Fabrice Luchini (French pronunciation: [fabʁis lykini]; 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.

Fabrice Luchini
Born
Robert Luchini

(1951-11-01) 1 November 1951 (age 73)
Paris, France
OccupationActor
Years active1969–present

Life and career

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Fabrice Luchini was born in Paris, into an Italian immigrant family from Assisi[1] who were greengrocers. 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 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, directed by Philippe Labro. He then appeared in Éric Rohmer'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 Walerian Borowczyk, Nagisa Oshima, Claude Chabrol, Claude Lelouch, Cedric Klapisch and Édouard Molinaro. In 1990 he appeared in Christian Vincent's La Discrète.

For his role in the 2015 film Courted he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival.[2]

Filmography

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Cinema

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Year Title Role Director Notes
1969 Tout peut arriver Fabrice Philippe Labro
1970 Claire's Knee Vincent Éric Rohmer
1973 Valparaiso, Valparaiso Pascal Aubier
1974 Immoral Tales André Walerian Borowczyk
1975 Ne Fabrice Jacques Richard
1976 Vincent mit l'âne dans un pré (et s'en vint dans l'autre) Vincent Vergne Pierre Zucca
Les écrans déchirés Fabrice Jacques Richard Short
1978 Violette Nozière Camus Claude Chabrol
1979 Perceval le Gallois Perceval Éric Rohmer
1980 Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme Arthur Jean-Louis Daniel
1981 The Aviator's Wife Mercillat Éric Rohmer
La forêt désenchantée Jacques Robiolles Short
1982 T'es folle ou quoi ? Jean-François Sevran Michel Gérard
Jimmy Jazz Fabrice Laurent Perrin Short
1983 Zig Zag Story Bob Hemler Patrick Schulmann
Il ne faut jurer de rien Fabrice Christian Vincent Short
1984 Emmanuelle 4 Oswaldo Francis Leroi & Iris Letans
Full Moon in Paris Octave Éric Rohmer
1985 Profs Michel Patrick Schulmann
Rouge-gorge Frédéric Pierre Zucca
1986 Family Business The shady lawyer Costa-Gavras
Max, Mon Amour Nicolas Nagisa Ōshima
Triple sec Yves Thomas Short
1987 Hôtel du Paradis Arthur Jana Boková
Les oreilles entre les dents Luc Fabri Patrick Schulmann
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle The art dealer Éric Rohmer
1988 La couleur du vent Serge Pierre Granier-Deferre
Alouette, je te plumerai Jacques Pierre Zucca
1990 Uranus Jourdan Claude Berri
La Discrète Antoine Christian Vincent
1992 Riens du tout Lepetit Cédric Klapisch
The Return of Casanova Camille Édouard Niermans
1993 Toxic Affair The analyst Philomène Esposito
Tout ça... pour ça ! Fabrice Lenormand Claude Lelouch
The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque Marc Rossignol Éric Rohmer
1994 Colonel Chabert Derville Yves Angelo
1995 L'année Juliette Camille Prader Philippe Le Guay
1996 Beaumarchais Pierre Beaumarchais Édouard Molinaro
Men, Women: A User's Manual Fabio Lini Claude Lelouch
1997 On Guard Gonzague Philippe de Broca
An Air So Pure Magnus Yves Angelo
1999 No Scandal Grégoire Jeancourt Benoît Jacquot
Rien sur Robert Didier Temple Pascal Bonitzer
2001 Barnie et ses petites contrariétés Barnie Bruno Chiche
2003 The Cost of Living Brett Philippe Le Guay
2004 Intimate Strangers William Patrice Leconte
2005 La cloche a sonné Simon Arcos Bruno Herbulot
2006 Jean-Philippe Fabrice Laurent Tuel
2007 Molière M. Jourdain Laurent Tirard
2008 Paris Roland Verneuil Cédric Klapisch
A Day at the Museum A guardian Jean-Michel Ribes
The Girl from Monaco Bertrand Beauvois Anne Fontaine
2009 Points de vue Narrator Yona Friedman Short
2010 Potiche Robert Pujol François Ozon
My Father's Guests Arnaud Paumelle Anne Le Ny
2011 The Women on the 6th Floor Jean-Louis Joubert Philippe Le Guay
2012 In the House Germain Germain François Ozon
Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia Julius Caesar Laurent Tirard
2013 Bicycling with Molière Serge Tanneur Philippe Le Guay
2014 Gemma Bovery Martin Joubert Anne Fontaine
Charly Fabrice Jourdan Lucente Short
2015 Courted Michel Racine Christian Vincent
Un début prometteur Francis Vauvel Emma Luchini
2016 Slack Bay André van Peteghem Bruno Dumont
2018 A Man in a Hurry Alain Wapler Hervé Mimran
The Emperor of Paris Joseph Fouché Jean-François Richet
2019 Joan of Arc Charles VII of France Bruno Dumont
Alice and the Mayor Paul Théraneau Nicolas Pariser
The Best Is Yet to Come Arthur Dreyfus Matthieu Delaporte &
Alexandre de la Patellière
The Mystery of Henri Pick Jean-Michel Rouche Rémi Bezançon
2023 La petite Joseph Siprien Guillaume Nicloux
The Crime Is Mine Gustave Rabusset François Ozon
Un homme heureux Jean Leroy Tristan Séguéla
2024 The Empire Belzébuth Bruno Dumont
Marcello Mio Fabrice Christophe Honoré

