Alexandre Astier
Actor/Actriz
41
Filmes
14
Séries
Alexandre Astier (born 16 June 1974) is a French writer, director, editor, scriptwriter, humorist, actor and composer.
Astier is most known as the creator, director, writer, editor, composer, and lead actor of the French television series Kaamelott, in which he also plays King Arthur.
Alexandre Astier was born in Lyon on June 16, 1974, to Joëlle Sevilla and Lionnel Astier, both actors and producers mostly in Lyon's theatre scene.
Alexandre Astier studied music at the conservatory and at the American School of Modern Music of Paris. He also studied acting and screenwriting.
Four of Astier's seven children have featured in Kaamelott, and both his parents are main characters in the series. His daughters Ariane and Jeanne Astier play respectively Mehben and Mehgan, the daughters of Karadoc and Maevanwi (in the episodes Pupi and Exiles). His son Neil (who also appears as Karadoc and Mevanwi's son in Pupi) plays young Arthur in the season Book V, and in the final scene of Book VI. His son Ethan plays Arthur's dream heir in Book V. Moreover, the mother of his first five children, Anne-Gaëlle Daval, is head of the costume designs on Kaamelott and the short film Dies Irae.
In 2012, he plays Johann Sebastian Bach in his humorous show "Que ma joie demeure !" at the theater.
In 2014, his comic show "L'Exoconférence" begins at the theater in September.
Passionate of technologies, he confirms in 2018 on twitter, that Kaamelott's film adaptation has been written with a bepo keyboard on a raspberry pi, running Wordgrinder text-editor software.
He also owns a castle in Ardèche area, where he can store lot of his music instruments into a specific room.
Alexandre Astier first got attention from the Lyon's public thanks to the play Le Jour du froment. He also acted in Nous crions grâce, a play written and directed by Jacques Chambon, to whom he gave the role of Merlin in Kaamelott.
In 2001, he was the co-screenwriter and the songwriter of the short movies Soyons sport and Un soupçon fondé sur quelque chose de gras.
In 2002 he was the director of Dies Irae, a 14-minute short movie that is also the first draft of the Kaamelott TV show.
In 2006, he featured in Hey Good Looking!, a French movie by Lisa Azuelos. The same year, he appeared in Asterix at the Olympic Games by Frédéric Forestier and Thomas Langmann, and in Home Sweet Home by Didier Le Pêcheur.
In 2009, he played the role of the ex-husband of Sophie Marceau in LOL (Laughing Out Loud), another comedy by Lisa Azuelos.
In 2012, he presented his first feature film as a director, David et Madame Hansen, in which he played the main protagonist alongside Isabelle Adjani.
In 2014, he was the co-director and the screenwriter of Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods.
In 2015, he appeared in the film All Three of Us, directed by Kheiron.
In 2018, he wrote an original screenplay for a new Asterix movie: Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion. Like Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods, he co-directed it with Louis Clichy.
In 2025, he plays the role of a drunken shrink in the second season of Bref. He had already appeared as a cameo in the first season. ...
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Como Ator/Atriz
Quotidien
Self - Guest
Kaamelott
Roi Arthur
C à vous
Self - Guest
Clique
Self - Guest
Burger Quiz
Présentateur
28 minutes
Self
Bref
Alexandre Astier
Astérix y Obélix: El combate de los jefes
Ordralfabétix (voice)
Astérix aux Jeux olympiques
Obstinatus
Hot Ones
Self - Guest
Hero Corp
Araignée Man
Astérix: La residencia de los dioses
Le centurion Oursenplus (voice)
Un bon moment
Self - Guest
LOL 2.0
Alain
Une rencontre
Eric
Astérix: El secreto de la poción mágica
Le centurion Oursenplus / Huiledolix / Blodimérix (voice)
Pandas dans la brume
(voice)
Kaamelott: Parte 1
Arthur Pendragon
Off Prime
Kaamelott : Deuxième Volet, partie 1
Arthur Pendragon
LOL (Laughing Out Loud)
Alain
Comme t'y es belle !
Gilles
Pop Redemption
le Chef de la SR
Super Plan
Self - Guest
Nous trois ou rien
Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Kaamelott : Deuxième Volet, partie 2
Arthur Pendragon
Coluche, l'histoire d'un mec
Jean-Marc Reiser
Le Grand Restaurant : La Guerre de l'étoile
Les aventures de Philibert, capitaine puceau
Clotindre
David et Madame Hansen
David
Por Trás das Câmeras
Kaamelott
Escritor, Director, Creator
Astérix: La residencia de los dioses
Scenario Writer, Dialogue, Adaptation, Co-Director
Astérix: El secreto de la poción mágica
Director, Scenario Writer, Dialogue, Original Story
Kaamelott: Parte 1
Director, Escritor, Editor, Productor, Compositor
Kaamelott : Deuxième Volet, partie 1
Director, Escritor, Music, Productor, Compositor
Pop Redemption
Guionista
Kaamelott : Deuxième Volet, partie 2
Director, Escritor, Productor, Compositor, Productor Ejecutivo
David et Madame Hansen
Director, Productor, Guionista, Compositor, Editor
Soyons sport
Editor, Escritor
Le Corset
Co-Producer
Alexandre Astier - Que ma joie demeure !
Author, Compositor
Dies irae
Director
Le jour du froment
Author
Alexandre Astier - L'Exoconférence
Productor, Scenario Writer, Author, Compositor
Enchevêtrement : Le Making-of de KV1
Productor
Alexandre Astier - La Physique Quantique
Escritor