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Alain Chabat

Born 1958-11-24
📍 Oran, Oranie, Algérie

Alain Chabat (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ ʃaba]; born 24 November 1958) is a French actor, comedian, director, screenwriter, producer and television presenter. Originally known for his work in the comedy group Les Nuls, including as the co-writer and lead actor of La Cité de la peur (1994), he later co-created and hosted the Burger Quiz game show, which became the most watched entertainment show in the history of French television.

Chabat has also become a notable filmmaker of his own, typically both writing and starring in the movies he directed, which include cult comedy films such as Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002), RRRrrrr!!! (2004) and Houba! On the Trail of the Marsupilami (2012). He appeared in French Twist (1995), The Taste of Others (2000), Happily Ever After (2004), The Science of Sleep (2006), as well as briefly in the television series Kaamelott (2005). Additionally, he voiced the title character in the French dubbing of the Shrek franchise.

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Filmography 116

High in the Clouds
as Bigsby (voice)
2027
Vertiginous
as Jacky
2026
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
as Le Duc d'Aquitaine
2025
Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight
as Astérix (voice)
2025
God Save the Tuches
as (voice)
2025
Beating Hearts
as Le père de Jackie
2024
Loris Giuliano en balade
as Self - Guest
2024
Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix
as Self : Director
2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
as Self - Guest
2023
Beau geste
as Self
2023
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Smoking Causes Coughing
as Chef Didier (voice)
2022
Le Late avec Alain Chabat
as Self - Host
2022
Incredible But True
as Alain
2022
Hot Ones
as Self - Guest
2022
Drôles de familles
as Self
2022
Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be
as Goscinny (voice)
2022
Bacri, comme un air de famille
as Self
2022
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
as Le Duc d'Aquitaine
2021
Samedi Sébastien
as Self - Guest
2021
#Iamhere
as Stéphane
2020
La télé des Nuls
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Play
as Le père de Max
2019
Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
as Self - Guest
2019
Vidéo Club
as Self
2018
Keep an Eye Out
as The victim's cry (voice)
2018
Christmas & Co.
as Santa
2017
Alain Chabat : Leçon de cinéma
as Self - Guest
2017
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
as Bob the Pirate
2017
Reality
as Jason
2015
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
as Senator Prospectus (voice)
2014
The Brats
as Gilbert
2013
Turf
as Le Grec
2013
Mood Indigo
as Jules Gouffé
2013
Ice Age: Continental Drift
as Silas (voice)
2012
HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami
as Dan Geraldo
2012
A Thousand Words
as Christian Leger de la Touffe
2012
War of the Buttons
as Maître Labru
2011
The Great Restaurant II
as The Libertine Granting Monogamy
2011
The Whistler
as Le contrôleur des impôts
2010
Tresor
as Jean-Pierre
2009
C à vous
as Self - Guest
2009
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
as Napoleon Bonaparte
2009
Rien dans les poches
as Rita
2008
Stéphane Guillon - Portraits au vitriol (1ère salve)
as Self
2008
A World of Ours
as Le professeur d'anglais
2008
Me Two
as Gilles Gabriel
2008
Daddy Cool
as Norbert, le SDF
2008
Garage Babes
as La voix off
2007
Salut les Terriens !
as Self - Guest
2006
I Do
as Luis Costa
2006
On n'est pas couché
as Self - Guest
2006
The Science of Sleep
as Guy
2006
Have you ever seen..?
as Narrateur, autres voix additionnelles
2006
Papa
as Papa
2005
L'Intégrule 2 - Les Nuls
as (archive footage)
2004
Happily Ever After
as Georges
2004
Casablanca Driver
as Dr. Brenson
2004
Leçon de Cinéma
as Self
2004
RRRrrrr!!!
as Pierre (le Guérissologue)
2004
The Car Keys
as Dog seller
2003
L'Intégrule - Les Nuls
as (archive footage)
2003
Leave Your Hands on My Hips
as Bernard, le metteur en scène
2003
Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?
as Peter Mc Gray
2003
Chouchou
as Stanislas de la Tour-Maubourg
2003
Courts de stars, 10 comédies courtes mais bonnes !
as Self
2002
How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
as Self - Director / Writer / Actor
2002
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
as Self
2002
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
as Jules César
2002
Restauratec
as Jean-Pierre Ranu
2002
Burger Quiz
as Présentateur
2001
Burger Quiz
as Self - Host
2001
L'Art (délicat) de la séduction
as Maître Zen
2001
La Cape et l'épée
as Ménestrel
2000
Jamel Debbouze - Le très très bien de Jamel
as Self
2000
Kitchendales
as Enzo's mother (voice)
2000
The Taste of Others
as Bruno Deschamps
2000
Jamel Show
as Self
1999
Bricol'girls
as The Rasta Man
1999
Sitcom, A Movie
as Étienne
1999
Hard Off
as Le gynécologue et andologue
1999
Influence Peddling
as le curé
1999
Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
1999
Ivre-Mort pour la Patrie
as Le général allemand
1999
Vivement dimanche
as Self
1998
Desproges est vivant
1998
The Cousin
as Gérard Delvaux
1997
Didier
as Didier
1997
Delphine : 1, Yvan : 0
as Pierre Krief
1996
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
as le courtisan à Versailles
1996
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
1995
French Twist
as Laurent Lafaye
1995
6 Days, 6 Nights
as Thomas
1994
Wacko
as Le pilote
1994
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
as Serge Karamazov / Youri / Jacques, TV journalist
1994
La Classe américaine
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
1993
Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania
1993
Coucou c'est nous !
as Self
1992
Les Nuls : La Pub
as Self
1992
Pizza Blob
as Professeur Liégeois
1992
Les nuls, l'émission
as self
1991
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
as Gérard Martinez
1991
Les nuls, l'émission avec Lio
as self
1991
Les Nuls, l'émission
as Self - Various characters
1990
Histoire(s) de la télévision
as Roland Gilet (le père)
1990
Baby Blood
as Passant cinéma
1990
A.B.C.D. Nuls
as Self
1989
TVN 595, la télévision des nuls
as Self
1988
Palace
as Client fugitif
1988
Palace
as Le mari qui commande des bises pour sa femme
1988
Sacrée Soirée
as Self - Les Nuls
1987
No Goal
as le capitaine Lamar
1987
Champs-Elysées
as Self - Les Nuls
1982
Cérémonie des César
as Self - Host
1976