Biography
Alain Chabat (born 24 November 1958) is a French actor and director who appeared in La Cité de la peur, French Twist, The Taste of Others and The Science of Sleep.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Le Marsupilami
2026
Producer
New feature film adaptation of the Belgian comic books.

God Save the Tuche
2025
as (voice)
When Jeff and Cathy’s grandson Jiji is selected for a training camp with Arsenal, it’s a dream opportunity for the whole family to head over to Englan...

Beating Hearts
2024
as Le père de Jackie
Local rebellious teenager Clotaire falls for his schoolmate Jackie, but gang violence leads him to a darker destructive path. After years apart, the s...

Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix
2023
as Self - Director
Documentary on Astérix's illustrator Uderzo, led by Antoine de Caunes with interviews from various French celebrities.

L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
as Self (archive footage)
55 years ago, on October 1 1968, the first brand advertising spot appeared on the French television screen. Over the next three decades, thousands of ...

Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
2023
as Self - Guest

Smoking Causes Coughing
2022
as Chef Didier (voice)
After a devastating battle against a diabolical turtle, a team of five avengers — known as the "Tobacco Force" — is sent on a mandatory retreat to str...

Incredible But True
2022
as Alain
Alain and Marie moved to the suburb house of their dreams. But the real estate agent warned them: what is in the basement may well change their lives ...

Drôles de familles
2022
as Self
When comedians draw on the family to make people laugh, everyone is concerned. This documentary looks at everything that is horrifying or hilarious in...

Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be
2022
as Goscinny (voice)
Somewhere between Montmartre and Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Jean-Jacques Sempé and René Goscinny lean over a large white sheet of paper and bring to life...

Bacri, comme un air de famille
2022
as Self
Jean-Pierre Bacri was never happy about anything. But beyond the caricature of the grumpy man, from his apprenticeship years to his death in January 2...

Kaamelott: The First Chapter
2021
as Le Duc d'Aquitaine
Following the end of the acclaimed tv series, King Arthur will oppose Lancelot's army to get the throne back after his flee to Rome.

#Iamhere
2020
as Stéphane
Stéphane lives a quiet life as an eminent French Chef but when he decides to visit Soo, a mysterious Korean lady he fell in love with on Instagram, he...

La télé des Nuls
2019
as Self (archive footage)

Play
2019
as Le père de Max
In 1993, Max was 13 when he was offered his first camera. For 25 years he will not stop filming. The bunch of friends, the loves, the successes, the f...

Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
2019
as Self - Guest

Keep an Eye Out
2018
as Le cri de la victime
Louis just found the corpse of a man in front of his apartment building. Taken in for custody by Captain Buron, he finds himself on the wrong end of a...

Christmas & Co.
2017
as Santa
Christmas is on its way and with it disaster. The 92,000 responsible for manufacturing children's toys all become sick at the same time! It's a tough ...

Christmas & Co.
2017
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Christmas is on its way and with it disaster. The 92,000 responsible for manufacturing children's toys all become sick at the same time! It's a tough ...

Alain Chabat : Leçon de cinéma
2017
as Self - Guest

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017
as Bob the Pirate
In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the...

Reality
2015
as Jason
A wanna-be director is given 48 hours by a producer to find the best groan of pain, worthy of an Oscar, as the only condition to back his film.

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014

Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
2014
as Senator Prospectus (voice)
In order to wipe out the Gaulish village by any means necessary, Caesar plans to absorb the villagers into Roman culture by having an estate built nex...

The Brats
2013
as Gilbert
Newly engaged, Thomas meets his future father-in-law Gilbert, who has been married for 30 years to Suzanne. Disillusioned Gilbert is convinced that hi...

Turf
2013
as Le Grec
This is the story of four French friends: the Greek (an osteopath), Fifi (who lives with his mother), Fortuné (a West Indian) and Freddy (a gambler). ...

