Alexandre Astier
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. ... Source: Article "Alexandre Astier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
(Arthur Pendragon)
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
(Arthur Pendragon)
Asterix at the Olympic Games
(Obstinatus)
LOL (Laughing Out Loud)
(Alain)
Home Sweet Home
(Joubert)
Double regard
(Arthur / Réalisateur)
Suck My Geek!
(Self)
Comme t'y es belle !
(Gilles)
The Adventures of Philibert, Captain Virgin
(Clotindre)
David et Madame Hansen
(David)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
(Johann Sebastian Bach)
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
(Le centurion Oursenplus (voice))
Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix
(Self - Director)
History Told by Socks!
(Le Temps (voix))
Zygomatiques
(Doctor Paul Lamarade)
Quantum Love
(Eric)
Le jour du froment
(Le capitaine Munoz)
Alexandre Astier - La Physique Quantique
(Conférencier)
The Grand Restaurant IV
14-18: The Noise & the Fury
(narrator)
L'Exoconférence
(Le conférencier)
All Three of Us
(Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi)
Einstein et la Relativité Générale, une histoire singulière
(Albert Einstein (voix off))
Louis de Funès Forever
(Self)
Alexandre Astier - The exoconference (2015) - To find nothing is to make a discovery
(Self)
Dies irae
(Le roi Arthur)
14 Million Screams
(Le père)
Coluche
(Jean-Marc Reiser)
Pop Redemption
(le Chef de la SR)
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
(Le centurion Oursenplus / Huiledolix / Blodimérix (voice))
Soyons sport
(Francis)
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
(Arthur Pendragon)
Baptiste Lecaplain et ses potes : Le spectacle
(Alexandre)
La potion Astérix
(Self)
Chasseurs de Mondes
(Self)
Exoplanètes : les chasseurs de mondes
(Self)
Alexandre Astier - Nous sommes loin de tout
(Self)
Ne rien trouver, c'est faire une découverte
(Self)
Anaconda
(Vincent)
Recrue d'essence
(Maxime)
Antoine de Caunes : la vie rêvée d'un enfant du rock
(Self)
LOL 2.0: Anne’s golden hour
(Alain)
Enchevêtrement : Le Making-of de KV1
(Self)
Kaamelott
(Roi Arthur)
Bref
(Alexandre Astier)
Burger Quiz
(Présentateur)
28 minutes
(Self)
Hot Ones
(Self - Guest)
Burger Quiz
(Self)
Un bon moment
(Self - Guest)
Pandas in the Mist
((voice))
Hero Corp
(Araignée Man)
Off Prime
Bref
(Psy bourré)
Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight
(Ordralfabétix (voice))
Clique
(Self - Guest)
Super Plan
(Self - Guest)
Quotidien
(Self - Guest)
David et Madame Hansen
(Screenplay)
David et Madame Hansen
(Director)
David et Madame Hansen
(Producer)
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
(Director)
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
(Scenario Writer)
Soyons sport
(Writer)
Soyons sport
(Editor)
L'Exoconférence
(Producer)
L'Exoconférence
(Scenario Writer)
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
(Writer)
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
(Dialogue)
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
(Adaptation)
Alexandre Astier - La Physique Quantique
(Writer)
Dies irae
(Director)
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
(Director)
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
(Director)
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
(Music)
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
(Writer)
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
(Writer)
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
(Director)
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
(Scenario Writer)
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
(Director)
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
(Writer)
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
(Editor)
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
(Writer)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
(Author)
Le jour du froment
(Author)
L'Exoconférence
(Author)
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
(Producer)
David et Madame Hansen
(Original Music Composer)
David et Madame Hansen
(Editor)
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
(Producer)
Pop Redemption
(Screenplay)
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
(Producer)
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
(Original Music Composer)
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
(Executive Producer)
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
(Original Music Composer)
Enchevêtrement : Le Making-of de KV1
(Producer)
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
(Original Music Composer)
L'Exoconférence
(Original Music Composer)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
(Original Music Composer)
Kaamelott
(Writer)
Kaamelott
(Director)
Kaamelott
(Creator)