Christian Clavier

Born: 1952-05-06

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. 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, L'Opération Corned-Beef and L'Enquête 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 d'honneur in 2008. He is a friend of former French président Nicolas Sarkozy, and recently emigrated to England as a result of Francois Hollande's punitive tax policy, mirrored in his Astérix co-star Gérard Depardieu's self-imposed exile to Belgium.


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Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

as Astérix
Released: 2002-01-30

The Egyptian Queen Cleopatra bets against the Roman Emperor, Julius Caesar, that her people are...

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The Visitors

as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard
Released: 1993-01-27

After a wizard's spell goes awry, 12th-century Gallic knight Godefroy de Papincourt, Count of...

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Cocorico

as Frédéric Bouvier Sauvage
Released: 2024-02-07

The Bouvier-Sauvages, a large aristocratic family, meet the much more modest Martin family when...

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Serial (Bad) Weddings

as Claude Verneuil
Released: 2014-04-16

A catholic French couple sees their life upside down when their four daughters get married to...

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Serial (Bad) Weddings 3

as Claude Verneuil
Released: 2021-12-21

Claude and Marie Verneuil will soon be celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary. For the...

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Serial (Bad) Weddings 2

as Claude Verneuil
Released: 2019-01-30

Claude and Marie Verneuil face a new crisis. The four spouses of their daughters, David, Rachid,...

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Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar

as Astérix
Released: 1999-02-03

Set in 50 B.C., Asterix and Obelix are living in a small but well-protected village in Gaul,...

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The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time

as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard / Prosper le Purineur / Jacouillet
Released: 1998-02-11

The sequel to The Visitors reunites us with those lovable ruffians from the French Medieval ages...

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A Bag of Marbles

as Docteur Rosen
Released: 2017-01-18

At the beginning of the 1940s, in a France occupied by Nazi forces, lived the Jewish Joffo...

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Just Visiting

as Andre
Released: 2001-04-06

A knight and his valet are plagued by a witch, and to repair the damage they make use of the...

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Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion

as Astérix (voice)
Released: 2018-05-12

Following a fall during mistletoe picking, Druid Getafix decides that it is time to secure the...

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French Fried Vacation 2: The Bronzés go Skiing

as Jérôme Tarayre, le mauvais médecin généraliste
Released: 1979-11-22

In this sequel to Les Bronzes (1978) summer has passed, but that doesn't mean the fun has to end...

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French Fried Vacation

as Jérôme Tarayre, le mauvais médecin généraliste
Released: 1978-11-11

Holidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their...

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The Corsican File

as Rémi François, aka Jack Palmer
Released: 2004-10-06

Jack Palmer is a Paris-based detective with a huge ego. Ange Leoni is a rebel native of Corsica...

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The Secret of Arkandias

as Agenor Arkandias
Released: 2014-10-22

Theo, not the most popular boy at his school, dreams of escaping the dreary everyday life,...

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French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever

as Jérôme Tarayre
Released: 2006-02-01

After the Club Med and skiing, what happened to the Bronzés 27 years later? Early response: the...

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The Visitors: Bastille Day

as Jacquouille la Fripouille/Antoine-Claude Jacquouillet/Edmond Jacquart
Released: 2016-03-23

Stuck in the corridors of time, Godefroy de Montmirail and his faithful servant Jacquouille are...

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Babysitting 2

as Alain
Released: 2015-12-02

Franck and his girlfriend Sonya, plus some of their friends go on holiday in Brazil. Franck, his...

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The Restroom Robbery

as L'agent de sécurité homosexuel (non crédité)
Released: 1975-01-22

Max and Riton, 2 thieves make plan to steal money in a train station office. They will operate...

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Santa Claus Is a Stinker

as Jean-Jacques dit « Katia »
Released: 1982-08-25

Two neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a...

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Kaamelott: The First Chapter

as Le Jurisconsulte
Released: 2021-07-21

Following the end of the acclaimed tv series, King Arthur will oppose Lancelot's army to get the...

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Ibiza

as Philippe
Released: 2019-07-03

A mature podiatrist, his girlfriend and her teenage children travel Ibiza to live a crazy holidays.

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Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures

as Comte de Champignac
Released: 2018-02-21

When Spirou, supposedly a groom in a Palace, meets Fantasio, reporter scupper, everything starts...

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L'Âge d'or de la pub

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2023-06-02

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Gramps Is in the Resistance

as Michel Taupin
Released: 1983-10-26

It is 1943 in Paris. Like so many others, the Bourbelle family's home has been taken over by the...

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Do You Do You Saint-Tropez

as Jean Boulin
Released: 2021-07-14

Every summer, the Billionaire Tranchant and his wife Eliane host the glamorous world of...

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Meet the Malawas

as Julien Gosset-Grainville
Released: 2019-12-25

A news anchor, a comedian, an actress, and a soccer player with big egos have to travel across...

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If I Were a Boy

as Docteur PACE
Released: 2017-02-22

Jeanne wakes up one morning and her life is about to take a funny turn, at first sight nothing...