Turf
2013
Co-Writer, Executive Producer
This is the story of four French friends: the Greek (an osteopath), Fifi (who lives with his mother), Fortuné (a West Indian) and Freddy (a gambler). ...

Mood Indigo
2013
as Jules Gouffé
A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.

Ice Age: Continental Drift
2012
as Silas (voice)
Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and ...

HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami
2012
as Dan Geraldo
When reporter Dan Geraldo (Alain Chabat) arrives in Palombia to hunt for a scoop, he never suspects that he is about to make an incredible discovery.....

HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami
2012
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
When reporter Dan Geraldo (Alain Chabat) arrives in Palombia to hunt for a scoop, he never suspects that he is about to make an incredible discovery.....

A Thousand Words
2012
as Christian Leger de la Touffe
Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own s...

A Thousand Words
2012
Producer
Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own s...

War of the Buttons
2011
as Maître Labru
1960. The thrilling battles waged by a band of kids from two rival villages in the southern French countryside.

The Great Restaurant II
2011
as The libertine granting monogamy
The great restaurant reopens with new extravagent costumers and the same beloved manager.

Babies
2010
Producer, Screenplay
Babies, also known as Baby(ies) and Bébé(s), is a 2009 French documentary film by Thomas Balmès that follows four infants from birth to when they are ...

Together Is Too Much
2010
Producer
Imagine, if you will, a somewhat contented married woman finding out her husband's infidelity during the celebration of a birthday party. That is what...

The Whistler
2010
as Le contrôleur des impôts
Cannes, the French Riviera. Armand Teillard is happy with life; a busy store downtown, a delightful girlfriend, a magnificent record collection and lu...

Tresor
2009
as Jean-Pierre
Nathalie and Jean-Pierre have been together for five years, to celebrate their anniversary, Jean-Pierre prepare a surprise present for his girlfriend:...

Little Nicholas
2009
Dialogue
Nicolas has a happy existence, parents who love him, a great group of friends with whom he has great fun, and all he wants is that nothing changes. Ho...

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009
as Napoleon Bonaparte
Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the arc...

Rien dans les poches
2008
as Rita
25 years of the life of Marie, a Parisian party girl, first teenager leaving her mother at 17, then short star of the song, and finally mother of a te...

Rien dans les poches
2008
Producer
25 years of the life of Marie, a Parisian party girl, first teenager leaving her mother at 17, then short star of the song, and finally mother of a te...

Stéphane Guillon - Portraits au vitriol (1ère salve)
2008
as Self
Les portraits désormais cultes de Stéphane Guillon sur Canal+ . S'adressant aux invités, il ose un ton inédit, parfois irrévérencieux mais toujours hi...

A World of Ours
2008
as Le professeur d'anglais
Noé comes into sixth grade at the same time he discovers a new city and a new house where he has just moved with his father, Marc. Coached by him, Noé...

Me Two
2008
as Gilles Gabriel
80's pop icon Gilles Gabriel is about to make a comeback in the French music scene, until he accidentally hits Ranu, a slightly nutty accountant, when...

Daddy Cool
2008
as Le SDF
The story about the age gap between a scientist father, Philipe Le Tallec, and his newly discovered teen aged daughter, Eglantine.

Garage Babes
2007
as La voix off
Three sexy young women break down in a desert similar to those of the American South. Thanks to a voiceover , they manage to temporarily repair their ...

Garage Babes
2007
Producer
Three sexy young women break down in a desert similar to those of the American South. Thanks to a voiceover , they manage to temporarily repair their ...

I Do
2006
as Luis Costa
Life is easy for 43-year-old Luis, a happy single guy, fulfilled in his job of star nose with a perfume creation company, cosseted by his mother and f...

I Do
2006
Writer
Life is easy for 43-year-old Luis, a happy single guy, fulfilled in his job of star nose with a perfume creation company, cosseted by his mother and f...

The Science of Sleep
2006
as Guy
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.

Papa
2005
as Papa
Louis and his Daddy are driving back home. Daddy is a past master at clowning, which does not necessarily make Louis laugh. At times Daddy gets awfull...

