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Fabrice Luchini

Fabrice Luchini was born in Île-de-France, Paris, into an Italian immigrant family, who were fruit and vegetable vendors. He grew up around the neighbourhood of Goutte d'Or in Paris's 18th arrondissement. When he was 13, his mother apprenticed him to a hairdresser in a trendy parlor on Avenue Matignon, where he would take the name of the hairdresser's son, Fabrice, in place of his real name, Robert. At the same time he developed a great interest for literature (Balzac, Flaubert, Proust). His passion for soul music (James Brown) made him a regular of discothèques. This is where he met Philippe Labro, who gave him his first role in Tout peut arriver in 1969. He then studied acting under Jean-Laurent Cochet. However, it was his collaboration with Éric Rohmer that would make him popular for Le Genou de Claire in 1970, in which he played a small role as an adolescent. He appeared in Rohmer's Perceval le Gallois, and Les Nuits de la pleine lune, and in films directed by Nagisa Oshima, Pierre Zucca, Claude Lelouch, Cedric Klapisch, Édouard Molinaro. Thanks to Jean-Laurent Cochet, he later discovered theater, his true passion, which he described as "the only place where life is expressed... something that no school will ever teach". However, it was his role in La Discrète, directed by Christian Vincent in 1990, that made him well-known to the general public. He divides his work between cinema and theater, where since 1980 he has had considerable success with readings from the texts of La Fontaine, Nietzsche, Céline's Voyage au bout de la nuit, Paul Valéry and Roland Barthes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fabrice Luchini, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​


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Born:
Nov 1, 1951 In Paris, France
Movie/TV Credits:
82
First Appeared:
In the movie Claire's Knee 1970-12-11
Latest Project:
Movie Natacha 2025-04-02
Known For
Poster of Joan of Arc
Poster of Luchini - Variations La Fontaine
Poster of Le Point sur Robert
Poster of Né
Filmography
Movie Natacha 2025-04-02
Movie The Empire Belzébuth 2024-02-21
Movie Marcello Mio Fabrice 2024-05-21
Movie For Better and for Worse Jean Leroy 2023-02-15
Movie The Crime Is Mine Judge Gustave Rabusset 2023-02-24
Series Class Act Marcel Loiseau 2023-09-13
Movie The Baby Joseph 2023-09-20
Movie Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff Self (archive footage) 2020-09-09
Movie Alice and the Mayor Paul Theraneau 2019-05-18
Movie The Mystery of Henri Pick Jean Michel Rouche 2019-03-06
Movie Joan of Arc Roi Charles VII 2019-09-11
Movie The Best Is Yet to Come Arthur Dreyfus 2019-12-04
Movie Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol Narrator (voice) 2019-06-05
Movie A Man in a Hurry Alain 2018-11-07
Movie The Emperor of Paris Fouché 2018-12-19
Movie Slack Bay André van Peteghem 2016-05-13
Movie Un début prometteur Francis Vauvel 2015-09-30
Movie Courted Michel Racine 2015-11-18
Movie Gemma Bovery Martin 2014-09-10
Movie A Visit to Hokusai Narrator 2014-10-21
Movie Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui 2014-12-13
Movie Cycling with Molière Serge Tanneur 2013-01-16
Movie Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia Jules César 2012-10-17
Movie In the House Germain 2012-09-26
Movie Luchini - Variations La Fontaine Self 2012-10-22
Movie The Women on the 6th Floor Jean-Louis Joubert 2011-02-16
Movie My Father's Guests Arnaud 2010-03-31
Movie Trophy Wife Robert Pujol 2010-11-10
Movie The Girl from Monaco Bertrand Beauvois 2008-08-20
Movie Paris Roland Verneuil 2008-02-20
Movie Le Point sur Robert Fabrice Luchini 2008-11-17
Movie Stéphane Guillon - Portraits au vitriol (1ère salve) Self 2008-10-07
Movie A Day at the Museum Un gardien musée Malraux 2008-11-19
Movie Moliere M. Jourdain 2007-01-31
Movie Jean-Philippe Fabrice / Self 2006-04-05
Movie La cloche a sonné Simon Arcos 2005-08-17
Movie Intimate Strangers William 2004-02-05
Movie The Cost of Living Brett 2003-07-30
Movie Barnie's Minor Annoyances Barnie 2001-02-21
Movie Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000 1999-02-13
Movie Nothing About Robert Didier Temple 1999-02-24
Movie Keep It Quiet Grégoire Jeancourt 1999-10-20
Movie Par cœur Self 1998-10-28
Movie « Art » Serge 1998-12-28
Movie An Air So Pure Magnus 1997-09-03
Movie On Guard Count Gonzague 1997-12-03
Movie Beaumarchais the Scoundrel Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais 1996-03-20
Movie Men, Women: A User's Manual Fabio Lini 1996-08-28
Movie The Juliette Year Camille Prader 1995-03-20
Movie Colonel Chabert Derville 1994-09-21
Movie The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque Marc Rossignol, l’instituteur 1993-02-10
Movie Toxic Affair The Analyst 1993-05-26
Movie All That... for This?! Fabrice Lenormand 1993-06-09
Movie The Return of Casanova Camille 1992-05-12
Movie Little Nothings Lepetit 1992-11-11
Movie The Discreet Antoine 1990-11-21
Movie Uranus Jourdan 1990-12-12
Movie Alouette, je te plumerai Jacques 1988-04-27
Movie The Color of the Wind Serge 1988-11-02
Movie Les Oreilles entre les dents Luc Fabri 1987-07-08
Movie Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle Le marchand de tableau 1987-02-04
Movie Triple sec 1986-01-01
Movie Family Business Shady lawyer 1986-03-19
Movie Max My Love Nicolas 1986-10-22
Movie Paradise Hotel Arthur 1986-04-15
Movie Rouge-gorge Frédéric 1985-02-06
Movie P.R.O.F.S. Michel 1985-09-18
Movie Emmanuelle 4 Oswaldo 1984-02-15
Movie Full Moon in Paris Octave 1984-08-29
Movie Zig Zag Story Bob Hemler 1983-05-03
Movie Lettre de la Sierra Morena Don Quichotte 1983-06-08
Movie T'es folle ou quoi ? Jean-François Sevran 1982-01-06
Movie The Aviator's Wife Mercillat 1981-03-04
Movie Droit de Réponse Self 1981-12-12
Movie Le Beau Monde Jean-Pierre Davier 1981-06-06
Movie Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme Arthur 1980-04-16
Movie Violette Nozière Camus 1978-05-24
Movie Perceval Perceval 1978-10-08
Movie Vincent mit l'âne dans un pré (et s'en vint dans l'autre) Vincent Vergne 1976-05-12
Movie 1975-11-05
Movie Immoral Tales André - Story 1 1974-08-28
Movie Claire's Knee Vincent 1970-12-11