1951-11-01 Paris, 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
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Victor comme tout le monde | Robert Zuchini | 2026-03-11 |
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Demain, je tombe amoureux | Émile | 2026-11-25 |
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Le Secret de Khéops | Christian | 2025-03-05 |
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Natacha (presque) hôtesse de l'air | Narrator | 2025-04-02 |
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Laïcité, l'exception française - 120 ans, et maintenant ? | Self | 2025-12-09 |
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Marcello Mio | Fabrice | 2024-05-21 |
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La Fontaine et le Confinement | 2024-10-09 | |
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Céline Dion, la bande originale de sa vie | Self - Guest | 2024-03-08 |
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L'Empire | Belzébuth | 2024-02-21 |
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La Petite | Joseph | 2023-08-22 |
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Mon crime | Judge Rabusset | 2023-02-24 |
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Un homme heureux | Jean Leroy | 2023-02-15 |
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Fabrice Luchini : des écrivains parlent d'argent | 2022-10-31 | |
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Par cœurs | Self | 2022-12-28 |
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Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff | Self (archive footage) | 2020-09-09 |
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Alice et le Maire | Paul Theraneau | 2019-05-18 |
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Le Meilleur reste à venir | Arthur Dreyfus | 2019-12-04 |
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Le Mystère Henri Pick | Jean Michel Rouche | 2019-03-06 |
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Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol | Narrator (voice) | 2019-06-05 |
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Jeanne | Roi Charles VII | 2019-09-11 |
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L'Empereur de Paris | Fouché | 2018-12-19 |
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Un homme pressé | Alain | 2018-11-07 |
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Ma Loute | André van Peteghem | 2016-05-13 |
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Un début prometteur | Francis Vauvel | 2015-09-30 |
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L'Hermine | Michel Racine | 2015-11-18 |
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Gemma Bovery | Martin | 2014-09-10 |
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Visite à Hokusai | Narrator | 2014-10-21 |
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Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui | 2014-12-13 | |
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Alceste à bicyclette | Serge Tanneur | 2013-01-16 |
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Dans la maison | Germain | 2012-09-26 |
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Astérix & Obélix : Au service de Sa Majesté | Jules César | 2012-10-17 |
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Luchini - Variations La Fontaine | Self | 2012-10-22 |
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Les Femmes du 6e étage | Jean-Louis Joubert | 2011-02-16 |
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Les Invités de mon père | Arnaud | 2010-03-31 |
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Potiche | Robert Pujol | 2010-11-10 |
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Musée haut, musée bas | Guard at the Malraux museum | 2008-11-19 |
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Paris | Roland Verneuil | 2008-02-20 |
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La Fille de Monaco | Bertrand Beauvois | 2008-08-20 |
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Le Point sur Robert | Fabrice Luchini | 2008-11-17 |
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Stéphane Guillon - Portraits au vitriol (1ère salve) | Self | 2008-10-07 |
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Molière | M. Jourdain | 2007-01-31 |
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Jean-Philippe | Fabrice / Self | 2006-04-05 |
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La cloche a sonné | Simon Arcos | 2005-08-17 |
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Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine | Doctor Knock | 2004-12-31 |
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Confidences trop intimes | William | 2004-02-05 |
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Le Coût de la vie | Brett | 2003-07-30 |
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Un jour dans la vie du cinéma français | Self | 2002-05-20 |
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Barnie et ses petites contrariétés | Barnie | 2001-02-21 |
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Pas de scandale | Grégoire Jeancourt | 1999-10-20 |
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Rien sur Robert | Didier Temple | 1999-02-24 |
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Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000 | 1999-02-13 | |
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« Art » | Serge | 1998-12-28 |
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Par cœur | Self | 1998-10-28 |
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Un air si pur... | Magnus | 1997-09-03 |
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Le Bossu | Count Gonzague | 1997-12-03 |
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Hommes, femmes : Mode d'emploi | Fabio Lini | 1996-08-28 |
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Beaumarchais, l'insolent | Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais | 1996-03-20 |
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L'Année Juliette | Camille Prader | 1995-03-20 |
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Le Colonel Chabert | Derville | 1994-09-21 |
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L'Arbre, le Maire et la Médiathèque | Marc Rossignol, l’instituteur | 1993-02-10 |
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Toxic Affair | The Analyst | 1993-05-26 |
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Tout ça… pour ça ! | Fabrice Lenormand | 1993-06-09 |
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Riens du tout | Lepetit | 1992-11-11 |
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Le retour de Casanova | Camille | 1992-05-12 |
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Uranus | Jourdan | 1990-12-12 |
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Six crimes sans assassins | Simon | 1990-02-21 |
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La Discrète | Antoine | 1990-11-21 |
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Voyage au bout de la nuit | Self | 1990-10-06 |
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La Couleur du vent | Serge | 1988-11-02 |
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La Fée Carabine | Pastor | 1988-10-06 |
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Alouette, je te plumerai | Jacques | 1988-04-27 |
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Les Oreilles entre les dents | Luc Fabri | 1987-07-08 |
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4 aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle | Le marchand de tableau | 1987-02-04 |
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Conseil de famille | Shady Lawyer | 1986-03-19 |
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Triple sec | 1986-01-01 | |
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Hôtel du Paradis | Arthur | 1986-04-15 |
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Max mon amour | Nicolas | 1986-10-22 |
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P.R.O.F.S. | Michel | 1985-09-18 |
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Rouge-gorge | Frédéric | 1985-02-06 |
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Emmanuelle 4 | Oswaldo | 1984-02-15 |
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Les Nuits de la pleine lune | Octave | 1984-08-29 |
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Lettre de la Sierra Morena | Don Quichotte | 1983-06-08 |
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Il ne faut jurer de rien | 1983-01-01 | |
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Zig Zag Story | Bob Hemler | 1983-05-03 |
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T'es folle ou quoi ? | Jean-François Sevran | 1982-01-06 |
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Le Beau Monde | Jean-Pierre Davier | 1981-06-06 |
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Droit de Réponse | Self | 1981-12-12 |
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La Femme de l'aviateur | Mercillat | 1981-03-04 |
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Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme | Arthur | 1980-04-16 |
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En répétant Perceval | 1978-01-01 | |
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Violette Nozière | Camus, student | 1978-05-24 |
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Perceval le Gallois | Perceval | 1978-10-08 |
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Vincent mit l'âne dans un pré (et s'en vint dans l'autre) | Vincent Vergne | 1976-05-12 |
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Les Écrans déchirés | Fabrice | 1976-01-01 |
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Né | Self | 1975-11-05 |
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Contes immoraux | André - Story 1 | 1974-08-28 |
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Le Genou de Claire | Vincent | 1970-12-11 |
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Tout peut arriver | Fabrice | 1969-11-26 |
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Anne et François | François Mitterrand |