Christian Clavier

Acting · Born 1952-05-06 in Paris, France

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,…

Filmography

• Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra as Astérix
• The Visitors as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard
• French Fried Vacation 2 as Jérôme Tarayre
• Santa Claus Is a Stinker as Jean-Jacques dit « Katia »
• Santa Claus Is a Stinker as Jean-Jacques aka 'Katia'
• A Bag of Marbles as Docteur Rosen
• The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard / Prosper le Purineur / Jacouillet
• Tell Her That I Love Her as François
• French Fried Vacation as Jérôme Tarayre
• French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever as Jérôme Tarayre

TV

• Napoleon as Napoléon Bonaparte
• Les Misérables as Thénardier
• Nulle part ailleurs as Self
• Rire et sourire : Le Splendid as Jean-Jacques Dangle, le présentateur
• Samedi Sébastien as Self - Guest
• Palace as Chef Briffaud
• Kronprinz Rudolf as Graf Taaffe
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
• Numéro un as Self
• Champs-Elysées as Self