Christian Clavier
AKA: Christian Jean-Marie Clavier
Birthday: 1952-05-06
Birthplace: 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.
Filmography
Character: Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard / Prosper le Purineur / Jacouillet
Character: Jérôme Tarayre, bad general practitioner
Character: Jérôme Tarayre
Character: Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard
Character: François de La Conche
Character: Jérôme Tarayre, general practitioner
Character: Jean-Pierre Ménard
Character: Jean-Jacques Granianski, le pigeon manipulé
Character: Jean-Jacques dit « Katia »
Character: A debate viewer
Character: un fêtard dans la voiture
Character: Rémi François, aka Jack Palmer
Character: Jacques-Alain Marty « JAM »
Character: Père Hervé Tarain / La « mauvaise conscience »
Character: Urbain Donnadieu
Character: Patrick Lechat
Character: Vincent Cluzel
Character: Jean-Michel Tuilier
Character: Jérôme Osendron
Character: le petit chef de la DDASS
Character: Antoine Bonfils
Character: Olivier Béranger
Character: L'ami du dragueur / Charles-Henri / L'amant anti-chien
Character: Jean-Jacques dit « Katia »
Character: Cutiro / Tirocu
Character: Frédéric Bouvier-Sauvage
Character: Le marquis de Porcellet
Character: Jacquouille la Fripouille/Antoine-Claude Jacquouillet/Edmond Jacquart
Character: Claude Verneuil
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Robert Poutifard
Character: Agenor Arkandias
Character: monsieur Berthaud
Character: Michel Leproux
Character: L'agent de sécurité homosexuel (uncredited)
Character: Karol Kowalski
Character: Jean-Louis Bonnot, Mr. Coïk's secretary
Character: Le chauffagiste
Character: Le Jurisconsulte
Character: Jean-Etienne Fougerole
Character: Comte de Champignac
Character: Christian Clavier
Character: Café-theater actor (uncredited)
Character: Fernand de Bois d'Enghien
Character: Claude Verneuil
Character: Man in the couple with the 2CV
Character: Astérix (voice)
Character: Monsieur Jourdain
Character: Self / Various characters
Character: Julien Gosset-Grainville
Character: Le Jurisconsulte
Character: Claude Verneuil
Character: Le conteur (voice)
Character: Michel Gougnat, syndicaliste
Character: The servant of the inn
Character: Le journaliste télé
Character: Frédéric Bouvier Sauvage
Character: Le Jurisconsulte