Papa
2005
Additional Dialogue
Louis and his Daddy are driving back home. Daddy is a past master at clowning, which does not necessarily make Louis laugh. At times Daddy gets awfull...

L'Intégrule 2 - Les Nuls
2004
as (archive footage)

Happily Ever After
2004
as Georges
Is love compatible with coupledom? And what of freedom and fidelity? These are some of the questions facing two married men.

Casablanca Driver
2004
as Dr. Brenson
This mockumentary follows the world's worst boxer and the events that led to his meteoric rise in the year 1969.

RRRrrrr!!!
2004
as Pierre (le Guérissologue)
In 35,000 BC, the tribe of the Dirty Hairs is at war against the tribe of the Clean Hairs for eight hundred years, trying to get their shampoo. The ch...

RRRrrrr!!!
2004
Director, Writer
In 35,000 BC, the tribe of the Dirty Hairs is at war against the tribe of the Clean Hairs for eight hundred years, trying to get their shampoo. The ch...

The Car Keys
2003
as Dog seller
Who would think losing car keys could lead us that far ? Be careful, adventure is on every street corner...

L'Intégrule - Les Nuls
2003
as (archive footage)

L'Intégrule - Les Nuls
2003
Scenario Writer

Leave Your Hands on My Hips
2003
as Bernard, le metteur en scène
Odile is 42 years old actress and single mother. One day her 18 year old daughter decided to leave her and start living with the boyfriend. All of a s...

Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?
2003
as Peter Mc Gray
FBI Agents Bullit and Riper investigate the murder of a young dancer called Pamela Rose, found dead in her motel room in Bornsville, a small american ...

Chouchou
2003
as Stanislas de la Tour-Maubourg
Choukri, alias Chouchou, a transvestite Maghrebi with clear eyes, comes illegally to Paris to find his nephew. Hired as an assistant by a psychotherap...

Courts de stars, 10 comédies courtes mais bonnes !
2002
as Self

How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002
as Self
Behind the scenes of Chabat's take on Asterix.

How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002
Director, Writer
Behind the scenes of Chabat's take on Asterix.
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002
as Self
Documentary showing one day of work of over 90 actors and filmmakers from French cinema on the same day. On 27 March 2002, 27 teams filmed actors, dir...

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002
as Jules César
History's favorite Gauls assist Queen Cleopatra when she wagers that the Egyptian people can build a palace for Julius Caesar in just three months.

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002
Director, Screenplay, Co-Producer
History's favorite Gauls assist Queen Cleopatra when she wagers that the Egyptian people can build a palace for Julius Caesar in just three months.

Restauratec
2002
as Jean-Pierre Ranu

L'Art (délicat) de la séduction
2001
as Maître Zen
The film follows Etienne, a 40-year-old car designer, who takes time off from work to study sexual mastery from a Zen master and several prostitutes, ...

Jamel Debbouze - Le très très bien de Jamel
2000
as Self

Kitchendales
2000
as Enzo's mother (voice)
If you think a peeled tomato is the daughter of a Brazilian footballer, a crusty sea bass is a bad coffee and cumin is an inappropriate gesture: look ...

The Taste of Others
2000
as Bruno Deschamps
Unpolished and ultra-pragmatic industrialist Jean-Jacques Castella reluctantly attends Racine's tragedy "Berenice" in order to see his niece play a bi...

Authentiques
2000
Director
The documentary followed the rap group for a year (in 1998), from rehearsals at the Pee Wee studio in Aubervilliers, the beginning of their tour in La...

Jamel Show
1999
as Self
Jamel is given carte blanche at CANAL+ for an hour, the comedian took this opportinity to gather friends and guests for a comedy special to celebrate ...

Bricol'girls
1999
as The Rasta Man
DIY lesson for Dummies, by Dummies and given by Suzanne, Camille and Elena, all commented by Alain Chabat.

