Maurice Bénichou
Acting1943Tlemcen, Algeria
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
Acting History
2011
Au cas où je n'aurais pas la palme d'or
as Le rabbin / Maurice Bénichou
The Rabbi's Cat
as Rabbi (voice)
Omar Killed Me
as Maître Jacques Vergès
If You Die, I'll Kill You
as L'employé de la morgue
2010
La Tueuse
as Tarnowski
2009
Great life
as Kowalski
Every Jack Has a Jill
as le Réceptionniste de l'Hôtel Favard
2008
Off and Running
as Serge
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
as L'agent d'Alex Fayard
The Great Alibi
as Commandant Grange
Paris
as Le Psy
Doom-doom
TVas Nataf
2007
2005
Caché
as Majid
The Passenger
as Joseph
2004
Loser Takes All!
as Serge Vaudier
Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine
Stage Director
2003
Time of the Wolf
as M. Azoulay
2002
Special Delivery
as Antoine
Le Champ Dolent, le roman de la terre
TVas Célestin Angelmon
2001
Amélie
as Dominique Bretodeau
2000
1998
Man Is a Woman
as Rosalie's father
1997
Mordbüro
as Léo Stoychev
Between Land and Sea
TVas Cul-Roussi
1994
The Patriots
as Yuri
1993
À la Mode
as Lucien
The Little Apocalypse
as Arnold
1991
Cross My Heart
as The neighbour
1990
The Mahabharata
TVas Kitchaka
1988
Ile Flottante
as Maurice Bénichou
1982
1981
Le jardinier
as The overseer
Instinct de femme
as Rat speaker
1979
I... for Icarus
as Robert Sanio, l'homme à la caméra
1978
Sale rêveur
as Taupin
Roads to the South
as García
1977
Animal
as Le domestique
The Question
as Vincent
1976
Pardon Mon Affaire
as Gonthier
Little Marcel
as Garcia
1974
Cadoudal
as Savary
1973
Marriage a la Mode
as Leporello
1972
The French Calvinists
as Moïse Plantat
Les Fossés de Vincennes
as La voix de Bonaparte
1970
Reportage sur un squelette ou Masques et bergamasques
as Arlequin #2