Alain Chabat

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Alain Chabat
Chabat at the "Salon du Cinéma" in Paris, January 14, 2006
Born	24 November 1958 (1958-11-24) (age 51) Oran, Algeria
Occupation	Actor/Director
Years active	1987–present

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.

Life and career

Chabat was born in Oran, Algeria.¹ His career took off in 1987 when he founded the comedy group "Les Nuls" with Bruno Carette, Chantal Lauby and Dominique Farrugia.² Les Nuls' first outing on French TV (on the paying channel Canal Plus) was a Sci-Fi spoof entitled Objectif Nul, which 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.

Either as a member of Les Nuls (in La Cité de la Peur) or in his own solo efforts as a director (Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, in which he also acted), Chabat is one of the scarce 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 three Shrek films, replacing Mike Myers. He won the César Award for Best Debut in 1998 for Didier.

He played Famous French General Napoleon Bonaparte in the 2009 film Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.³

References

External links

• Alain Chabat at the Internet Movie Database

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