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Fabrice Luchini

Fabrice Luchini

Acting

Born: November 1, 1951Paris, France

Fabrice Luchini was born in Île-de-France, Paris, into an Italian immigrant family, who were fruit and vegetable vendors. 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 parlor on Avenue Matignon, where he would take the name of the hairdresser's son, Fabrice, in place of his real name, Robert. At the same time he developed a great interest for literature (Balzac, Flaubert, Proust). His passion for soul music (James Brown) made him a regular of discothèques. This is where he met Philippe Labro, who gave him his first role in Tout peut arriver in 1969. He then studied acting under Jean-Laurent Cochet. However, it was his collaboration with Éric Rohmer that would make him popular for Le Genou de Claire in 1970, in which he played a small role as an adolescent. He appeared in Rohmer's Perceval le Gallois, and Les Nuits de la pleine lune, and in films directed by Nagisa Oshima, Pierre Zucca, Claude Lelouch, Cedric Klapisch, Édouard Molinaro. Thanks to Jean-Laurent Cochet, he later discovered theater, his true passion, which he described as "the only place where life is expressed... something that no school will ever teach". However, it was his role in La Discrète, directed by Christian Vincent in 1990, that made him well-known to the general public. He divides his work between cinema and theater, where since 1980 he has had considerable success with readings from the texts of La Fontaine, Nietzsche, Céline's Voyage au bout de la nuit, Paul Valéry and Roland Barthes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fabrice Luchini, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

Known For
Filmography

Demain, je tombe amoureux

Émile

2026
Hugo

Hugo

Robert Zuchini

2026
Laïcité, l'exception française - 120 ans, et maintenant ?

Laïcité, l'exception française - 120 ans, et maintenant ?

Self

2025
Natacha (Almost) Air Hostess

Natacha (Almost) Air Hostess

Narrator

2025
Treasure Hunters: On the Tracks of Khufu

Treasure Hunters: On the Tracks of Khufu

Christian

2025
La Fontaine et le Confinement

La Fontaine et le Confinement

2024
Marcello Mio

Marcello Mio

Fabrice

2024
Céline Dion, la bande originale de sa vie

Céline Dion, la bande originale de sa vie

Self - Guest

2024
The Empire

The Empire

Belzébuth

2024
The Baby

The Baby

Joseph

2023
The Crime Is Mine

The Crime Is Mine

Judge Gustave Rabusset

2023
For Better and for Worse

For Better and for Worse

Jean Leroy

2023
By Heart

By Heart

Self

2022
Fabrice Luchini : des écrivains parlent d'argent

Fabrice Luchini : des écrivains parlent d'argent

2022
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff

Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff

Self (archive footage)

2020
The Best Is Yet to Come

The Best Is Yet to Come

Arthur Dreyfus

2019
Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

Roi Charles VII

2019
Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol

Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol

Narrator (voice)

2019
Alice and the Mayor

Alice and the Mayor

Paul Theraneau

2019
The Mystery of Henri Pick

The Mystery of Henri Pick

Jean Michel Rouche

2019
The Emperor of Paris

The Emperor of Paris

Fouché

2018
A Man in a Hurry

A Man in a Hurry

Alain

2018
Slack Bay

Slack Bay

André van Peteghem

2016
Courted

Courted

Michel Racine

2015
Un début prometteur

Un début prometteur

Francis Vauvel

2015
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

2014
A Visit to Hokusai

A Visit to Hokusai

Narrator

2014
Gemma Bovery

Gemma Bovery

Martin

2014
Cycling with Molière

Cycling with Molière

Serge Tanneur

2013
Luchini - Variations La Fontaine

Luchini - Variations La Fontaine

Self

2012
Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia

Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia

Jules César

2012
In the House

In the House

Germain

2012
The Women on the 6th Floor

The Women on the 6th Floor

Jean-Louis Joubert

2011
Trophy Wife

Trophy Wife

Robert Pujol

2010
My Father's Guests

My Father's Guests

Arnaud

2010
A Day at the Museum

A Day at the Museum

Guard at the Malraux museum

2008
Le Point sur Robert

Le Point sur Robert

Fabrice Luchini

2008
Stéphane Guillon - Portraits au vitriol (1ère salve)

Stéphane Guillon - Portraits au vitriol (1ère salve)

