Alexandre Astier
Born
16 June 1974 (51)
Place of Birth
Lyon, Rhône, France
Biography
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 A...
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.
Filmography (40)
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
2026
Iron Boy
2026
LOL 2.0: Anne’s Golden Hour
2026
Antoine de Caunes : la vie rêvée d'un enfant du rock
2025
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
2025
History Told by Socks!
2023
Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix
2023
The Grand Restaurant IV
2022
Enchevêtrement : Le Making-of de KV1
2021
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
2021
Exoplanètes : les chasseurs de mondes
2019
Chasseurs de Mondes
2019
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
2018
All Three of Us
2015
Einstein et la Relativité Générale, une histoire singulière
2015
Alexandre Astier - L'Exoconférence
2015
Ne rien trouver, c'est faire une découverte
2015
Alexandre Astier - Nous sommes loin de tout
2015
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
2014
Quantum Love
2014
14 Million Screams
2014
La potion Astérix
2014
Louis de Funès Forever
2013
Pop Redemption
2013
Baptiste Lecaplain et ses potes
2013
Zygomatiques
2013
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
2012
David et Madame Hansen
2012
The Adventures of Philibert, Captain Virgin
2011
Alexandre Astier - La Physique Quantique
2009
LOL (Laughing Out Loud)
2009
Home Sweet Home
2008
14-18: The Noise & the Fury
2008
Coluche
2008
Asterix at the Olympic Games
2008
Suck My Geek!
2007
Recrue d'essence
2007
Comme t'y es belle !
2006
Anaconda
2005
Dies irae
2003