Fabrice Luchini

Fabrice Luchini (born November 1, 1951) is a French stage and film actor. He was born in Paris.

Biography

Fabrice Luchini was born into an Italian immigrant family, who were fruit and vegetable vendors. He grew up around the neighbourhood of Goutte-d'or in Paris' XVIIIth 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. Yet 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 discotheques. This is where he met Phillipe 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 Eric Rohmer that would make him popular for Le Genou de Claire in 1970, in which he played a small role as an adolescent. He also took part in Perceval le Gallois.

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 Voyage au bout de la nuit.

Filmography includes

* "Paris" (2008)
* "La Cloche a sonné" (2005)
* "Confidences trop intimes" (aka "Intimate Strangers") (2004)
* "Le Coût de la vie" (2003)
* "Barnie et ses petites contrariétés" (2001)
* "Pas de scandale" (1999)
* "Rien sur Robert" (1999)
* "Le Bossu" (1997)
* "Un air si pur..." (1997)
* "Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi" (1996)
* "Beaumarchais, l'insolent" (1996)
* "L'Année Juliette" (1995)
* "Le Colonel Chabert" (1994)
* "Toxic Affair" (1993)
* "L'Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque" (1993)
* "Tout ça... pour ça!" (1993)
* "Riens du tout" (1992)
* "Le Retour de Casanova" (1992)
* "Uranus" (1990)
* "La Discrète" (1990)
* "La Couleur du vent" (1988)
* "Alouette, je te plumerai" (1988)
* "4 aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle" (1987)
* "Les Oreilles entre les dents" (1987)
* "Max mon amour" (1986)
* "Conseil de famille" (1986)
* "Hôtel du paradis" (1986)
* "Triple sec" (1986)
* "P.R.O.F.S." (1985)
* "Rouge-gorge" (1985)
* "Les Nuits de la pleine lune" (1984)
* "Emmanuelle 4" (1984)
* "Zig Zag Story" (1983)
* "Il ne faut jurer de rien" (1983)
* "Lettre de la Sierra Morena" (1983)
* "T'es folle ou quoi?" (1982)
* "Jimmy Jazz" (1982)
* "La Femme de l'aviateur" (1981)
* "La Forêt désenchantée" (1981)
* "Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme" (1980)
* "Perceval le Gallois" (1978)
* "Violette Nozière" (1978)
* "Les Écrans déchirés" (1976)
* "Vincent mit l'âne dans un pré (et s'en vint dans l'autre)" (1975)
* "Né" (1975)
* "Contes immoraux" (1974)
* "Valparaiso, Valparaiso" (1971)
* "Le Genou de Claire" (1970)
* "Tout peut arriver" (1969)

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