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'', and '' In the House''. For his role in the 2015 film ''

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'' 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

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in Paris's 18th arrondissement. 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 ''

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'', and also in films directed by Nagisa Oshima, Pierre Zucca,

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and

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. In 1990 he appeared in Christian Vincent's '' La Discrète''.

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'' (1978) – Camus, l'étudiant * '' Perceval le Gallois'' (1978) – Perceval * '' Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme'' (1980) – Arthur * ''

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'' (1981) – Mercillat * ''

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'' (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) * ''

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'' (1984) – Oswaldo * ''

Les nuits de la pleine lune ''Full Moon in Paris'' (french: Les nuits de la pleine lune, lit=Full Moon Nights) is a 1984 French romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Éric Rohmer. The film stars Pascale Ogier, Tchéky Karyo and Fabrice Luchini. The score is ...

'' (1984) – Octave * '' Rouge-gorge'' (1985) – Frédéric * '' Profs'' (1985) – Michel * '' Conseil de famille'' (1986) – The shady lawyer * ''

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'' (1986) – Nicolas * ''

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'' (1986, Short) * '' 4 aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle'' (1987) – Painting Salesman * '' Hôtel du paradis'' (1987) – Arthur * '' Les oreilles entre les dents'' (1987) – Luc Fabri * '' Alouette, je te plumerai'' (1988) – Jacques * ''

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'' (1988) – Serge * '' La discrète'' (1990) – Antoine * ''

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'' (1990) – Jourdan * '' Le retour de Casanova'' (1992) – Camille * ''

Riens du tout ''Riens du tout'' (English: ''Little Nothings'') is a 1992 French film directed by Cédric Klapisch and written by him with Jackie Berroyer. Featuring Fabrice Luchini and an ensemble cast, in many often humorous cameos it explores the effects on ...

'' (1992) – Lepetit * ''

L'Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque ''The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque'' (french: L'Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque; known also as ''Les sept hasards'') is a 1993 French comedy-drama film written and directed by Éric Rohmer. The film was shown at the 1993 Montreal Wor ...

'' (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 ''Beaumarchais'' (french: Beaumarchais l'insolent) is a 1996 French biopic film directed by Édouard Molinaro and starring Fabrice Luchini, Manuel Blanc and Sandrine Kiberlain. It is based on the life of the French playwright, financier and spy Pie ...

'' (1996) –

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* '' Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi'' (1996) – Fabio Lini * '' An Air So Pure'' (1997) – Magnus * '' Le Bossu'' (1997) – Gonzague * ''

Rien sur Robert ''Rien sur Robert'' is a 1999 French comedy-drama film directed by Pascal Bonitzer. Set in Paris and Thônes (a small town in the French Alps), the film follows the tribulations of Parisian writer and critic Didier Temple in the wake of the publ ...

'' (1999) – Didier Temple * ''

Pas de scandale ''No Scandal'' (french: Pas de scandale), also known as Keep It Quiet, is a 1999 French drama film directed by Benoît Jacquot and starring Fabrice Luchini, Isabelle Huppert and Vincent Lindon. Cast * Fabrice Luchini as Grégoire Jeancourt * ...

'' (1999) – Grégoire Jeancourt * '' Barnie et ses petites contrariétés'' (2001) – Barnie * '' Le coût de la vie'' (2003) – Brett * ''

Confidences trop intimes ''Intimate Strangers'' (french: Confidences trop intimes) is a 2004 French film directed by Patrice Leconte. An off-beat romance, it tells the story of a troubled young woman who in error starts telling her problems not to a psychiatrist but to a ...

'' (aka ''Intimate Strangers'') (2004) – William * ''

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'' (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 * '' Musée haut, musée bas'' (2008) – Un gardien musée Malraux * ''

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'' (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) –

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* ''

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'' (2013) – Serge Tanneur * '' Gemma Bovery'' (2014) – Martin Joubert * ''Un début prometteur'' (2015) – Francis Vauvel * '' L'Hermine'' (2015) – Michel Racine * '' Slack Bay'' (2016) – André Van Peteghem * ''

A Man in a Hurry ''A Man in a Hurry'' (french: Un homme pressé) is a 2018 French comedy-drama film directed by Hervé Mimran. Cast * Fabrice Luchini - Alain Wapler * Leïla Bekhti - Jeanne * Rebecca Marder - Julia * - Vincent References External links < ...

'' (2018) – Alain Wapler * ''L'empereur de Paris'' (2018) – Fouché * '' The Mystery of Henri Pick'' (2019) – Jean-Michel Rouche * ''

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'' (2019) –

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) :* "L'échafaud magique" (

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) * ''Le beau monde'' (TV movie by Michel Polac) – Jean-Pierre Davin (1981) * ''

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

, Céline, Baudelaire'' (2005) *''Molly'' (2005) *''Le Point sur Robert'' (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) *''Fabrice Luchini lit

Philippe Muray Philippe Muray (1945 in Angers (France) – March 2, 2006 in Paris) was a French essayist and novelist. None of his works have yet been translated into English. In 2010, the French actor Fabrice Luchini read some of Muray's works at the Théâtre de ...

'' (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, for '' Tout ça... pour ça !'' (1994) *

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(2002) *Silver George for Best Actor at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival (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