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Guardian Angels

as Père Hervé Tarain / La « mauvaise conscience »
Released: 1995-10-11

A sleazy Paris nightclub owner and ex-detective flies to Hong Kong to rescue the young son of a...

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L'Opération Corned Beef

as Jean-Jacques Granianski, le pigeon manipulé
Released: 1991-02-06

The unsanctioned efforts of a covert unit to gather evidence about illegal arms shipments with...

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Employee of the Month

as Michel Gougnat, syndicaliste
Released: 2022-06-29

Vincent, a civil servant, has always enjoyed the benefits of his family's status. When the...

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Not Without My Shrink

as Olivier Béranger
Released: 2024-12-11

A successful psychoanalyst's life is turned upside down by a very anxious and extremely clingy...

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The Thirst for Gold

as Urbain Donnadieu
Released: 1993-08-31

Urbain Donnadieu's first love is money. It's also his second, third and fourth love. The only...

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Let Joy Reign Supreme

as The servant of the inn
Released: 1975-03-23

A look at 18th-century France, when the authorities depravity contributed to social oppression,...

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Finding Momo

as Alain Prioux
Released: 2017-12-27

One evening, when they come home, Mr. and Mrs. Prioux are astounded to find that a certain...

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With Open Arms

as Jean-Etienne Fougerole
Released: 2017-04-05

Jean-Étienne Fougerole is an intellectual bohemian who released his new novel "In Open Arms" and...

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Christmas with the Tuches

as Le Père Noël
Released: 2021-12-08

After having resigned from his post as President of the Republic, Jeff and his family are happy...

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You Don't Choose Your Family

as César
Released: 2011-11-09

César Borgnoli, an unsuccessful car salesman from Italy, lives well beyond his means. In order...

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Dead Tired

as Christian Clavier
Released: 1994-05-18

Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down,...

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The Red Inn

as Pierre Martin
Released: 2007-12-05

A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host...

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The Antidote

as Andre Morin
Released: 2005-03-30

JAM (Christian Clavier), a French "master of the universe" is on the brink of a major takeover...

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Wide Load

as Foster
Released: 2019-03-13

This is the story of a guy who goes too fast and a big guy who is too slow. Foster meets Taupin....

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You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine

as Le conteur (voice)
Released: 1977-10-19

Whilst King Gros Pif I amuses himself at debauched banquets, his musketeers pursue their...

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Do Not Disturb

as Michel Leproux
Released: 2014-12-31

Michel, who's crazy about jazz, has just found a rare album that he dreams of quietly listening...

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My Best Pals

as Jean-Michel Tuilier
Released: 1989-03-01

They are the best friends of the world. Five friends who shared everything: may 68, hippies...

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How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

as Self
Released: 2002-08-28

Behind the scenes of Chabat's take on Asterix.

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Santa Claus Is a Stinker

as Jean-Jacques dit « Katia »
Released: 1985-01-14

Two neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a...

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The Price to Pay

as Jean-Pierre Ménard
Released: 2007-04-04

Jean-Pierre, a wealthy businessman, is lonely. He still desires his wife but she only seems...

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Slices of Life

as L'ami du dragueur / Charles-Henri / L'amant anti-chien
Released: 1985-02-06

A series of humorous sketches on life: "A Night to Remember", "Summit Showdown", and "A Book?...

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Albert est méchant

as Patrick Lechat
Released: 2004-01-14

Patrick Lechat learns that his father, the famous writer Jo Lechat, whom he never knew, has just...

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Twist Again in Moscow

as Iouri
Released: 1986-10-22

Igor, who manages a fancy hotel and is on the take, has to juggle several problems at once. He...

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Elle voit des nains partout !

as le fourbe
Released: 1982-04-07

La reine de France meurt en couche. Elle met au monde un petite fille prénommée Blanche-neige....

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Spoiled Children

as Le journaliste télé
Released: 1977-09-06

Successful writer/director Bernard Rougerie is at a creative dead end and decides to isolate...

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Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !

as Antoine Bonfils
Released: 1981-12-16

Whilst driving through rural France, Antoine Bonfils comes across a community of babas - men and...

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Rat Race

as Jérôme Osendron
Released: 1980-04-22

Young dynamic executive, married and father of two children, Jérôme Ozendron dreams of writing...

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The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck

as L'avocat
Released: 1991-04-24

This series of sketches introduces doctor Apfelglück and four of his patients... and their...

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The Suspects

as Un photographe
Released: 1974-11-27

When an American tourist is murdered in the south of France, the police must investigate. In...

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The Bottom Line

as comédien en répétition (non crédité)
Released: 1976-06-16

An advertising photographer, François, has agreed to sell the poetic script of one of his...

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Revenge of a Blonde

as Gérard Bréha
Released: 1994-01-26

An upstanding provincial reporter becomes presenter of the TV news on a commercial network owned...

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The Year 01

as A debate viewer
Released: 1973-02-22

The film narrates a utopian abandonment, consensual and festive of the market economy and high...

