Maurice Bénichou

Personal Info

Birthday

January 23, 1943

Day of Death

2019-06-14

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

Tlemcen, Algeria

Also Known As

André Bénichou

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. Source: Article "Maurice Bénichou" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Amélie

Caché

Code Unknown

Paris

Pardon Mon Affaire

Time of the Wolf

I... For Icarus

Doom-doom

Filmography

2011
Au cas où je n'aurais pas la palme d'or
as Le rabbin / Maurice Bénichou
Omar Killed Me
as Maître Jacques Vergès
The Rabbi's Cat
as Rabbi (voice)
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
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
as L'agent d'Alex Fayard
The Great Alibi
as Commandant Grange
Off and Running
as Serge
Paris
as Le Psy
2007
Beneath the Rooftops of Paris
as Amar
Boxes
as Max
The Candidate
as maxime
2005
The Passenger
as Joseph
Caché
as Majid
2004
Loser Takes All!
as Vaudier
2003
Time of the Wolf
as M. Azoulay
2002
Special Delivery
as Antoine
2001
Amélie
as Dominique Bretodeau
2000
Code Unknown
as The Old Arab
Adventures of Félix
as Fisherman
1998
Man Is a Woman
as Rosalie's father
1997
Mordbüro
as Léo Stoychev
1994
The Patriots
as Yuri
1993
Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents
as Bernard
À la Mode
as Lucien
The Little Apocalypse
as Arnold
1991
Cross My Heart
as The neighbour
1990
The Mahabharata
as Kitchaka
1982
Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ?
as Albert
La Cerisaie
as Yacha
1981
Instinct de femme
as Rat speaker
Le jardinier
as The overseer
1979
I... For Icarus
as Robert Sanio, l'homme à la caméra
1978
Roads to the South
as García
Sale rêveur
as Taupin
1977
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
1970
Reportage sur un squelette ou Masques et bergamasques
as Arlequin #2