Bricol'girls
1999
Director, Writer
DIY lesson for Dummies, by Dummies and given by Suzanne, Camille and Elena, all commented by Alain Chabat.

Sitcom, A Movie
1999
as Étienne
In the morning, two friends, a producer and an actor, discover the corpse of a young woman who accompanied them the previous night. The shooting of th...

Hard Off
1999
as Le gynécologue et andologue
This French romantic comedy-drama concerns Claude Langmann, a middle-aged auctioneer, who is in a loving marriage with his second wife of 15 years. Th...

Influence Peddling
1999
as le curé
Maxime and Gerard are a couple of white-collar criminals condemned to 5 years in prison. Sandrine Athan, an honest and principled young police officer...

Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
1999

Ivre-Mort pour la Patrie
1999
as Le général allemand
Professor Choron recounts with his memories as a child of a barrier guard, the 2nd World War with its horrors and the trains he saw during those years...

Desproges est vivant
1998
It is with a semblance of chronology and to the rhythm of Antoine De Caunes' not unpleasant voice-over that we are told the story of this unusual trou...

The Cousin
1997
as Gérard Delvaux
Nounours is the nickname of a "cousin" an informer with a special arrangement with the police: he gets 10% of the drugs seized thanks to his help. Whe...

Didier
1997
as Didier
Jean-Pierre Costa is a football manager upon whom fate appears not to be smiling. First, a friend, Annabelle, dumps a pet Labrador named Didier on him...

Didier
1997
Director, Scenario Writer
Jean-Pierre Costa is a football manager upon whom fate appears not to be smiling. First, a friend, Annabelle, dumps a pet Labrador named Didier on him...

Delphine : 1, Yvan : 0
1996
as Pierre Krief
C'est une histoire d'amour banale présentée comme un match de foot ordinaire. Ce sont donc Thierry Roland et Jean-Michel Larqué qui commentent, avec l...

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
1996
as le courtisan à Versailles
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel is a biopic film based on the life of the French playwright, financier and spy Pierre Beaumarchais depicting his activities...

Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
1995
Show recorded at the Opéra Comique in Paris on March 6, 1995 for the benefit of the Restos du Coeur.

French Twist
1995
as Laurent Lafaye
After learning of her husband's infidelities, a housewife invites an itinerant lesbian to move in with them. None of their lives will ever be the same...

6 Days, 6 Nights
1994
as Thomas
Alice is a promising young artist in Paris. Her boyfriend Franck, a boxer, has just moved in to her attic flat. Then her sister Elsa, a bored housewif...

Wacko
1994
as Le pilote
An anthology movie comprising four weird stories. Like the Twilight Zone movie but strictly played for laughs. There’s a bit of everything, car explos...

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
1994
as Serge Karamazov / Youri / Jacques, TV journalist
A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, w...

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
1994
Writer
A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, w...

La Classe américaine
1993
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of...

Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania
1993
Show recorded on February 26, 1993 at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris for the benefit of the Restos du Coeur.

Les Nuls : La Pub
1992
as Self

Pizza Blob
1992
as Professeur Liégeois

Les nuls, l'émission
1991
as self

Les nuls, l'émission
1991
Writer

The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
1991
as Gérard Martinez
This series of sketches introduces doctor Apfelglück and four of his patients... and their rather peculiar and disturbing problems.

Les nuls, l'émission avec Lio
1991
as self

Les nuls, l'émission avec Lio
1991
Writer

Baby Blood
1990
as Passant cinéma
A cruel circus owner beats and abuses his pregnant wife. One day the circus receives a leopard newly captured in Africa, but the animal soon dies. How...

TVN 595, la télévision des nuls
1988
as Self

High in the Clouds
N/A
as Bigsby (voice)
After he accidentally sparked a revolution against Gretsch, the bossy diva-owl who has banned all music from his town, a teenage squirrel named Wirral...
Untitled Gore Verbinski Project
N/A
Producer
A married guy spends too much time with an online fantasy role-playing game.