Maurice Bénichou
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 23 January 1943 · Tlemcen, Algeria
- Died
- 14 June 2019
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. Source: Article "Maurice Bénichou" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known for
Acting 52
- 2011Comment je me suis réveillé
- 2011Au cas où je n'aurais pas la palme d'or as Le rabbin / Maurice Bénichou
- 2011Omar Killed Me as Maître Jacques Vergès
- 2011The Rabbi's Cat as Rabbi (voice)
- 2011If You Die, I'll Kill You as L'employé de la morgue
- 2010La Tueuse as Tarnowski
- 2009Great life as Kowalski
- 2009Every Jack Has a Jill as le Réceptionniste de l'Hôtel Favard
- 2008Inju: The Beast in the Shadow as L'agent d'Alex Fayard
- 2008The Great Alibi as Commandant Grange
- 2008Off and Running as Serge
- 2008Paris as Le Psy
- 2007Beneath the Rooftops of Paris as Amar
- 2007Boxes as Max
- 2007The Candidate as maxime
- 2005The Passenger as Joseph
- 2005Caché as Majid
- 2004Loser Takes All! as Serge Vaudier
- 2003Time of the Wolf as M. Azoulay
- 2002Special Delivery as Antoine
- 2002Brook by Brook as Self
- 2001Candidature
- 2001Amélie as Dominique Bretodeau
- 2000Code Unknown as The Old Arab
- 2000Quand on sera grand as Isaac
- 2000Adventures of Félix as Fisherman
- 1998Man Is a Woman as Rosalie's father
- 1997Mordbüro as Léo Stoychev
- 1994The Patriots as Yuri
- 1993Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents as Bernard
- 1993À la Mode as Lucien
- 1993The Little Apocalypse as Arnold
- 1991Cross My Heart as The neighbour
- 1988Ile Flottante as Maurice Bénichou
- 1982Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ? as Albert
- 1982La Cerisaie as Yacha
- 1981Instinct de femme as Rat speaker
- 1981Le jardinier as The overseer
- 1979I... for Icarus as Robert Sanio, l'homme à la caméra
- 1978Roads to the South as García
- 1978Sale rêveur as Taupin
- 1977Animal as Le domestique
- 1977The Question as Vincent
- 1976Pardon Mon Affaire as Gonthier
- 1976Little Marcel as Garcia
- 1974Cadoudal as Savary
- 1974Travail du comédien
- 1973Marriage a la Mode as Leporello
- 1972The French Calvinists as Moïse Plantat
- 1972Les Fossés de Vincennes as La voix de Bonaparte
- 1970Reportage sur un squelette ou Masques et bergamasques as Arlequin #2
- 1969Paris Does Not Exist
Directing 2
- 2004Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine · stage director
- 1982La Cerisaie · co-director