# Alain Chabat

Alain Chabat (French pronunciation:; 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.

## Life and career

Chabat was born in Oran, French Algeria. He is Jewish.
His media career began in 1987 when he founded the comedy group "Les Nuls" (The Lame-os) with Bruno Carette, Chantal Lauby and Dominique Farrugia. Les Nuls' first appearance on French television, on the subscriber channel Canal Plus, was a sci-fi spoof entitled Objectif Nul (a word play with Objectif Lune, the French title of the comic album Destination Moon, one of The Adventures of Tintin). The show shares striking similarities with the British TV series Red Dwarf, although both shows were released at roughly the same time and it is unlikely one influenced the other.
Both as a member of Les Nuls (in La Cité de la Peur) and in his solo efforts (including Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, in which he both directed and acted), Chabat is one of the few French comedians who has managed to successfully emulate the heavily referential, pop-culture-based writing style of the Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker trio and adapt it to the tastes of the French audience.
Chabat also voiced the title character in the French dubs of all four Shrek films, replacing Mike Myers. He won the César Award for Best Debut in 1998 for Didier.
He co-starred in Happily Ever After (2004) and in Prête-moi ta main (2006) (which he also wrote) alongside Charlotte Gainsbourg. He played Napoleon Bonaparte in the 2009 film Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.
In November 2022, Chabat hosted Le Late avec Alain Chabat on TF1 which ran for 10 episodes during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1990 | Baby Blood | Slain Passerby | |
| 1991 | The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck | Gérard Martinez | |
| 1992 | Pizza blob | Professor Liégeois | Short |
| 1994 | La Cité de la peur | Serge Karamazov / Youri / Jacques | Also co-writer |
| 1994 | Parano | Pilot | |
| 1994 | 6 Days, 6 Nights | Thomas | |
| 1994 | One Night of Hypocrisy | | Short |
| 1995 | French Twist | Laurent Lafaye | Nominated - César Award for Best Actor |
| 1996 | Beaumarchais | Courtier | |
| 1996 | Delphine 1, Yvan 0 | Pierre Krief | |
| 1997 | Didier | Didier / Didje Hazanavicius | Also director and writer César Award for Best Debut Nominated - César Award for Best Actor |
| 1997 | Le cousin | Gérard Delvaux | |
| 1998 | Quest for Camelot | Devon / Cornwall (voice) | French dub |
| 1999 | Trafic d'influence | Priest | |
| 1999 | Mes amis | Etienne | |
| 1999 | La débandade | Specialist | |
| 2000 | The Taste of Others | Bruno Deschamps | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated - Chlotrudis Award - Best Cast |
| 2000 | Kitchendales | Enzo's Mother | Direct-to-video |
| 2001 | L'art (délicat) de la séduction | Master Zen | |
| 2001 | Shrek | Shrek (voice) | French dub |
| 2002 | Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra | Julius Caesar | Also director, writer and co-producer Nominated - European Film Award - Best Actor |
| 2003 | Chouchou | Stanislas de la Tour-Maubourg | |
| 2003 | Laisse tes mains sur mes hanches | Bernard | |
| 2003 | Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? | Peter Mc Gray | |
| 2003 | The Car Keys | Dog Seller | |
| 2004 | RRRrrrr!!! | Pierre the Medicine Man | Also director, writer and co-producer |
| 2004 | Casablanca Driver | Doctor Brenson | |
| 2004 | Happily Ever After | Georges | |
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | Shrek (voice) | French dub |
| 2005 | Papa | Papa | |
| 2006 | The Science of Sleep | Guy | |
| 2006 | I Do | Luis Costa | Also co-writer and producer Nominated - César Award for Best Actor |
| 2007 | Garage Babes | Narrator/The Cacou | Direct-to-video |
| 2007 | Shrek the Third | Shrek (voice) | French dub |
| 2008 | 15 ans et demi | Norbert | |
| 2008 | Me Two | Gilles Gabriel | Also producer |
| 2008 | Un monde à nous | English Teacher | Also producer |
| 2009 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Napoleon Bonaparte | Also French dub |
| 2009 | Trésor | Jean-Pierre | |
| 2009 | Le siffleur | Tax Auditor | |
| 2010 | Shrek Forever After | Shrek (voice) | French dub |
| 2011 | War of the Buttons | Monsieur Labru | |
| 2011 | Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2 | Silas (voice) | Short film, English and French dub |
| 2012 | A Thousand Words | Christian Léger de la Touffe | Also producer Also French dub |
| 2012 | Houba! On the Trail of the Marsupilami | Dan Geraldo | Also director, writer and producer |
| 2012 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | Silas (voice) | English and French dub |
| 2013 | Turf | Nicos Fivos | Also producer |
| 2013 | Les gamins | Gilbert | |
| 2013 | Mood Indigo | Jules Gouffé | |
| 2014 | Reality | Jason Tantra | |
| 2014 | Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods | Senator Prospectus (voice) | |
| 2017 | Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | Bob the Pirate | |
| 2017 | Santa & Cie | Santa | Also director, writer and producer |
| 2018 | Keep an Eye Out! | Screams of pain (voice) | Cameo |
| 2019 | Play | Max's father | |
| 2019 | #Jesuislà | Stéphane | |
| 2021 | Kaamelott: The First Chapter | The Duke of Aquitaine | |
| 2022 | Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be | René Goscinny (voice) | |
| 2022 | Incredible but True | Alain | |
| 2022 | Smoking Causes Coughing | Chief Didier (voice) | |
| 2024 | Beating Hearts | Jackie's father | César Award for Best Supporting Actor |
Key :
| † | Denotes films not yet released |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1987 | Objectif: Nul | Capitain Lamar/Various characters | TV series (all episodes) |
| 1988 | TVN 595 | Various characters | TV special |
| 1989 | Palace | Cédric | TV series (1 Episode) |
| 1990 | Histoire(s) de la télévision | Roland Gilet | TV series (all episodes) |
| 1990-1992 | Les Nuls, L'Emission | Himself/Various characters | TV series (56 episodes) |
| 1993 | La Classe américaine | Deep Throat (voice) | TV Movie |
| 1998 | Ivre mort pour la patrie | German General | TV Short |
| 2001 | La cape et l'épée | Minstrel | TV series (2 Episodes) |
| 2001–2002 2018–present | Burger Quiz | Himself (host) | Broadcast: Canal + (2001–2002) / TMC (2018–present) Also co-creator and co-writer |
| 2006 | Avez-vous déjà vu..? | Narrator/Various voices | TV series (all episodes) |
| 2007 | Kaamelott | The Duke of Aquitaine | TV series (4 Episodes) |
| 2008 | Rien dans les poches | Rita | Also producer TV Movie |
| 2011 | Le grand restaurant II | Alain | TV movie |
| 2022 | Le Late avec Alain Chabat | Himself (host) | TV series |
| 2025 | Astérix and Obélix: The Big Fight | Asterix (voice) | Netflix mini-series |