Christian Clavier

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-05-06 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Christian Clavier

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 fripou...

Acting

1998

The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time

as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard / Prosper le Purineur / Jacouillet

1977

1978

French Fried Vacation

as Jérôme Tarayre, bad general practitioner

1993

The Visitors

as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard

2006

L'Entente cordiale

as François de La Conche

1979

French Fried Vacation 2

as Jérôme Tarayre, general practitioner

2007

The Price to Pay

as Jean-Pierre Ménard

1991

L'Opération Corned Beef

as Jean-Jacques Granianski, le pigeon manipulé

2007

The Red Inn

as Pierre Martin

1982

Santa Claus Is a Stinker

as Jean-Jacques dit « Katia »

1973

The Year 01

as A debate viewer

1978

Like a Turtle on Its Back

as un fêtard dans la voiture

2004

The Corsican File

as Rémi François, aka Jack Palmer

1983

2005

The Antidote

as Jacques-Alain Marty « JAM »

1981

1995

Guardian Angels

as Père Hervé Tarain / La « mauvaise conscience »

2003

Lovely Rita

as Edgar Lamarck

1993

The Thirst for Gold

as Urbain Donnadieu

1994

Revenge of a Blonde

as Gérard Bréha

2004

Albert est méchant

as Patrick Lechat

2009

Bitter Victory

as Vincent Cluzel

1989

My Best Pals

as Jean-Michel Tuilier

1980

Rat Race

as Jérôme Osendron

1989

Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête

as le petit chef de la DDASS

2024

Not Without My Shrink

as Olivier Béranger

2001

1985

Slices of Life

as L'ami du dragueur / Charles-Henri / L'amant anti-chien

2011

1985

Santa Claus Is a Stinker

as Jean-Jacques dit « Katia »

1989

2013

Serial Teachers

as Cutiro / Tirocu

2024

Cocorico

as Frédéric Bouvier Sauvage

1989

Double mixte

as Bob Smith

2013

Les affaires sont les affaires

as Le marquis de Porcellet

2016

The Visitors: Bastille Day

as Jacquouille la Fripouille/Antoine-Claude Jacquouillet/Edmond Jacquart

2014

Serial (Bad) Weddings

as Claude Verneuil

2023

L'Âge d'or de la pub

as Self (archive footage)

2014

The Secret of Arkandias

as Agenor Arkandias

2013

Le Bœuf clandestin

as monsieur Berthaud

2014

Do Not Disturb

as Michel Leproux

1975

The Restroom Robbery

as L'agent de sécurité homosexuel (uncredited)

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Le Chat du rabbin

as Le rabbin

2015

2025

The Rookie Guide

as Karol Kowalski

2025

Le million

as Hippolyte

1974

Bonne présentation exigée

as Le chauffagiste

2017

A Bag of Marbles

as Docteur Rosen

2017

With Open Arms

as Jean-Etienne Fougerole

2017

If I Were a Boy

as Docteur PACE

2018

2016

Cédric

as Pépé

2017

Finding Momo

as Alain Prioux

1994

Dead Tired

as Christian Clavier

1997

Les Sœurs Soleil

as Un spectateur

1989

Fantôme sur l'oreiller

as Brice Michaud

1976

The Bottom Line

as comédien en répétition (non crédité)

1989

Un fil à la patte

as Fernand de Bois d'Enghien

1986

L'été 36

as Alexis

2019

Serial (Bad) Weddings 2

as Claude Verneuil

1979

Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears

as Man in the couple with the 2CV

2019

Ibiza

as Philippe

2009

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

as Monsieur Jourdain

2019

Wide Load

as Foster

1975

Un bol d'air

as Christian

1980

Cocktail Molotov

as Le Beatnick

2019

Meet the Malawas

as Julien Gosset-Grainville

2021

Kaamelott: The First Chapter

as Le Jurisconsulte

2021

Christmas with the Tuches

as Le Père Noël

1976

F as in Fairbanks

as Le serveur

2021

Serial (Bad) Weddings 3

as Claude Verneuil

1977

You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine

as Le conteur (voice)

2022

Employee of the Month

as Michel Gougnat, syndicaliste

1975

Let Joy Reign Supreme

as The servant of the inn

2021

1974

The Suspects

as Photographer

1977

Spoiled Children

as Le journaliste télé

2026

Cocorico 2

as Frédéric Bouvier Sauvage

1983

Rock and Torah

as Isaac Stern

Production

2005

1993

The Visitors

as Screenplay

2004

1995

1989

My Best Pals

as Writer

2001

Just Visiting

as Screenplay

1996

Panique au Plazza

as Adaptation

2017

With Open Arms

as Producer

1993

2011

2007

The Red Inn

as Scenario Writer

2002

1975

Un bol d'air

as Writer

2021

2016

1985

2021

1983

2003

Lovely Rita

as Producer

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