Fabrice Luchini

Fabrice Luchini ( born 1 November 1951 in Paris; actually Robert Luchini ) is a French stage and film actor.

Life

Fabrice Luchini was born in 1951 in Paris as the son of a French mother and an Italian immigrant who worked in the fruit and vegetable trade. At the age of 13 he left school to work in a Parisian hair salon. There, he changed over to the request of his employer his real name Robert in Fabrice. Early on he discovered his passion for French literature and eagerly read works by authors such as Honore de Balzac and Marcel Proust. In the late 1960s he met in a club director Philippe Labro know who gave him his first film role in Tout peut arriver (1969). Thereupon Luchini was trained as an actor. In 1970, he was seen directed by Éric Rohmer in a small supporting role in Claire's Knee (Le Genou de Claire ) and became known to a wider audience. In the 1980s, he starred in three other films Rohmer: The wife of the flier or you can not think of anything (La Femme de l' aviateur, 1981) Full Moon Nights ( Les Nuits de la pleine lune, 1984) and Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (4 aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle, 1987).

Over the years he also performed regularly on stage, including plays by Shakespeare and Gustave Flaubert. He was also several times for the Molière, the most important French Theatre Award nominated. For Claude Lelouch's film drama All for the love (Tout ça pour ça ...! , 1993), he won the César Award for Best Supporting Actor. Another nomination for a César Award he received in 1995 as a lawyer Derville in Balzac adaptation The Resurrection of Colonel Chabert (Le Colonel Chabert ) on the side of Gérard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant. He has since been regarded as a star in France. In 2009 he went with Le Point sur Robert, a comedic scale one-man show about the great works of French literature, on tour and received much critical acclaim. As a tyrannical factory owner, he was seen in 2010 in addition to Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve in François Ozon's hit comedy Potiche ( Potiche ).

His daughter Emma Luchini, who works as a director also in the movie business, comes from its long-standing relationship with the former journalist and today's theater director Cathy Debeauvais.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

César

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Molière