List of Asterix Characters - Caricatures

Caricatures

• Annie Cordy — Belgian actress who is caricatured as chief Beefix's wife in Asterix in Belgium.
• Arnold Schwarzenegger — was the inspiration for the super-clones in Asterix and the Falling Sky.
• Benito Mussolini — As the centurion Nebulus Nimbus in Asterix and the Big Fight. Like the real Mussolini he's bald, fat and shouts all the time.
• Boadicea — Appears in Asterix in Britain as a housewife. She confronts Asterix, Obelix and Anticlimax after they mistakenly break down her door.
• Cassius Ceramix (Aplusbegalix) — Gaulish chief collaborating with the Romans who challenges Vitalstatistix for leadership. Ceramix is a pun on Muhammed Ali's birth name, Cassius Clay, and like him is a skilled boxer. Another famous athlete, the cyclist Eddy Merckx, appears as a messenger in Asterix in Belgium.
• Charles Laughton — as the villainous prefect Surplus Dairiprodus.
• Charlton Heston (as Ben Hur) can be seen arguing with another driver in Asterix and the Golden Sickle.
• Cartoon characters — Hoodunnit from Asterix and the Magic Carpet is the cousin of Iznogoud, another cartoon character created by Goscinny. In Asterix and the Falling Sky the alien Toon resembles a purple Mickey Mouse. His home planet (Tadsilweny) is an anagram of Walt Disney.
• Goscinny and Uderzo have cameo appearances in many books including Asterix in Britain and Obelix and Co.
• Guy Lux — As a gameshow host in the Mansions of the Gods.
• Jacques Chirac — The economist who buys Obelix's menhirs in Obelix and Co..
• Jean Richard — As a lion tamer in Asterix and the Laurel Wreath
• Kirk Douglas — in "Asterix and Obelix All at Sea" as Spartakis the Greek, leader of a multi-national, multi-cultural band of mutinous slaves who've escaped after commandeering Caesar's personal galley.
• Laurence Olivier and Alec Guinness — As actors in Asterix and the Cauldron.
• Lino Ventura — Appears as the centurion in Asterix and the Roman Agent.
• Louis de Funès
• Napoleon — as the Corsican chief Boneywasawarriorwayayix (Ocatarinetabellatchitchix in the original French). Alternatively, this may also be a caricature of Ricardo Montalban. Also appears in Asterix and the Big Fight (differently) as one of Psychoanalytix's patients.
• Otto von Bismarck — As the Goth chieftain Metric.
• Pierre Tchernia — Pierre Tchernia has made various cameos throughout the books, always as a Roman Legionary. He first appears in Asterix the Legionary as one of the generals discussing tactics with Caesar, then Asterix in Corsica as Centurion Hippopotamus, the commanding officer of Totorum. Later, he appears in Obelix & Co. as a drunk legionary who has to be carried out of the forfeited camp by caricatures of Goscinny and Uderzo. He appears again as a legionary in Asterix and Caesar's Gift and Asterix in Belgium.
• Pontius Pilate — Roman governor of Judaea (called Pontius Pirate in the comics) who appears in Asterix and the Black Gold. In reality the historical Pontius Pilate wasn't even born at the time Asterix is set.
• Raimu — As a bartender in Asterix and the Banquet.
• Sean Connery — As the spy Doubleosix (an obvious parody of James Bond) in Asterix and the Black Gold.
• Sigmund Freud — As Psychoanalytix the druid in Asterix and the Big Fight. He runs a mental health clinic with patients including a shy barbarian, a man who thinks he's a wild boar and Napoleon Bonaparte.
• Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy — As legionaries in Obelix and Co.
• Sylvie Uderzo — As Orthopaedix's young daughter Influenza in Asterix and Caesar's Gift.
• Thomson and Thompson — Identical twin detectives from The Adventures of Tintin. They appear in Asterix in Belgium.
• Winston Churchill (with a red wig and moustache) appears in Asterix in Britain as the chieftain Mykingdomforanos.
• Valéry Giscard d'Estaing — as a Roman tax collector.
• Various pop stars — The Beatles appear in Asterix in Britain while the Rolling Menhirs and Elvis Preslix are mentioned in Asterix and the Normans. In addition, Cacofonix's hairstyle is based on Elvis's.