Alain Chabat

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alain Chabat, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Champs-Elysées

Vivement dimanche

Sacrée soirée

Evil Dead Burn

Ice Age: Continental Drift

C à vous

Les Nuls, l'émission

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

All Movies (91)

• High in the Clouds2027 · as Bigsby (voice)
• Evil Dead Burn2026 · as Alice's Father
• Vertiginous2026 · as Jacky (voice)
• Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)2025 · as Le Duc d'Aquitaine
• God Save the Tuches2025 · as (voice)
• Beating Hearts2024 · as Le père de Jackie
• Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix2023 · as Self : Director
• L'Âge d'or de la pub2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Ce soir, c'est Palmashow2023 · as Self - Guest
• Smoking Causes Coughing2022 · as Chef Didier (voice)
• Incredible But True2022 · as Alain
• Drôles de familles2022 · as Self
• Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be2022 · as Goscinny (voice)
• Bacri, comme un air de famille2022 · as Self
• Kaamelott: The First Chapter2021 · as Le Duc d'Aquitaine
• #Iamhere2020 · as Stéphane
• La télé des Nuls2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Play2019 · as Le père de Max
• Ce soir, c'est Palmashow2019 · as Self - Guest
• Keep an Eye Out2018 · as The victim's cry (voice)
• Christmas & Co.2017 · as Santa
• Alain Chabat : Leçon de cinéma2017 · as Self - Guest
• Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets2017 · as Bob the Pirate
• Reality2015 · as Jason Tantra
• Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui2014
• Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods2014 · as Senator Prospectus (voice)
• The Brats2013 · as Gilbert
• Turf2013 · as Le Grec
• Mood Indigo2013 · as Jules Gouffé
• Ice Age: Continental Drift2012 · as Silas (voice)
• HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami2012 · as Dan Geraldo
• A Thousand Words2012 · as Christian Leger de la Touffe
• War of the Buttons2011 · as Maître Labru
• The Great Restaurant II2011 · as The Libertine Granting Monogamy
• The Whistler2010 · as Le contrôleur des impôts
• Tresor2009 · as Jean-Pierre
• Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian2009 · as Napoleon Bonaparte
• Rien dans les poches2008 · as Rita
• Stéphane Guillon - Portraits au vitriol (1ère salve)2008 · as Self
• A World of Ours2008 · as Le professeur d'anglais
• Me Two2008 · as Gilles Gabriel
• Daddy Cool2008 · as Norbert, le SDF
• Garage Babes2007 · as La voix off
• I Do2006 · as Luis Costa
• The Science of Sleep2006 · as Guy
• Papa2005 · as Papa
• L'Intégrule 2 - Les Nuls2004 · as (archive footage)
• Happily Ever After2004 · as Georges
• Casablanca Driver2004 · as Dr. Brenson
• RRRrrrr!!!2004 · as Pierre (le Guérissologue)
• The Car Keys2003 · as Dog seller
• L'Intégrule - Les Nuls2003 · as (archive footage)
• Leave Your Hands on My Hips2003 · as Bernard, le metteur en scène
• Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?2003 · as Peter Mc Gray
• Chouchou2003 · as Stanislas de la Tour-Maubourg
• Courts de stars, 10 comédies courtes mais bonnes !2002 · as Self
• How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra2002 · as Self - Director / Writer / Actor
• A Day in the Life of French Cinema2002 · as Self
• Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra2002 · as Jules César
• Restauratec2002 · as Jean-Pierre Ranu
• L'Art (délicat) de la séduction2001 · as Maître Zen
• Jamel Debbouze - Le très très bien de Jamel2000 · as Self
• Kitchendales2000 · as Enzo's mother (voice)
• The Taste of Others2000 · as Bruno Deschamps
• Jamel Show1999 · as Self
• Bricol'girls1999 · as The Rasta Man
• Sitcom, A Movie1999 · as Étienne
• Hard Off1999 · as Le gynécologue et andologue
• Influence Peddling1999 · as le curé
• Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 20001999
• Ivre-Mort pour la Patrie1999 · as Le général allemand
• Desproges est vivant1998
• The Cousin1997 · as Gérard Delvaux
• Didier1997 · as Didier
• Delphine : 1, Yvan : 01996 · as Pierre Krief
• Beaumarchais the Scoundrel1996 · as le courtisan à Versailles
• L'histoire de les Nuls1995
• Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique1995
• French Twist1995 · as Laurent Lafaye
• 6 Days, 6 Nights1994 · as Thomas
• Wacko1994 · as Le pilote
• Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy1994 · as Serge Karamazov / Youri / Jacques, TV journalist
• La Classe américaine1993 · as Dubbing Voice (voice)
• Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania1993
• Les Nuls : La Pub1992 · as Self
• Pizza Blob1992 · as Professeur Liégeois
• Les nuls, l'émission1991 · as self
• The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck1991 · as Gérard Martinez
• Les nuls, l'émission avec Lio1991 · as self
• Baby Blood1990 · as Passant cinéma
• TVN 595, la télévision des nuls1988 · as Self

All TV Shows (27)

• Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight2025 · as Astérix (voice)
• Loris Giuliano en balade2024 · as Self - Guest
• Beau geste2023 · as Self
• Il était une fois Champs-Élysées2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Le Late avec Alain Chabat2022 · as Self - Host
• Hot Ones2022 · as Self - Guest
• Samedi Sébastien2021 · as Self - Guest
• Vidéo Club2018 · as Self
• C à vous2009 · as Self - Guest
• Salut les Terriens !2006 · as Self - Guest
• On n'est pas couché2006 · as Self - Guest
• Have you ever seen..?2006 · as Narrateur, autres voix additionnelles
• Leçon de Cinéma2004 · as Self
• Burger Quiz2001 · as Présentateur
• Burger Quiz2001 · as Self - Host
• La Cape et l'épée2000 · as Ménestrel
• Vivement dimanche1998 · as Self
• Coucou c'est nous !1992 · as Self
• Les Nuls, l'émission1990 · as Self - Various characters
• Histoire(s) de la télévision1990 · as Roland Gilet (le père)
• A.B.C.D. Nuls1989 · as Self
• Palace1988 · as Client fugitif
• Palace1988 · as Le mari qui commande des bises pour sa femme
• Sacrée soirée1987 · as Self - Les Nuls
• No Goal1987 · as le capitaine Lamar
• Champs-Elysées1982 · as Self - Les Nuls
• Cérémonie des César1976 · as Self - Host