Alain Chabat Biography

Fast Facts

• Won the César Award for Best First Work for "Didier" in 1998, which he wrote, directed and starred in
• Founded the comedy group Les Nuls with Bruno Carette, Chantal Lauby and Dominique Farrugia in 1987
• His comedy style, both as a solo and a group act, is based on pop-culture references
• Dubbed the voice of Shrek in the French versions of the film franchise of the same name
• Carried the Olympic flame in Paris on June 25, 2004
• The French show "Les guignols de l'info" uses a puppet made to look like him
• During his childhood, he attended 12 different schools over the course of 7 years