Christian Clavier

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 Pasteurthough asserted here and there he never studied at Institut dÉtudes 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 characters cry of Okkkayyy became a popular exclamation after the movies success After les Visiteurs he was a certified star participating in bigbudget films like Astérix et Obélix contre César Astérix Obélix Mission Cléopâtre and the sequel and remake of Visiteurs He also played several dramatic roles on television including M Thénardier in Les Misérables 2000 television version and Napoléon in a biographical television film Clavier has played in notable duos with Jean Reno in les Visiteurs the Visitors and the US remake Just Visiting LOpération CornedBeef and LEnquête corse The Corsican investigation Gérard Depardieu in Astérix et Obélix Asterix and Obelix and Les anges gardiens He also runs a production company Ouille Production He was made Chevalier Knight of the Ordre national du Mérite on 13 June 1998 and promoted Officier Officer in 2005 He was made Chevalier Knight of the Légion dhonneur in 2008 He is a friend of former French président Nicolas Sarkozy and recently emigrated to England as a result of Francois Hollandes punitive tax policy mirrored in his Astérix costar Gérard Depardieus selfimposed exile to Belgium