Name
Alain Chabat
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1958-11-24 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Oran, Oranie, Algérie
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.
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Known For
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Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. H...
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Local rebellious teenager Clotaire falls for his schoolmate Jackie, but gang violence lead...
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When reporter Dan Geraldo arrives in Palombia to hunt for a scoop, he never suspects that ...
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In 35,000 BC, the tribe of the Dirty Hairs is at war against the tribe of the Clean Hairs ...
- 2006 The Science of Sleep as Guy
- 2022 Smoking Causes Coughing as Chef Didier (voice)
- 2000 The Taste of Others as Bruno Deschamps
- 2002 Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra as Jules César
- 2003 Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? as Peter Mc Gray
- 1995 French Twist as Laurent Lafaye
- 2017 Alain Chabat : Leçon de cinéma as Self - Guest
- 2004 RRRrrrr!!! as Pierre (le Guérissologue)
- 2022 Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be as Goscinny (voice)
- 2002 How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra as Self - Director / Writer / Actor
- 1990 Baby Blood as Passant cinéma
- 2007 Garage Babes as La voix off
- 2023 Ce soir, c'est Palmashow as Self - Guest
- 2008 Me Two as Gilles Gabriel
- 2009 Tresor as Jean-Pierre
- 2004 Happily Ever After as Georges
- 1994 Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy as Serge Karamazov / Youri / Jacques, TV journalist
- 2010 The Whistler as Le contrôleur des impôts
- 1997 Didier as Didier
- 2008 Stéphane Guillon - Portraits au vitriol (1ère salve) as Self
- 2014 Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
- 1996 Delphine : 1, Yvan : 0 as Pierre Krief
- 1996 Beaumarchais the Scoundrel as le courtisan à Versailles
- 2003 Chouchou as Stanislas de la Tour-Maubourg
- 2003 Leave Your Hands on My Hips as Bernard, le metteur en scène
- 1999 Influence Peddling as le curé
- 1999 Bricol'girls as The Rasta Man
- 1999 Hard Off as Le gynécologue et andologue
- 2006 I Do as Luis Costa
- 1991 The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck as Gérard Martinez
- 2024 Beating Hearts as Le père de Jackie
- 2011 War of the Buttons as Maître Labru
- 1997 The Cousin as Gérard Delvaux
- 2001 L'Art (délicat) de la séduction as Maître Zen
- 2005 Papa as Papa
- 2012 HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami as Dan Geraldo
- 2022 Drôles de familles as Self
- 2000 Jamel Debbouze - Le très très bien de Jamel as Self
- 2013 Mood Indigo as Jules Gouffé
- 2013 The Brats as Gilbert
- 2013 Turf as Le Grec
- 2023 Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix as Self : Director
- 2014 Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods as Senator Prospectus (voice)
- 2019 Play as Le père de Max
- 2015 Reality as Jason Tantra
- 2003 L'Intégrule - Les Nuls as (archive footage)
- 2023 L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 6 Days, 6 Nights as Thomas
- 2004 L'Intégrule 2 - Les Nuls as (archive footage)
- 2002 Restauratec as Jean-Pierre Ranu
- 1999 Ivre-Mort pour la Patrie as Le général allemand
- 1998 Desproges est vivant
- 1999 Jamel Show as Self
- 2022 Bacri, comme un air de famille as Self
- 2000 Kitchendales as Enzo's mother (voice)
- 2002 Courts de stars, 10 comédies courtes mais bonnes ! as Self
- 2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift as Silas (voice)
- 1992 Les Nuls : La Pub as Self
- 2008 A World of Ours as Le professeur d'anglais
- 2004 Casablanca Driver as Dr. Brenson
- 2017 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets as Bob the Pirate
- 2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian as Napoleon Bonaparte
- 2017 Christmas & Co. as Santa
- 2012 A Thousand Words as Christian Leger de la Touffe
- 1999 Sitcom, A Movie as Étienne
- 2018 Keep an Eye Out as The victim's cry (voice)
- 1988 TVN 595, la télévision des nuls as Self
- 2019 Ce soir, c'est Palmashow as Self - Guest
- 2008 Daddy Cool as Norbert, le SDF
- 2020 #Iamhere as Stéphane
- 1992 Pizza Blob as Professeur Liégeois
- 2011 The Great Restaurant II as The Libertine Granting Monogamy
- 1995 Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
- 1993 Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania
- 1999 Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
- 2021 Kaamelott: The First Chapter as Le Duc d'Aquitaine
- 1993 La Classe américaine as Dubbing Voice (voice)
- 2022 Incredible But True as Alain
- 2003 The Car Keys as Dog Seller
- 2008 Rien dans les poches as Rita
- 2002 A Day in the Life of French Cinema as Self
- 1991 Les nuls, l'émission avec Lio as self
- 1991 Les nuls, l'émission as self
- 2019 La télé des Nuls as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 Wacko as Le pilote
- 2025 God Save the Tuches as (voice)
- 2027 High in the Clouds as Bigsby (voice)
- 2025 Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I) as Le Duc d'Aquitaine
- 1995 L'histoire de les Nuls
- 2026 Vertiginous as Jacky (voice)
- 2026 Evil Dead Burn as Alice's Father (voice)
- 2024 Lumière, Le Cinéma!
- 1989 A.B.C.D. Nuls ( 54 episodes ) as Self
- 1992 Coucou c'est nous ! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2006 Salut les Terriens ! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2021 Samedi Sébastien ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1987 No Goal ( 43 episodes ) as le capitaine Lamar
- 1990 Les Nuls, l'émission ( 56 episodes ) as Self - Various characters
- 2001 Burger Quiz ( 1 episode ) as Présentateur
- 1988 Palace ( 1 episode ) as Client fugitif
- 1988 Palace ( 1 episode ) as Le mari qui commande des bises pour sa femme
- 2001 Burger Quiz ( 163 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 2004 Leçon de Cinéma ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1990 Histoire(s) de la télévision ( 54 episodes ) as Roland Gilet (le père)
- 2000 La Cape et l'épée ( 2 episodes ) as Ménestrel
- 2022 Le Late avec Alain Chabat ( 10 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 2022 Il était une fois Champs-Élysées ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1982 Champs-Elysées ( 1 episode ) as Self - Les Nuls
- 2006 Have you ever seen..? ( 150 episodes ) as Narrateur, autres voix additionnelles
- 1998 Vivement dimanche ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2025 Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight ( 5 episodes ) as Astérix (voice)
- 2009 C à vous ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1987 Sacrée soirée ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Les Nuls
- 2022 Hot Ones ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2018 Konbini Vidéo Club ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2023 Beau geste ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2024 Loris Giuliano en balade ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2006 On n'est pas couché ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1976 Cérémonie des César ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 2018 Konbini Vidéo Club ( 1 episode )