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L'Entente cordiale

as François de La Conche
Released: 2006-06-21

The upper-class secret agent teaming up accidentally with an easily-corrupted, sly interpreter...

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Lovely Rita

as Edgar Lamarck
Released: 2003-09-24

Edgar Lamarck - an accountant and auditor is coming to the the shipyard on Cote d'Azur in order...

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Les Vengeances de Maître Poutifard

as Robert Poutifard
Released: 2023-06-28

The tasty story of a retired teacher who decides to make his former students pay for years of...

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Les Visiteurs revisités

as Self
Released: 2005-01-01

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Clara and Chics Types

as Charles
Released: 1981-01-14

Three days in the lives of six friends who are nearly 30 years old, live in Grenoble, and have a...

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The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque

as Edouard
Released: 1987-01-14

On the day he loses his job in advertising agency, Gérard Floque returns home to find that his...

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Let's Make a Dirty Movie

as Un flic
Released: 1976-02-17

A bumbling film crew attempts to make a porno movie.

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Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears

as Le conducteur qui abandonne la dame âgée
Released: 1979-01-17

Two brothers are fighting for a one girl attention...

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Tell Her That I Love Her

as François
Released: 1977-09-28

Industrious accountant David Martinaud claims to be visiting his parents every weekend, but it's...

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Un bol d'air

as Christian
Released: 1975-02-19

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Les Sœurs Soleil

as Un spectateur
Released: 1997-04-02

This gently satirical French comedy centers on the resulting brouhaha that erupts when the...

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Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête

as le petit chef de la DDASS
Released: 1989-01-25

Married to Jeremie, Marie wants desperately to have a child. She has a 20 year old daughter from...

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Cocktail Molotov

as Le Beatnick
Released: 1980-02-06

"Cocktail Molotov" is the story of the adventures of this threesome, who reach Venice only to...

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Panique au Plazza

as uncredited
Released: 1996-04-13

During a long night session at the parliament a deputy sneaks to meet his mistress in a nearby...

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La Cage aux folles

as Georges
Released: 2011-01-08

"La Cage aux Folles" is a club which has a transvestite show, starring Zaza (whose real name...

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F as in Fairbanks

as Le serveur
Released: 1976-05-05

André Fragman, nicknamed "Fairbanks" after his childhood idol by his film projectionist father,...

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The Imaginary Invalid

as Argan
Released: 2008-11-13

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Le Bœuf clandestin

as monsieur Berthaud
Released: 2013-11-16

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The Devil in the Box

as Renaud
Released: 1977-04-19

Alain Brissot, an executive in a major company, was made redundant following a redundancy plan,...

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Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)

as uncredited
Released: 2025-12-10

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Double mixte

as Bob Smith
Released: 1986-11-07

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Les affaires sont les affaires

as Le marquis de Porcellet
Released: 2013-08-09

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Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

as Monsieur Jourdain
Released: 2009-12-19

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Fantôme sur l'oreiller

as Brice Michaud
Released: 1989-12-30

A man is about to buy a castle from his wife, who has secretly decided to leave him. He...

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Bitter Victory

as Vincent Cluzel
Released: 2009-12-02

Xavier Alvarez est un petit architecte d'Aix-en-Provence en recherche perpétuelle de...

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Un fil à la patte

as Fernand de Bois d'Enghien
Released: 1989-10-02

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Like a Turtle on Its Back

as un fêtard dans la voiture
Released: 1978-09-27

Unable to put a single word on paper, a youngish man with one novel to his credit finds that his...

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Serial Teachers

as Cutiro / Tirocu
Released: 2013-04-17

With only 12 percent of its pupils obtaining their baccalaureate, Jules Ferry High School is the...

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Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles

as Pierre
Released: 1991-06-15

A fight happens during a a big party organized by a couple for their housewarming

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Mieux vaut courir

as Simon
Released: 1989-01-01

Crossfire between a suspect and the police. In the middle of the case, a girl.

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Bonne présentation exigée

as Le chauffagiste
Released: 1974-09-30

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Champs-Elysées

as Self
First aired: 1982-01-16

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Vivement dimanche

as Self
First aired: 1998-09-20

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-12

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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Nulle part ailleurs

as Self
First aired: 1987-08-31

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Les Nuls, l'émission

as Self
First aired: 1990-10-13

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Stars 90

as Self
First aired: 1990-09-03

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Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 2022-12-21

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Les Misérables

as Thénardier
First aired: 2000-09-04

Set against the background of the French Revolution and based on Victor Hugo's classic novel...

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Napoleon

as Napoléon Bonaparte
First aired: 2002-10-07

A masterful soldier, tactician and statesmen, Napoleon Bonaparte's courage and love for his...

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Merci Bernard

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-04-04

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Samedi Sébastien

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2021-04-17

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Palace

as Chef Briffaud
First aired: 1988-10-29

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Rire et sourire : Le Splendid

as Jean-Jacques Dangle, le présentateur
First aired: 1978-11-19

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Kronprinz Rudolf

as Graf Taaffe
First aired: 2006-04-30

Drama about the last ten years of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria.

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