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

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'', ''

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

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at the

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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 ''Claire's Knee'' (french: Le Genou de Claire) is a 1970 French drama film directed by Éric Rohmer. It is the fifth movie in the series of the '' Six Moral Tales''. Plot The story happens between 29 June and 29 July, presumably in 1970. Interti ...

'' in 1970 playing a small role as an adolescent. He went on to appear in Rohmer's ''

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'' and ''

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 by ...

'', and also in films directed by

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, Pierre Zucca,

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, Cedric Klapisch and

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

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''.

Selected filmography

* '' Tout peut arriver'' (1969) – Fabrice * ''

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'' (1970) – Vincent * '' Valparaiso, Valparaiso'' (1971) * '' Contes immoraux'' (1973) – André / Julie's cousin – Story 1 * '' Vincent mit l'âne dans un pré (et s'en vint dans l'autre)'' (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 encou ...

'' (1978) – Camus, l'étudiant * ''

'' (1978) –

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* '' 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 ''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 by ...

'' (1984) – Octave * '' Rouge-gorge'' (1985) – Frédéric * '' Profs'' (1985) – Michel * '' Conseil de famille'' (1986) – The shady lawyer * '' Max mon amour'' (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 * '' La Couleur du vent'' (1988) – Serge * ''

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 o ...

'' (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 * '' Toxic Affair'' (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 - L ...

'' (1996) – Fabio Lini * ''

An Air So Pure ''An Air So Pure'' or ''Un air si pur...'' is a 1997 French comedy-drama film directed by Yves Angelo. Plot During the World War I, a doctor and a lawyer buy a huge house in a mountain to make both nursing home and resort home. Tenants flock, a ...

'' (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 ''The Cost of Living'' (french: Le Coût de la vie) is a 2003 French comedy film directed by Philippe Le Guay. Plot Cast * Fabrice Luchini - Brett * Vincent Lindon - Coway * Camille Japy - Milène * Géraldine Pailhas - Helena * Isild Le B ...

'' (2003) – Brett * '' Confidences trop intimes'' (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'' (2010) – Arnaud Paumelle * ''

'' (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 * ''

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'' (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 * Basti ...

'' (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" (

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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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'' (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 Jean-François Delassus) – Bernd (1988) * ''Au nom du peuple français'' (

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) – Robespierre (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) * ''

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'' (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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'' (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

Céline Céline, sometimes spelled Celine, is a French female first name of Latin origin, coming from ''Caelīna'', the feminine form of the Roman cognomen ''Caelīnus'', meaning "heavenly".

'' (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 The Prix Jean Gabin was a French award presented each year between 1981 and 2006 to a young and upcoming actor working in the Cinema of France, French film industry. The award was created on the initiative of Louis de Funès (1914–1983) in 1981, ...

(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 an ...

, for '' Tout ça... pour ça !'' (1994) * Prix du Brigadier (2002) *Silver George for Best Actor at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival (2007) *

at the

(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