Maurice Bénichou

1943-

Biography: life and films

Maurice Bénichou is a French actor. He was born in Tlemcen, Algeria on 23rd January 1943.

His best films as an actor include Jean-Pierre Sentier's Le jardinier (1981), Michael Haneke's thriller Caché (2005), Eric Caravaca's Le Passager (2006), Hiner Saleem's Les Toits de Paris (2007) and Roschdy Zem's Omar m'a tuer (2011).

Maurice Bénichou has so far appeared in 42 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Michael Haneke (3 films), Renaud Cohen (2), Jean-Jacques Zilbermann (2), Jacques Fansten (2) and Hiner Saleem (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (19 films), comedy (12), comedy-drama (9), Thriller (6), comedy-romance (4), crime-thriller (3) and romance (2).

Our average rating for Maurice Bénichou over all films is: 3.1



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