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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Le Secret de Khéops | Christian | 2025-03-05 |
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Laïcité, l'exception française - 120 ans, et maintenant ? | Self | 2025-12-09 |
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Natacha, (presque) hôtesse de l'air | Narrator | 2025-04-02 |
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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 Fontaine et le Confinement | 2024-10-09 | |
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Marcello Mio | Fabrice | 2024-05-21 |
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La Petite | Joseph | 2023-08-22 |
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Mon crime | Judge Gustave 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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Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol | Narrator (voice) | 2019-06-05 |
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Le Mystère Henri Pick | Jean Michel Rouche | 2019-03-06 |
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Le Meilleur reste à venir | Arthur Dreyfus | 2019-12-04 |
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Alice et le Maire | Paul Theraneau | 2019-05-18 |
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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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Luchini - Variations La Fontaine | Self | 2012-10-22 |
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Astérix & Obélix : Au service de Sa Majesté | Jules César | 2012-10-17 |
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Dans la maison | Germain | 2012-09-26 |
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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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Stéphane Guillon - Portraits au vitriol (1ère salve) | Self | 2008-10-07 |
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Paris | Roland Verneuil | 2008-02-20 |
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Musée haut, musée bas | Guard at the Malraux museum | 2008-11-19 |
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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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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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Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000 | 1999-02-13 | |
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Rien sur Robert | Didier Temple | 1999-02-24 |
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Pas de scandale | Grégoire Jeancourt | 1999-10-20 |
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Par cœur | Self | 1998-10-28 |
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« Art » | Serge | 1998-12-28 |
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Le Bossu | Count Gonzague | 1997-12-03 |
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Un air si pur... | Magnus | 1997-09-03 |
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Beaumarchais, l'insolent | Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais | 1996-03-20 |
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Hommes, femmes : Mode d'emploi | Fabio Lini | 1996-08-28 |
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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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Toxic Affair | The Analyst | 1993-05-26 |
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Tout ça… pour ça ! | Fabrice Lenormand | 1993-06-09 |
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L'Arbre, le Maire et la Médiathèque | Marc Rossignol, l’instituteur | 1993-02-10 |
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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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La Discrète | Antoine | 1990-11-21 |
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Six crimes sans assassins | Simon | 1990-02-21 |
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Uranus | Jourdan | 1990-12-12 |
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Voyage au bout de la nuit | Self | 1990-10-06 |
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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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La Couleur du vent | Serge | 1988-11-02 |
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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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Triple sec | 1986-01-01 | |
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Max mon amour | Nicolas | 1986-10-22 |
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Conseil de famille | Shady Lawyer | 1986-03-19 |
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Hôtel du Paradis | Arthur | 1986-04-15 |
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Rouge-gorge | Frédéric | 1985-02-06 |
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P.R.O.F.S. | Michel | 1985-09-18 |
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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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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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Lettre de la Sierra Morena | Don Quichotte | 1983-06-08 |
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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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La Femme de l'aviateur | Mercillat | 1981-03-04 |
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Droit de Réponse | Self | 1981-12-12 |
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Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme | Arthur | 1980-04-16 |
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Perceval le Gallois | Perceval | 1978-10-08 |
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Violette Nozière | Camus, student | 1978-05-24 |
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En répétant Perceval | 1978-01-01 | |
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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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Demain, je tombe amoureux | Émile |