Fabrice Luchini (; born Robert Luchini; 1 November 1951) is a French stage and film actor. He has appeared in films such as '' Potiche'', ''

The Women on the 6th Floor ''The Women on the 6th Floor'' (french: link=no, Les Femmes du 6e étage; also known as ''Service Entrance'') is a 2010 French film directed and part-written by Philippe Le Guay.In the House''. For his role in the 2015 film '' Courted'' he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival.

Life and career

Fabrice Luchini was born in Paris, into an Italian immigrant family from

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who were greengrocers. He grew up around the neighbourhood of Goutte d'Or in Paris's

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. When he was 13, his mother apprenticed him to a hairdresser in a trendy parlour in Avenue Matignon, where he would take the name of the hairdresser's son, Fabrice, in place of his real name, Robert. His first film role was in ''Tout peut arriver'' in 1969. He then appeared in

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's '' Le Genou de Claire'' in 1970 playing a small role as an adolescent. He went on to appear in Rohmer's '' Perceval le Gallois'' and '' Les Nuits de la pleine lune'', and also in films directed by Nagisa Oshima, Pierre Zucca,

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, Cedric Klapisch and Édouard Molinaro. In 1990 he appeared in Christian Vincent's ''

La Discrète ''La Discrète'' (The Discreet) is a 1990 French comedy-drama film directed by Christian Vincent. It won three César Awards: for Best First Feature Film, Best Writing and Best Female Newcomer. Set in Paris, it tells the story of an embittered old ...

''.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1969) – Fabrice * '' Le genou de Claire'' (1970) – Vincent * '' Valparaiso, Valparaiso'' (1971) * '' Contes immoraux'' (1973) – André / Julie's cousin – Story 1 * ''

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'' (1975) – Vincent Vergne * '' Ne'' (1975) * '' Les écrans déchirés'' (1976, Short) – Fabrice * ''

Violette Nozière ''Violette Nozière'' is a 1978 French crime film directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Isabelle Huppert and Stéphane Audran. The film, based on a true French murder case in 1933, is about an eighteen-year-old girl named Violette and her enco ...

'' (1978) – Camus, l'étudiant * '' Perceval le Gallois'' (1978) – Perceval * '' Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme'' (1980) – Arthur * '' La femme de l'aviateur'' (1981) – Mercillat * '' La forêt désenchantée'' (1981, Short) * '' T'es folle ou quoi?'' (1982) – Jean-François Sevran * '' Jimmy Jazz'' (1982, Short) – Fabrice * '' Zig Zag Story'' (1983) – Bob Hemler * '' Il ne faut jurer de rien'' (1983, Short) * '' Lettre de la Sierra Morena'' (1983) * '' Emmanuelle 4'' (1984) – Oswaldo * '' Les nuits de la pleine lune'' (1984) – Octave * '' Rouge-gorge'' (1985) – Frédéric * '' Profs'' (1985) – Michel * '' Conseil de famille'' (1986) – The shady lawyer * ''

Max mon amour ''Max, Mon Amour'' ''Max, My Love'' is a 1986 film directed by Nagisa Ōshima, starring Charlotte Rampling, Anthony Higgins, Victoria Abril, Pierre Étaix and Milena Vukotic. The screenplay was written by Ōshima and Jean-Claude Carrière, and th ...

'' (1986) – Nicolas * '' Triple sec'' (1986, Short) * ''

4 aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle ''Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle'' (french: Quatre aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle) is a 1987 French film directed by Éric Rohmer, starring Joëlle Miquel, Jessica Forde, Fabrice Luchini and Philippe Laudenbach Philippe Laudenbach ...

'' (1987) – Painting Salesman * ''

Hôtel du paradis ''Hôtel du Paradis'' is a 1986 French drama film directed by Jana Boková. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Fernando Rey – Joseph * Fabrice Luchini – Arthur * – Frédérique * Georges Géret ...

'' (1987) – Arthur * '' Les oreilles entre les dents'' (1987) – Luc Fabri * '' Alouette, je te plumerai'' (1988) – Jacques * '' La Couleur du vent'' (1988) – Serge * ''

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'' (1990) – Antoine * ''

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'' (1990) – Jourdan * '' Le retour de Casanova'' (1992) – Camille * '' Riens du tout'' (1992) – Lepetit * '' L'Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque'' (1993) – Marc Rossignol – the School Teacher * ''

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'' (1993) – The Analyst * '' Tout ça... pour ça !'' (1993) – Fabrice Lenormand * '' Le Colonel Chabert'' (1994) – Derville * '' L'année Juliette'' (1995) – Camille Prader * '' Beaumarchais, l'insolent'' (1996) –

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* ''

Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi ''Men, Women: A User's Manual'' (french: Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi) is a 1996 French film directed by Claude Lelouch. Cast * Fabrice Luchini - Fabio Lini * Bernard Tapie - Benoit Blanc * Alessandra Martines - Doctor Nitez * Pierre Arditi - Ler ...

'' (1996) – Fabio Lini * '' An Air So Pure'' (1997) – Magnus * '' Le Bossu'' (1997) – Gonzague * '' Rien sur Robert'' (1999) – Didier Temple * '' Pas de scandale'' (1999) – Grégoire Jeancourt * '' Barnie et ses petites contrariétés'' (2001) – Barnie * '' Le coût de la vie'' (2003) – Brett * ''

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'' (aka ''Intimate Strangers'') (2004) – William * '' La cloche a sonné'' (2005) – Simon Arcos * '' Jean-Philippe'' (2006) – Fabrice * ''

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'' (2007) – M. Jourdain * ''

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'' (2008) – Roland Verneuil * '' La fille de Monaco'' (2008) – Bertrand Beauvois * ''

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'' (2008) – Un gardien musée Malraux * ''

My Father's Guests ''My Father's Guests'' (french: Les Invités de mon père) is a 2010 French comedy film written, directed by, and starring Anne Le Ny, along with Karin Viard, Fabrice Luchini and Michel Aumont. Plot Lucien Paumelle, retired physician, is a lo ...

