Alain Chabat

Alain Chabat

1958-11-24 Oran, Oranie, Algérie 110 Credits

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.

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Le Marsupilami

Le Marsupilami

2026

Producer

Producing

New feature film adaptation of the Belgian comic books.

God Save the Tuche

God Save the Tuche

2025

as (voice)

5.1
Acting

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

Beating Hearts

2024

as Le père de Jackie

7.2
Acting

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

Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix

2023

as Self - Director

8.2
Acting

Documentary on Astérix's illustrator Uderzo, led by Antoine de Caunes with interviews from various French celebrities.

L'Âge d'or de la pub

L'Âge d'or de la pub

2023

as Self (archive footage)

6.5
Acting

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

Ce soir, c'est Palmashow

2023

as Self - Guest

7.5
Acting
Smoking Causes Coughing

Smoking Causes Coughing

2022

as Chef Didier (voice)

6.1
Acting

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

Incredible But True

2022

as Alain

6.0
Acting

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

Drôles de familles

2022

as Self

Acting

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

Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be

2022

as Goscinny (voice)

6.9
Acting

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

Bacri, comme un air de famille

2022

as Self

7.6
Acting

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

Kaamelott: The First Chapter

2021

as Le Duc d'Aquitaine

6.6
Acting

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

#Iamhere

2020

as Stéphane

5.6
Acting

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

La télé des Nuls

2019

as Self (archive footage)

Acting
Play

Play

2019

as Le père de Max

7.3
Acting

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

Ce soir, c'est Palmashow

2019

as Self - Guest

7.0
Acting
Keep an Eye Out

Keep an Eye Out

2018

as Le cri de la victime

6.6
Acting

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.

Christmas & Co.

2017

as Santa

6.3
Acting

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.

Christmas & Co.

2017

Director, Screenplay, Producer

6.3
Directing Writing Producing

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

Alain Chabat : Leçon de cinéma

2017

as Self - Guest

Acting
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

2017

as Bob the Pirate

6.6
Acting

In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the...

Reality

Reality

2015

as Jason

7.1
Acting

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

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

2014

8.0
Acting
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods

Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods

2014

as Senator Prospectus (voice)

6.8
Acting

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

The Brats

2013

as Gilbert

6.0
Acting

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

Turf

2013

as Le Grec

4.7
Acting

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

Turf

2013

Co-Writer, Executive Producer

4.7
Writing Producing

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

Mood Indigo

2013

as Jules Gouffé

6.1
Acting

A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Ice Age: Continental Drift

2012

as Silas (voice)

6.4
Acting

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

HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami

2012

as Dan Geraldo

5.3
Acting

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

HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami

2012

Director, Writer, Executive Producer

5.3
Directing Writing Producing

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

A Thousand Words

2012

as Christian Leger de la Touffe

6.1
Acting

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

A Thousand Words

2012

Producer

6.1
Producing

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

War of the Buttons

2011

as Maître Labru

6.0
Acting

1960. The thrilling battles waged by a band of kids from two rival villages in the southern French countryside.

The Great Restaurant II

The Great Restaurant II

2011

as The libertine granting monogamy

5.8
Acting

The great restaurant reopens with new extravagent costumers and the same beloved manager.

Babies

Babies

2010

Producer, Screenplay

6.9
Producing Writing

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

Together Is Too Much

2010

Producer

4.3
Producing

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

The Whistler

2010

as Le contrôleur des impôts

4.9
Acting

Cannes, the French Riviera. Armand Teillard is happy with life; a busy store downtown, a delightful girlfriend, a magnificent record collection and lu...

Tresor

Tresor

2009

as Jean-Pierre

4.5
Acting

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

Little Nicholas

2009

Dialogue

6.0

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

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

2009

as Napoleon Bonaparte

6.1
Acting

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

Rien dans les poches

2008

as Rita

5.5
Acting

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

Rien dans les poches

2008

Producer

5.5
Producing

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)

Stéphane Guillon - Portraits au vitriol (1ère salve)

2008

as Self

Acting

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

A World of Ours

2008

as Le professeur d'anglais

6.0
Acting

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

Me Two

2008

as Gilles Gabriel

5.4
Acting

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

Daddy Cool

2008

as Le SDF

4.7
Acting

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

Garage Babes

Garage Babes

2007

as La voix off

3.1
Acting

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

Garage Babes

2007

Producer

3.1
Producing

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

I Do

2006

as Luis Costa

6.4
Acting

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

I Do

2006

Writer

6.4
Writing

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

The Science of Sleep

2006

as Guy

7.0
Acting

A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.

Papa

Papa

2005

as Papa

6.0
Acting

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

Papa

2005

Additional Dialogue

6.0

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

L'Intégrule 2 - Les Nuls

2004

as (archive footage)

7.4
Acting
Happily Ever After

Happily Ever After

2004

as Georges

5.9
Acting

Is love compatible with coupledom? And what of freedom and fidelity? These are some of the questions facing two married men.

