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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-01-23 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Tlemcen, Algeria

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

Acting

2011

Omar Killed Me as Maître Vergès
The Rabbi's Cat as Rabbi (voice)
If You Die, I'll Kill You as L'employé de la morgue
Au cas où je n'aurais pas la palme d'or as Le rabbin / Maurice Bénichou

2010

La Tueuse as Tarnowski

2009

Every Jack Has a Jill as le Réceptionniste de l'Hôtel Favard
Great life as Kowalski

2008

The Great Alibi as Commandant Grange
Paris as Le Psy
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow as L'agent d'Alex Fayard
Doom-doom as Nataf

2007

The Candidate as maxime
Boxes as Max

2005

Caché as Majid
The Passenger as Joseph

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

1998

Man Is a Woman as Rosalie's father

1997

Mordbüro as Léo Stoychev
Between Land and Sea as Cul-Roussi

1994

The Patriots as Yuri

1993

À la Mode as Lucien

1991

Cross My Heart as The neighbour

1990

The Mahabharata as Kitchaka

1982

La Cerisaie as Yacha

1981

Le jardinier as The overseer

1979

I... For Icarus as Robert Sanio, l'homme à la caméra

1978

Sale rêveur as Taupin

1977

The Question as Vincent

1976

Little Marcel as Garcia
Pardon Mon Affaire as Gonthier

1974

1973

Marriage a la Mode as Leporello

1972

The French Calvinists as Moïse Plantat

1970

1969

Directing

1982

La Cerisaie as Co-Director