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name: "Maurice Bénichou"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/maurice-benichou"
fi1m_id: "maurice-benichou"
imdb_id: "nm0126870"
tmdb_id: 2417
wikidata_id: "Q549827"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 January 1943"
died: "14 June 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T22:53:39.481084+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Maurice Bénichou

## Identity

Maurice Bénichou

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/maurice-benichou
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** maurice-benichou
- **IMDb ID:** nm0126870
- **TMDB ID:** 2417
- **Wikidata ID:** Q549827
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_B%C3%A9nichou, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q549827, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0126870/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2417

Actor. Born 23 January 1943 in Tlemcen, Algeria. Died 14 June 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 January 1943, Tlemcen, Algeria
- **Died:** 14 June 2019
- **Active:** 2001–2005
- **Also known as:** André Bénichou
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_B%C3%A9nichou, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q549827, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0126870/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2417

## Biography

Maurice Bénichou was a French actor. He was born on 23 January 1943 in Tlemcen, French Algeria, and died on 14 June 2019 in Paris.

Bénichou appeared in three films directed by Michael Haneke: *Code Unknown* (2000), *Time of the Wolf* (2003) and *Caché* (2005). He played Dominique Bretodeau in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's *Amélie* (2001) and featured in Peter Brook's 1989 film version of *The Mahabharata*. He was made an officer of the Légion d'honneur in 2013.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, fr.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Caché* (2005), Fi1m 88, as Majid — [page](https://film.one/film/cache.md)
- *Amélie* (2001), Fi1m 82, as Dominique Bretodeau — [page](https://film.one/film/amelie.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Comment je me suis réveillé* (2011), Actor
- *Au cas où je n'aurais pas la palme d'or* (2011), as Le rabbin / Maurice Bénichou
- *Omar Killed Me* (2011), as Maître Jacques Vergès
- *The Rabbi's Cat* (2011), as Rabbi (voice)
- *If You Die, I'll Kill You* (2011), as L'employé de la morgue
- *La Tueuse* (2010), as Tarnowski
- *Great life* (2009), as Kowalski
- *Every Jack Has a Jill* (2009), as le Réceptionniste de l'Hôtel Favard
- *Inju: The Beast in the Shadow* (2008), as L'agent d'Alex Fayard
- *Doom-doom* (2008), series, as Nataf
- *The Great Alibi* (2008), as Commandant Grange
- *Off and Running* (2008), as Serge
- *Paris* (2008), as Le Psy
- *Beneath the Rooftops of Paris* (2007), as Amar
- *Boxes* (2007), as Max
- *The Candidate* (2007), as maxime
- *The Passenger* (2005), as Joseph
- *Caché* (2005), as Majid — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/cache.md)
- *Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine* (2004), Stage Director
- *Loser Takes All!* (2004), as Serge Vaudier
- *Time of the Wolf* (2003), as M. Azoulay
- *Special Delivery* (2002), as Antoine
- *Le Champ Dolent, le roman de la terre* (2002), series, as Célestin Angelmon
- *Candidature* (2001), Actor
- *Amélie* (2001), as Dominique Bretodeau — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/amelie.md)
- *Code Unknown* (2000), as The Old Arab
- *Quand on sera grand* (2000), as Isaac
- *Adventures of Félix* (2000), as Fisherman
- *Man Is a Woman* (1998), as Rosalie's father
- *Between Land and Sea* (1997), series, as Cul-Roussi
- *Mordbüro* (1997), as Léo Stoychev
- *The Patriots* (1994), as Yuri
- *Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents* (1993), as Bernard
- *À la Mode* (1993), as Lucien
- *The Little Apocalypse* (1993), as Arnold
- *Cross My Heart* (1991), as The neighbour
- *The Mahabharata* (1990), series, as Kitchaka
- *Ile Flottante* (1988), as Maurice Bénichou
- *Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ?* (1982), as Albert
- *La Cerisaie* (1982), as Yacha · Co-Director
- *Instinct de femme* (1981), as Rat speaker
- *Le jardinier* (1981), as The overseer
- *I... for Icarus* (1979), as Robert Sanio, l'homme à la caméra
- *Roads to the South* (1978), as García
- *Sale rêveur* (1978), as Taupin
- *Animal* (1977), as Le domestique
- *The Question* (1977), as Vincent
- *Pardon Mon Affaire* (1976), as Gonthier
- *Little Marcel* (1976), as Garcia
- *Cadoudal* (1974), as Savary
- *Travail du comédien* (1974), Actor
- *Marriage a la Mode* (1973), as Leporello
- *The French Calvinists* (1972), as Moïse Plantat
- *Les Fossés de Vincennes* (1972), as La voix de Bonaparte
- *Reportage sur un squelette ou Masques et bergamasques* (1970), as Arlequin #2
- *Paris Does Not Exist* (1969), Actor

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Officer of the Legion of Honour 2012: Officer of the Legion of Honour (won)
- Officer of Arts and Letters 2006: Officer of Arts and Letters (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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