Christian Clavier is a French actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director. He is the brother of French film director St\u00e9phane Clavier.<\/p>\n
After his high class studies at the Neuilly Lyc\u00e9e Pasteur\u2014though asserted here and there, he never studied at Institut d’\u00c9tudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) \u2014he started his actor career with the comedic theater troupe Splendid, which had hits with films like Les Bronz\u00e9s font du ski and Le P\u00e8re No\u00ebl est une ordure.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
After les Visiteurs he was a certified star, participating in big-budget films like Ast\u00e9rix et Ob\u00e9lix contre C\u00e9sar, Ast\u00e9rix & Ob\u00e9lix: Mission Cl\u00e9op\u00e2tre, and the sequel and remake of Visiteurs. He also played several dramatic roles on television, including M. Th\u00e9nardier in Les Mis\u00e9rables (2000 television version) and Napol\u00e9on in a biographical television film.<\/p>\n
Clavier has played in notable duos with: Jean Reno in les Visiteurs (the Visitors) and the US remake, Just Visiting, L’Op\u00e9ration Corned-Beef and L’Enqu\u00eate corse (The Corsican investigation). G\u00e9rard Depardieu in Ast\u00e9rix et Ob\u00e9lix (Asterix and Obelix) and Les anges gardiens. He also runs a production company, Ouille Production.<\/p>\n
He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre national du M\u00e9rite on 13 June 1998, and promoted Officier (Officer) in 2005. He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the L\u00e9gion d’honneur in 2008.<\/p>\n
He is a friend of former French pr\u00e9sident Nicolas Sarkozy, and recently emigrated to England as a result of Francois Hollande’s punitive tax policy, mirrored in his Ast\u00e9rix co-star G\u00e9rard Depardieu’s self-imposed exile to Belgium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Christian Clavier is a French actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director. He is the brother of French film director St\u00e9phane Clavier. After his high class studies at the Neuilly Lyc\u00e9e Pasteur\u2014though asserted here and there, he never studied at Institut d’\u00c9tudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) \u2014he started his actor career with the comedic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-33630","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n