Louis-Alexandre Fabre (born 17 March 1955) is a French

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, mostly known for his role of Charles Frémont in the series ''

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''.

Biography

He was born in

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where he lived until he was 10. As a child, at the time of the Tunisian Independence, his father had to go back to France, in Albi. Then the family moved to

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when Alexandre was 12. Then he settled in

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. In

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, he learnt acting as a young 20-year-old, then went back to

where in played Ionesco, Racine,

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, Dumas, and others: Toursky, Gymnase, la Criée. He also shot for TV and the cinema (''

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'' with

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). For almost ten years, he played his own shows (inspired from Rabelais,

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...), in big cities but also in the Tunisian countryside, in Mauritania, Tchad, Congo-Brazzaville,

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...). He plays

Dom Juan ''Dom Juan ou le Festin de pierre'' ("Don Juan or The Feast of the Stone tatue) is a five-act 1665 comedy by Molière based upon the Spanish legend of Don Juan Tenorio. The aristocrat Dom Juan is a rake who seduces, marries, and abandons Elvira ...

of Molière in the 1993 Avignon Festival staged by Renata Ramos. He spent 15 years living in Africa. In Brazzaville, he put on a musical with his daughter, aged 20. Then, he moved back to Marseille (his favourite city), where he currently lives. In

, he still plays theater: ( Offenbach,

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, Daniel Soulier,

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...). In 2004, he auditioned for the role of Charles Frémont in

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's famous series, ''

''.

Movies

Cinema

*1975: ''

'' (of

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) - Young Inspector *1976: '' Le Plein de super'' (of Alain Cavalier) - Jean-Loup *1980: ''Journal d'une maison de correction'' (of Georges Cachoux) - Le maniaque *1980: '' Retour à Marseille'' (of

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) - Un flic *1983: ''

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'' (of

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) - Un homme de main *1984: '' Le Juge'' (of Philippe Lefebvre) - Equipe de Innocenti *2000: '' De l'histoire ancienne'' (of

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) - Libraire 1 *2001: ''Mon père, il m'a sauvé la vie'' (of José Giovanni) - Maître Moro Giafferi

Television

*1976: ''Les Lavandes et le réséda'' *1976: ''Le sanglier de Cassis'' *1976: ''Folies en miettes'' *1977: ''La Mer promise'' (de

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) - Le lieutenant *1979: ''Roméo et Baucis'' (d'Hélène Misserly) - Georges *1979: ''

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'' (d' Hélène Martin) *1979: ''Le Roman du samedi'', épisode : ''Le coffre et le revenant'' (de Roger Hanin) *1980: ''

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'' (d'

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) - L'ami d'Antoine *1980: ''So long rêveuse'' (de Jacques Ordines) *1980: '' Les Dossiers éclatés'' : '' La Canne'' (de

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) - Le gendarme *1980: ''Trousse colline'' *1980: '' Thomas Gordon'' *1980: ''Le Carton rouge'' (d' Alain Quercy) *1980: ''L'Arrêt des cars'' *1980: ''La Fabrique, un conte de Noël'' (de

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) *1980: ''Mon cher Théo Van Gogh'' (de Max Gérard) - Gauguin *1981: ''La Chèvre d'or'' (de

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) - Le gendarme *1981: '' Le Sang des Atrides'' (de Sam Itzkovitch) *1981: '' Le Fils père'' *1981: ''Ton vieil ami pierrot'' *1981: ''L'Abbé Faria'' *1981: '' L'inspecteur mène l'enquête'' (de Luc Godevais) *1981: ''Jeu de loi'' *1982: ''Délit de fuite'' (de Paul Seban) *1982: ''

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'' (de Jacques Ordines) *1982: ''Le Secret des Andrônes'' (de Sam Itzkovitch) *1983: ''Microbidon'' (d' André Halimi) *1984: ''Insomnie de monsieur Plude'' (de

) *1991: ''Tête de pioche'' *1991: '' Les Cœurs brûlés'' (de Jean Sagols) - Veilleur de nuit *1998: ''L’Échappée'' - L'homme de la société *1998: ''Le Papa de Léa'' *1998: '' Le Monde à l'envers'' (de Charlotte Brandström) *2000: ''Aux frontières de la loi'' *2000: '' Sous le soleil'' - Startey *2001: ''

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'' *2002: '' Le juge est une femme'' (épisode : ''L'ami d'enfance'') - Louis *2003: ''Le Coupable idéal'' *2003: ''Action justice : déclaré coupable'' *2003: '' Avocats et Associés'' (épisode : ''Le loup dans la bergerie'') - Le juge Valas *2004-2015: ''

'' - Charles Frémont *2005: ''Un coin d'azur'' (d'Heikkei Arekallio) - Le médecin militaire *2005: '' Le Proc'', épisode : Le témoin - Sylvain Watteau *2007: '' L'Affaire Christian Ranucci : le Combat d'une mère'' (de Denys Granier-Deferre) - Roger Pommard *2009: ''Funky Documentary'' (documentary)

Short film

* 2012 : À'' la recherche du droit'' de Virgile Bayle et Jason Roffé

References

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