings
as Claude Verneuil
Des Bronzés au PÚre Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid
as Self / Various characters
Le BĆuf clandestin
as monsieur Berthaud
Les affaires sont les affaires
as Le marquis de Porcellet
Serial Teachers
as Cutiro / Tirocu
You Don't Choose Your Family
as CĂ©sar
Il était une fois... « Le pÚre Noël est une ordure »
as Self
La Cage aux folles
as Georges
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
as Monsieur Jourdain
Bitter Victory
as Vincent Cluzel
The Imaginary Invalid
as Argan
The Red Inn
as Pierre Martin
The Price to Pay
as Jean-Pierre MĂ©nard
L'Entente cordiale
as François de La Conche
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
as JĂ©rĂŽme Tarayre
The Antidote
as Jacques-Alain Marty « JAM »
Les Visiteurs revisités
as Self
The Corsican File
as Rémi François, aka Jack Palmer
Albert est méchant
as Patrick Lechat
Lovely Rita
as Edgar Lamarck
How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
as Self - Actor
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
as Self
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
as Astérix
Just Visiting
as Andre
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
as Astérix
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard / Prosper le Purineur / Jacouillet
Les SĆurs Soleil
as Un spectateur
Panique au Plazza
as Jean-Louis Bonnot, Mr. CoĂŻk's secretary
Guardian Angels
as PÚre Hervé Tarain / La « mauvaise conscience »
Dead Tired
as Christian Clavier
Revenge of a Blonde
as Gérard Bréha
The Thirst for Gold
as Urbain Donnadieu
The Visitors
as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard
Un fil Ă la patte
as Fernand de Bois d'Enghien
Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles
as Pierre
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
as L'avocat
L'Opération Corned Beef
as Jean-Jacques Granianski, le pigeon manipulé
FantĂŽme sur l'oreiller
as Brice Michaud
Double mixte
as Bob Smith
My Best Pals
as Jean-Michel Tuilier
Les cigognes n'en font qu'Ă leur tĂȘte
as le petit chef de la DDASS
Mieux vaut courir
as Simon
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
as Edouard
Twist Again in Moscow
as Iouri
No Poster
L'ĂtĂ© 36
as Alexis
Slices of Life
as L'ami du dragueur / Charles-Henri / L'amant anti-chien
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
as Katia
Gramps Is in the Resistance
as Michel Taupin
Rock and Torah
as Isaac Stern
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
as Jean-Jacques dit « Katia »
Elle voit des nains partout !
as le fourbe
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
as Antoine Bonfils
Clara and the Why Notes
as Charles
Rat Race
as JĂ©rĂŽme Osendron
Cocktail Molotov
as Le Beatnick
French Fried Vacation 2
as JĂ©rĂŽme Tarayre
Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears
as Man in the couple with the 2CV
French Fried Vacation
as JĂ©rĂŽme Tarayre
Like a Turtle on Its Back
as un fĂȘtard dans la voiture
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
as Le conteur (voice)
This Sweet Sickness
as François
Spoiled Children
as Le réalisateur TV
The Devil in the Box
as Renaud
The Bottom Line
as Café-theater actor (uncredited)
F as in Fairbanks
as Le serveur
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
as Un flic
Let Joy Reign Supreme
as The servant of the inn
Un bol d'air
as Christian
The Restroom Robbery
as L'agent de sécurité homosexuel (uncredited)
The Suspects
as A photojournalist at Bernard Vauquier's wife's house
Bonne présentation exigée
as Le chauffagiste
The Year 01
as A debate viewer
CĂ©dric
as Pépé
No Poster
Le Chat du rabbin
as Le rabbin
No Poster