Fabrice Luchini

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.

Life and career Fabrice Luchini was born in Paris, into an Italian immigrant family from Assisi 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.

Filmography Cinema 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 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 Year Title Role Director Notes 1979 La chaine Laurent Claude Santelli TV movie 1980 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

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