Self

2008
The Girl from Monaco

The Girl from Monaco

Bertrand Beauvois

2008
Paris

Paris

Roland Verneuil

2008
Moliere

Moliere

M. Jourdain

2007
Jean-Philippe

Jean-Philippe

Fabrice / Self

2006
La cloche a sonné

La cloche a sonné

Simon Arcos

2005
Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine

Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine

Doctor Knock

2004
Intimate Strangers

Intimate Strangers

William

2004
The Cost of Living

The Cost of Living

Brett

2003
A Day in the Life of French Cinema

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

Self

2002
Barnie's Minor Annoyances

Barnie's Minor Annoyances

Barnie

2001
Keep It Quiet

Keep It Quiet

Grégoire Jeancourt

1999
Nothing About Robert

Nothing About Robert

Didier Temple

1999
Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000

Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000

1999
« Art »

« Art »

Serge

1998
Par cœur

Par cœur

Self

1998
On Guard

On Guard

Count Gonzague

1997
An Air So Pure

An Air So Pure

Magnus

1997
Men, Women: A User's Manual

Men, Women: A User's Manual

Fabio Lini

1996
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

1996
The Juliette Year

The Juliette Year

Camille Prader

1995
Colonel Chabert

Colonel Chabert

Derville

1994
All That... for This?!

All That... for This?!

Fabrice Lenormand

1993
Toxic Affair

Toxic Affair

The Analyst

1993
The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque

The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque

Marc Rossignol, l’instituteur

1993
Little Nothings

Little Nothings

Lepetit

1992
The Return of Casanova

The Return of Casanova

Camille

1992
Uranus

Uranus

Jourdan

1990
The Discreet

The Discreet

Antoine

1990
Journey to the End of the Night

Journey to the End of the Night

Self

1990
Six crimes sans assassins

Six crimes sans assassins

Simon

1990
The Color of the Wind

The Color of the Wind

Serge

1988
La Fée Carabine

La Fée Carabine

Pastor

1988
Lark, I'll Pluck You!

Lark, I'll Pluck You!

Jacques

1988
Les Oreilles entre les dents

Les Oreilles entre les dents

Luc Fabri

1987
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle

Le marchand de tableau

1987
Max My Love

Max My Love

Nicolas

1986
Paradise Hotel

Paradise Hotel

Arthur

1986
Family Business

Family Business

Shady Lawyer

1986

Triple sec

1986
P.R.O.F.S.

P.R.O.F.S.

Michel

1985
Robin

Robin

Frédéric

1985
Full Moon in Paris

Full Moon in Paris

Octave

1984
Emmanuelle 4

Emmanuelle 4

Oswaldo

1984
Lettre de la Sierra Morena

Lettre de la Sierra Morena

Don Quichotte

1983
Zig Zag Story

Zig Zag Story

Bob Hemler

1983

Il ne faut jurer de rien

1983
T'es folle ou quoi ?

T'es folle ou quoi ?

Jean-François Sevran

1982
Droit de Réponse

Droit de Réponse

Self

1981
Le Beau Monde

Le Beau Monde

Jean-Pierre Davier

1981
The Aviator's Wife

The Aviator's Wife

Mercillat

1981
Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme

Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme

Arthur

1980
Perceval

Perceval

Perceval

1978
Violette Nozière

Violette Nozière

Camus, student

1978

En répétant Perceval

1978
Vincent Put the Donkey in a Meadow (And Went Into the Other)

Vincent Put the Donkey in a Meadow (And Went Into the Other)

Vincent Vergne

1976

Les Écrans déchirés

Fabrice

1976
Né

Self

1975
Immoral Tales

Immoral Tales

André - Story 1

1974
Claire's Knee

Claire's Knee

Vincent

1970
Tout peut arriver

Tout peut arriver

Fabrice

1969