Television

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Year Title Role Director Notes
1979 La chaine Laurent Claude Santelli TV movie
1980 Fantômas Bonardin Juan Luis Buñuel & Claude Chabrol TV mini-series
1981 Le beau monde Jean-Pierre Davier Michel Polac TV movie
1986 Tous en boîte Minimax Charles Nemes TV mini-series
Série noire Kowal Maurice Dugowson TV series (1 episode)
1988 L'argent du mur Bernd Jean-François Delassus TV movie
Série noire Pastor Yves Boisset TV series (1 episode)
1989 Les nuits révolutionnaires Le Huguenot Charles Brabant TV mini-series
1990 Six crimes sans assassin Simon Lampias Bernard Stora TV movie
1994 Ne m'appelez pas ma petite Thierry Jean Becker TV movie
1998 Art Serge Yves-André Hubert TV movie
2017 Call My Agent! Himself Laurent Tirard TV series (1 episode)
2023 Class Act Marcel Loiseau Tristan Séguéla TV mini-series

Theatre

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  • 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, Nietzsche (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, Nietzsche, Céline, Baudelaire (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

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  • 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 and nominations

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Year Award Nominated work Result
1985 César Award for Best Supporting Actor Full Moon in Paris Nominated
1991 Prix Jean Gabin La Discrète Won
César Award for Best Actor Nominated
1993 César Award for Best Supporting Actor The Return of Casanova Nominated
1994 César Award for Best Supporting Actor Tout ça... pour ça ! Won
1995 César Award for Best Supporting Actor Colonel Chabert Nominated
1997 César Award for Best Actor Beaumarchais Nominated
2002 Prix du Brigadier Knock Won
2007 Moscow International Film Festival - Best Actor Molière Won
2008 César Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated
2013 César Award for Best Actor In the House Nominated
European Film Award for Best Actor Nominated
2014 César Award for Best Actor Bicycling with Molière Nominated
Globe de Cristal Award for Best Actor Nominated
2015 Volpi Cup for Best Actor Courted Won
2016 César Award for Best Actor Nominated
Lumières Award for Best Actor Nominated
2017 César Award for Best Actor Slack Bay Nominated
2020 Globe de Cristal Award for Best Actor - Comedy The Mystery of Henri Pick Nominated
Lumières Award for Best Actor Alice and the Mayor Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "L'énigme Luchini" (in Italian). 25 September 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  2. ^ "LIVE: The winners of the 72nd Venice Film Festival". 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
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