
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.

Un bon moment

Kaamelott

Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix

Bref

Le Grand Restaurant : La Guerre de l'étoile

Antoine de Caunes : la vie rêvée d'un enfant du rock

アステリックスとオベリックス: 史上最大のバトル

Dies irae

Hot Ones

Exoplanètes : les chasseurs de mondes

Alexandre Astier - L'Exoconférence

Le jour du froment

Alexandre Astier - Que ma joie demeure !

Nous trois ou rien

14-18, le bruit et la fureur

Burger Quiz

Einstein et la Relativité Générale, une histoire singulière

Zygomatiques

Chasseurs de Mondes

Astérix: Le Secret de la potion magique

Hero Corp

Soyons sport

Astérix : Le Domaine des dieux

Monsieur de Funès

Suck My Geek!

Kaamelott : Premier Volet

LOL ~愛のファンタジー~

LOL 2.0

Kaamelott : Deuxième Volet, partie 1

C à vous

Comme t'y es belle !

L'Histoire racontée par des chaussettes - Le Film

Pop Redemption

Coluche, l'histoire d'un mec

ソフィー・マルソーの秘められた出会い

David et Madame Hansen

Off Prime

Les aventures de Philibert, capitaine puceau

Quotidien

Astérix aux Jeux olympiques

La potion Astérix

Home Sweet Home

Baptiste Lecaplain et ses potes

Pandas dans la brume

Clique

28 minutes

Kaamelott : Deuxième Volet, partie 2

Alexandre Astier - La Physique Quantique

14 Million Screams

Ne rien trouver, c'est faire une découverte

Alexandre Astier - Nous sommes loin de tout

Anaconda

Recrue d'essence

Enchevêtrement : Le Making-of de KV1

Le corset

Super Plan