Christian Clavier
Acting

Christian Clavier

Born 6 May 1952 · Paris, France
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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 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.

Known for

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Serial (Bad) Weddings
The Visitors
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
Babysitting 2
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2
French Fried Vacation 2
Serial Teachers
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
French Fried Vacation
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
Serial Teachers 3: Back in Times
Cocorico 2
Avis de tempête
Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia
The Rookie Guide
Million Dollar Madness
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
Not Without My Shrink
Cocorico
Mr. Putifar's Wacky Plan
Employee of the Month
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
Christmas with the Tuches
Serial (Bad) Weddings 3
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
Serial (Bad) Weddings 2
Ibiza
Wide Load
Meet the Malawas
Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
A Bag of Marbles
With Open Arms
If I Were a Boy
Finding Momo
The Visitors: Bastille Day
Babysitting 2
Serial (Bad) Weddings
The Secret of Arkandias
Do Not Disturb
Serial Teachers
Les affaires sont les affaires
Le Bœuf clandestin
You Don't Choose Your Family
La Cage aux folles
Bitter Victory
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
The Imaginary Invalid
The Price to Pay
The Red Inn
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
L'Entente cordiale
The Antidote
Empire of the Wolves
The Corsican File
Albert est méchant
Lovely Rita
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Just Visiting
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
Les Sœurs Soleil
Panique au Plazza
Guardian Angels
Revenge of a Blonde
Dead Tired
The Visitors
The Thirst for Gold
Un fil à la patte
L'Opération Corned Beef
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles
My Best Pals
Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête
Mieux vaut courir
Double mixte
Fantôme sur l'oreiller
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
Twist Again in Moscow
Slices of Life
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Gramps Is in the Resistance
Rock and Torah
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Elle voit des nains partout !
Clara and the Why Notes
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
Rat Race
Cocktail Molotov
French Fried Vacation 2
Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears
French Fried Vacation
Like a Turtle on Its Back
This Sweet Sickness
The Devil in the Box
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
Spoiled Children
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
F as in Fairbanks
Un bol d'air
Let Joy Reign Supreme
Bonne présentation exigée
The Suspects
The Year 01
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