Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 23, 1943
Place of Birth:
Tlemcen, Algeria
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Maurice Bénichou
Biography
Maurice Bénichou (23 January 1943 in Tlemcen, French Algeria – 14 June 2019) was a French actor. His best known roles include three collaborations with director Michael Haneke (Code inconnu, Le Temps du Loup, and Caché), and a part in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amélie. He has also played in Peter Brook's 1989 film version of The Mahabharata.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Omar Killed Me | Maître Jacques Vergès |
| 2011 | The Rabbi's Cat | Rabbi (voice) |
| 2011 | If You Die, I'll Kill You | L'employé de la morgue |
| 2011 | Au cas où je n'aurais pas la palme d'or | Le rabbin / Maurice Bénichou |
| 2011 | Comment je me suis réveillé | |
| 2010 | La Tueuse | Tarnowski |
| 2009 | Every Jack Has a Jill | le Réceptionniste de l'Hôtel Favard |
| 2009 | Great life | Kowalski |
| 2008 | The Great Alibi | Commandant Grange |
| 2008 | Paris | Le Psy |
| 2008 | Inju: The Beast in the Shadow | L'agent d'Alex Fayard |
| 2008 | Off and Running | Serge |
| 2007 | The Candidate | maxime |
| 2007 | Boxes | Max |
| 2007 | Beneath the Rooftops of Paris | Amar |
| 2005 | Caché | Majid |
| 2005 | The Passenger | Joseph |
| 2004 | Loser Takes All! | Vaudier |
| 2003 | Time of the Wolf | M. Azoulay |
| 2002 | Special Delivery | Antoine |
| 2001 | Amélie | Dominique Bretodeau |
| 2001 | Candidature | |
| 2000 | Adventures of Félix | Fisherman |
| 2000 | Quand on sera grand | |
| 2000 | Code Unknown | The Old Arab |
| 1998 | Man Is a Woman | Rosalie's father |
| 1997 | Mordbüro | Léo Stoychev |
| 1994 | The Patriots | Yuri |
| 1993 | À la Mode | Lucien |
| 1993 | Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents | Bernard |
| 1993 | The Little Apocalypse | Arnold |
| 1991 | Cross My Heart | The neighbour |
| 1988 | Ile Flottante | Maurice Bénichou |
| 1982 | La Cerisaie | Yacha |
| 1982 | Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ? | Albert |
| 1981 | Instinct de femme | Rat speaker |
| 1981 | Le jardinier | The overseer |
| 1979 | I... For Icarus | Robert Sanio, l'homme à la caméra |
| 1978 | Sale rêveur | Taupin |
| 1978 | Roads to the South | García |
| 1977 | The Question | Vincent |
| 1976 | Little Marcel | Garcia |
| 1976 | Pardon Mon Affaire | Gonthier |
| 1974 | Travail du comédien | |
| 1974 | Cadoudal | Savary |
| 1973 | Marriage a la Mode | Leporello |
| 1972 | The French Calvinists | Moïse Plantat |
| 1972 | Les Fossés de Vincennes | La voix de Bonaparte |
| 1970 | Reportage sur un squelette ou Masques et bergamasques | Arlequin #2 |
| 1969 | Paris Does Not Exist |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Doom-doom | Nataf |
| 2002 | Le Champ Dolent, le roman de la terre | Célestin Angelmon |
| 1997 | Between Land and Sea | Cul-Roussi |
| 1990 | The Mahabharata | Kitchaka |