'' (2010) – Arnaud Paumelle * '' Potiche'' (2010) – Robert Pujol * '' Les femmes du 6ème étage'' (2010) – Jean-Louis Joubert * '' In the House'' (2012) – Germain Germain * '' Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia'' (2012) – Jules César * '' Alceste à bicyclette'' (2013) – Serge Tanneur * '' Gemma Bovery'' (2014) – Martin Joubert * ''Un début prometteur'' (2015) – Francis Vauvel * ''

L'Hermine ''Courted'' (french: L'Hermine) is a 2015 French drama film directed by Christian Vincent. It was screened in the main competition section of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival where Fabrice Luchini won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. At ...

'' (2015) – Michel Racine * ''

Slack Bay ''Slack Bay'' (french: Ma Loute) is a 2016 French comedy film directed by Bruno Dumont. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Set on the north-west coast of France in the summer of 1910, with black hum ...

'' (2016) – André Van Peteghem * '' A Man in a Hurry'' (2018) – Alain Wapler * ''L'empereur de Paris'' (2018) – Fouché * ''

The Mystery of Henri Pick ''The Mystery of Henri Pick'' (french: Le Mystère Henri Pick) is a 2019 French comedy film directed by Rémi Bezançon. Cast * Fabrice Luchini as Jean-Michel Rouche * Camille Cottin as Joséphine Pick * Alice Isaaz as Daphné Despero * Bast ...

'' (2019) – Jean-Michel Rouche * ''

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'' (2019) –

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* ''

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'' (2019) – Paul Théraneau * ''Le meilleur reste à venir'' (2019) – Arthur ;Television * ''La chaîne'' (TV movie by

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) – Laurent (1979) * ' (TV mini-series) – Bonardin (1980) :* "L'étreinte du diable" ( Juan Luis Buñuel) :* "L'échafaud magique" (

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) * ''Le beau monde'' (TV movie by Michel Polac) – Jean-Pierre Davin (1981) * '' Série noire'' (TV series) :* "Adieu la vie" (Maurice Dugowson) – Kowal (1986) :* "La fée carabine" (

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) – Pastor (1988) * ''Tous en boîte'' (TV mini-series by Charles Nemès) – Minimax (1986) * ''Les dossiers de l'écran'' (TV series) :* ''L'argent du mur'' (TV movie by

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) – Bernd (1988) * ''Au nom du peuple français'' ( Maurice Dugowson) –

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(1988) * ''Les nuits révolutionnaires'' (TV mini-series by Charles Brabant) – Huguenot sans-culotte (1989) * ''Six crimes sans assassin'' (TV movie by

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) – Simon Lampias (1990) * '' Call My Agent !'' (TV Series / 1 Episode) – Himself (2017)

Theatre

*'' En attendant Godot'' (1978) *''Troïlus et Cressida'' (1979) *''De toutes les couleurs'' (1982) *''Voyage au bout de la nuit'' (1986) *''Le Veilleur de nuit'' (1986) *''La Valse du hasard'' (1986) *''Le Secret'' (1987) *''Voyage au bout de la nuit'' (1987) *''Voyage au bout de la nuit'' (1988) *''Une folie électrique'' (1989) *''Deux femmes pour un fantôme'' and ''La Baby-sitter'' (1990) *''La Société de chasse'' (1991) *''Partenaires'' (1993) *''« Art »'' (1994) *''Fabrice Luchini dit des textes de

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, Hugo, La Fontaine,

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'' (1996) *''Un cœur simple'' (1996) *''L’Arrivée à New-York'' (2000) *''Écoute mon ami (et autres textes de

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)'' (2002) *''Knock ou le triomphe de la médecine'' (2002) *''Fabrice Luchini dit des textes de La Fontaine,

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'' (2005) *''Molly'' (2005) *''Le Point sur Robert'' (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) *''Fabrice Luchini lit Philippe Muray'' (2010, 2011, 2012) *''La Fontaine'' (2011) *''Une heure de tranquillité'' (2013)

Literature

*In 2010, Fabrice Luchini wrote the preface of two books: ''A la rencontre de Sacha Guitry'', published by Editions Oxus, and ''Seul avec tous'' by Laurent Terzieff, published by Presses de la Renaissance. *In 2011, he collaborated in a book by Philippe Muray, published by les Cahiers d'histoire de la philosophie (Editions du Cerf). *Also in 2011, he released ''Fabrice Luchini lit fragments d'un discours amoureux'' through Audiolib. *In 2012, he released ''Variations (La Fontaine & Baudelaire)'' on CD and DVD on Barclay / Universal Music France

Awards

* Prix Jean Gabin (1991) *

César Award for Best Supporting Actor List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Supporting Actor (french: César du meilleur second rôle masculin). History Superlatives List of winners and nominees 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple awards and ...

, for '' Tout ça... pour ça !'' (1994) * Prix du Brigadier (2002) *Silver George for Best Actor at the

29th Moscow International Film Festival The 29th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 21 to 30 June 2007. The Golden George was awarded to the Russian film ''Travelling with Pets'' directed by Vera Storozheva. Jury * Fred Schepisi (Australia – Chairman of the Jury) * A ...

(2007) * Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival (2015)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Luchini, Fabrice 1951 births Living people French male film actors French male stage actors French people of Italian descent 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors French male television actors Best Supporting Actor César Award winners Volpi Cup for Best Actor winners People of Umbrian descent