Casablanca Driver

Casablanca Driver

2004

as Dr. Brenson

5.8
Acting

This mockumentary follows the world's worst boxer and the events that led to his meteoric rise in the year 1969.

RRRrrrr!!!

RRRrrrr!!!

2004

as Pierre (le Guérissologue)

6.3
Acting

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!!!

RRRrrrr!!!

2004

Director, Writer

6.3
Directing Writing

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

The Car Keys

2003

as Dog seller

5.1
Acting

Who would think losing car keys could lead us that far ? Be careful, adventure is on every street corner...

L'Intégrule - Les Nuls

L'Intégrule - Les Nuls

2003

as (archive footage)

7.4
Acting
L'Intégrule - Les Nuls

L'Intégrule - Les Nuls

2003

Scenario Writer

7.4
Writing
Leave Your Hands on My Hips

Leave Your Hands on My Hips

2003

as Bernard, le metteur en scène

5.7
Acting

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 ?

Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?

2003

as Peter Mc Gray

6.1
Acting

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

Chouchou

2003

as Stanislas de la Tour-Maubourg

5.3
Acting

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 !

Courts de stars, 10 comédies courtes mais bonnes !

2002

as Self

Acting
How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

2002

as Self

7.0
Acting

Behind the scenes of Chabat's take on Asterix.

How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

2002

Director, Writer

7.0
Directing Writing

Behind the scenes of Chabat's take on Asterix.

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

2002

as Self

Acting

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

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

2002

as Jules César

7.4
Acting

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

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

2002

Director, Screenplay, Co-Producer

7.4
Directing Writing Producing

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

Restauratec

2002

as Jean-Pierre Ranu

Acting
L'Art (délicat) de la séduction

L'Art (délicat) de la séduction

2001

as Maître Zen

5.2
Acting

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

Jamel Debbouze - Le très très bien de Jamel

2000

as Self

6.6
Acting
Kitchendales

Kitchendales

2000

as Enzo's mother (voice)

2.0
Acting

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

The Taste of Others

2000

as Bruno Deschamps

6.8
Acting

Unpolished and ultra-pragmatic industrialist Jean-Jacques Castella reluctantly attends Racine's tragedy "Berenice" in order to see his niece play a bi...

Authentiques

Authentiques

2000

Director

6.7
Directing

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

Jamel Show

1999

as Self

6.0
Acting

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

Bricol'girls

1999

as The Rasta Man

4.7
Acting

DIY lesson for Dummies, by Dummies and given by Suzanne, Camille and Elena, all commented by Alain Chabat.

Bricol'girls

Bricol'girls

1999

Director, Writer

4.7
Directing Writing

DIY lesson for Dummies, by Dummies and given by Suzanne, Camille and Elena, all commented by Alain Chabat.

Sitcom, A Movie

Sitcom, A Movie

1999

as Étienne

4.5
Acting

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

Hard Off

1999

as Le gynécologue et andologue

3.1
Acting

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

Influence Peddling

1999

as le curé

4.2
Acting

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

Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000

1999

6.0
Acting
Ivre-Mort pour la Patrie

Ivre-Mort pour la Patrie

1999

as Le général allemand

6.0
Acting

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

Desproges est vivant

1998

Acting

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

The Cousin

1997

as Gérard Delvaux

6.2
Acting

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

Didier

1997

as Didier

6.1
Acting

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

Didier

1997

Director, Scenario Writer

6.1
Directing Writing

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

Delphine : 1, Yvan : 0

1996

as Pierre Krief

5.6
Acting

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

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel

1996

as le courtisan à Versailles

6.6
Acting

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

Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique

1995

6.0
Acting

Show recorded at the Opéra Comique in Paris on March 6, 1995 for the benefit of the Restos du Coeur.

French Twist

French Twist

1995

as Laurent Lafaye

6.1
Acting

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

6 Days, 6 Nights

1994

as Thomas

4.4
Acting

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

Wacko

1994

as Le pilote

5.0
Acting

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

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy

1994

as Serge Karamazov / Youri / Jacques, TV journalist

7.5
Acting

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

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy

1994

Writer

7.5
Writing

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

La Classe américaine

1993

as Dubbing Voice (voice)

7.6
Acting

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

Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania

1993

6.5
Acting

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

Les Nuls : La Pub

1992

as Self

7.6
Acting
Pizza Blob

Pizza Blob

1992

as Professeur Liégeois

4.0
Acting
Les nuls, l'émission

Les nuls, l'émission

1991

as self

Acting
Les nuls, l'émission

Les nuls, l'émission

1991

Writer

Writing
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck

The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck

1991

as Gérard Martinez

5.3
Acting

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

Les nuls, l'émission avec Lio

1991

as self

Acting
Les nuls, l'émission avec Lio

Les nuls, l'émission avec Lio

1991

Writer

Writing
Baby Blood

Baby Blood

1990

as Passant cinéma

5.8
Acting

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

TVN 595, la télévision des nuls

1988

as Self

8.0
Acting
High in the Clouds

High in the Clouds

N/A

as Bigsby (voice)

Acting

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

Producing

A married guy spends too much time with an online fantasy role-playing game.