Christian Clavier is a famous French actor. He gained the greatest fame thanks to the role of rogue Zhakuya in the film "Aliens".
Biography
The famous film actor was born on May 6, 1952 in the capital of France, Paris. Christian's parents did not belong to the creative intelligentsia. Both the actor’s mom and dad were employees at the bank. The boy himself also did not have much interest in cinema. Even at school, he became interested in politics. Studying at a prestigious lyceum on the outskirts of Paris, Christian became interested in communist ideology, and after graduation he entered the Paris Institute of Politics, where he chose a political scientist as his future profession.
During his studies at the university, the future actor suddenly lost interest in politics and began to show interest in acting. With his friends, he begins to participate in student productions, and later puts on his own performance. After a successful premiere, Christian dropped out of university and went to acting school, where he studied for several years, while continuing to perform with his troupe in theaters.
Career
In 1972, they decided to film one of the troupe's works. A short comedy with Clavier in one of the main roles was very successful. From this moment on, the “Great Team” begins to actively transfer its work to the screen. The debut in the film industry was more than successful. 15 works of Christian were nominated for the French film award "Cesar".
In 1975, the actor made his debut on the big screen in the directorial work of Jacques Bernard. After that, there were several more roles, and two years later, Christian played his first role in a duet with the famous Gerard Depardieu in the film "Tell her that I love her." In 1982, Clavier was waiting for a meeting with another famous actor - Jean Reno, together they starred in the film "Operation" stew. "In addition to playing the main role, Christian acted as a screenwriter.
In tandem with Renault Clavier was shot more than once, but the comedy film "Aliens" became a real success for both artists. In addition to popularity, this picture brought the actors the prestigious Cesar film award. Later, several sequels were shot for the popular film, the last film about the knight Godfroix and his squire appeared on the screens in 2016.
