Fabrice Luchini Biography
Fabrice Luchini (French pronunciation: ; 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 *isi who were greengrocers. He grew up around the neighbourhood of Goutte d'Or in Paris's 18th arrondis*t. 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
Television
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 ch*e (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
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fabrice Luchini.- Fabrice Luchini at IMDb
