CHRISTIAN CLAVIER
ACTING
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.
- The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time 1998
- Tell Her That I Love Her 1977
- Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra 2002
- French Fried Vacation 1978
- French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever 2006
- The Visitors 1993
- L'Entente cordiale 2006
- Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar 1999
- French Fried Vacation 2 1979
- The Price to Pay 2007
- L'Opération Corned Beef 1991
- The Red Inn 2007
- Santa Claus Is a Stinker 1982
- The Year 01 1973
- Like a Turtle on Its Back 1978
- The Corsican File 2004
- Gramps Is in the Resistance 1983
- The Antidote 2005
- Clara and Chics Types 1981
- Twist Again in Moscow 1986
- The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck 1991
- Guardian Angels 1995
- Lovely Rita 2003
- The Thirst for Gold 1993
- Revenge of a Blonde 1994
- Albert est méchant 2004
- Bitter Victory 2009
- My Best Pals 1989
- Rat Race 1980
- Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête 1989
- Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe ! 1981
- Elle voit des nains partout ! 1982
- Not Without My Shrink 2024
- Just Visiting 2001
- You Don't Choose Your Family 2011
- Slices of Life 1985
- La Cage aux folles 2011
- Serial Teachers 2013
- Cocorico 2024
- Les affaires sont les affaires 2013
- The Visitors: Bastille Day 2016
- Serial (Bad) Weddings 2014
- The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque 1987
- Les Vengeances de Maître Poutifard 2023
- The Secret of Arkandias 2014
- Le Bœuf clandestin 2013
- Do Not Disturb 2014
- The Restroom Robbery 1975
- Babysitting 2 2015
- Bonne présentation exigée 1974
- A Bag of Marbles 2017
- With Open Arms 2017
- If I Were a Boy 2017
- Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures 2018
- Finding Momo 2017
- Dead Tired 1994
- Les Sœurs Soleil 1997
- The Bottom Line 1976
- Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 2019
- Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears 1979
- Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion 2018
- Ibiza 2019
- Le Bourgeois gentilhomme 2009
- Wide Load 2019
- Un bol d'air 1975
- Let's Make a Dirty Movie 1976
- Meet the Malawas 2019
- Kaamelott: The First Chapter 2021
- Christmas with the Tuches 2021
- F as in Fairbanks 1976
- Serial (Bad) Weddings 3 2021
- You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine 1977
- Employee of the Month 2022
- Let Joy Reign Supreme 1975
- Do You Do You Saint-Tropez 2021
- The Suspects 1974
- Spoiled Children 1977
- Napoleon 2002
- Les Misérables 2000
- Palace 1988
- Kronprinz Rudolf 2006