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

Amélie

Dominique Bretodeau

Caché

Majid

Pardon Mon Affaire

Gonthier

Paris

Le Psy

I... For Icarus

Robert Sanio, l'homme à la caméra

Code Unknown

The Old Arab

Between Land and Sea

Cul-Roussi

Doom-doom

Nataf

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2011	Omar Killed Me	Maître 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
1990	The Mahabharata	Kitchaka
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
1973	Marriage a la Mode	Leporello
1972	The French Calvinists	Moïse Plantat
1970	Reportage sur un squelette ou Masques et bergamasques	Arlequin #2
1969	Paris Does Not Exist

Year	TV Show	Role
2008	Doom-doom	Nataf
1997	Between Land and Sea	Cul-Roussi