Alain Chabat
Alain Chabat (born November 24, 1958 in Oran , Algeria ) is a French actor , film producer , director and screenwriter .
Life
Chabat came to France with his family from Algeria in 1963 and began his acting career in the 1980s with comedic appearances on television. In 1995, a leading role in the comedy A Woman for Two , which was a box office hit in France , earned him his first nomination for the French César Film Prize . In it he plays an unfaithful husband whose wife is hooking up with a lesbian.
In 1997 Alain Chabat directed the comedy Didier for the first time , in which he also played a leading role - a dog in human form. For Didier , Chabat received a César for the best first work by a director. In 1997 he played a leading role in the dark police thriller Le Cousin - Dangerous Knowledge .
He achieved greater international fame in 2002 as the director, co-producer and screenwriter of the movie Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra , in which he also played the role of Julius Caesar . For this role he was nominated for an audience award at the European Film Awards 2002.
Filmography (selection)
- 1990: Baby Blood - Director: Alain Robak
- 1992: Pizza blob - Director: Nicolas Hourès
- 1994: One night of hypocrisy - Director: Nicolas Hourès
- 1995: A woman for two (French title: Gazon maudit ) - Director: Josiane Balasko
- 1996: Beaumarchais - The Insolent (Beaumarchais, l'insolent) - Director: Édouard Molinaro
- 1997: My dog, the soccer star (French title: Didier )
- 1997: Le Cousin - Dangerous Knowledge (Le cousin) - Director: Alain Corneau
- 1999: Sandrine sees red (Trafic d'influence) - directed by Dominique Farrugia
- 1999: La débandade - Directed by Claude Berri
- 2000: Lust for Other (Le goût des autres) - Director: Agnès Jaoui
- 2002: Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre) also directed
- 2003: Chouchou - Director: Merzak Allouache
- 2003: Les clefs de bagnole - Directed by Laurent Baffie
- 2004: Happy ending with obstacles (Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants) - Director: Yvan Attal
- 2006: Science of Sleep - Instructions for Dreaming (La science des rêves) - Director: Michel Gondry
- 2006: Prête-moi ta main - Director: Éric Lartigau
- 2008: La personne aux deux personnes - directed by Nicolas Charlet and Bruno Lavaine
- 2008: 15 ans et demi ...
- 2009: The Little House Tyrant (Trésor) - Director: Claude Berri
- 2009: Night at the Museum 2 (Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian) - Director: Shawn Levy
- 2010: Babies (Bébés)
- 2011: The War of the Buttons (La guerre des boutons)
- 2012: In the footsteps of Marsupilami (Sur la piste du Marsupilami) also direction, screenplay and production
- 2012: Still Thousand Words (A Thousand Words) - Director: Brian Robbins and production
- 2012: Ice Age 4 - Fully Postponed (Ice Age: Continental Drift) - Director: Steve Martino (voice in original English)
- 2013: The foam of the days (L'écume des jours)
- 2013: Big Boys - Forever Young (Les gamins)
- 2017: Valerian and The City of A Thousand Planets
- 2017: Santa & Co. - Who will save Christmas? (Santa & Cie)
- 2019: # jesuislà - Director: Éric Lartigau
Web links
- Alain Chabat in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Chabat, Alain |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actor, film producer, director and screenwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Oran , Algeria |