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Portrait of Maurice Bénichou

Acting

Maurice Bénichou

Career

Active from 1970 to 2011, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
13
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for Caché
Caché
GoodWatch score81/100

Characters

1

The characters Maurice Bénichou played, best-known titles first.

Maurice Bénichou as Dominique Bretodeau

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Maurice Bénichou Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Scare
    1.4, average 2.6
  • Violence
    3.0, average 4.1
  • Pop Culture
    1.4, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • French Cinema 4
  • Character Study 4
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Parisian Setting 3
  • Coming-of-Age Romance 2
  • Intimate Character Study 2
  • Cultural Clash 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Slow Burn 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

52
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

5 titles · average score 68
The Rabbi's Cat
The Rabbi's Cat (2011)
GoodWatch score 78

as Rabbi (voice)

Omar Killed Me
Omar Killed Me (2011)
GoodWatch score 64

as Maître Jacques Vergès

Au cas où je n'aurais pas la palme d'or
Au cas où je n'aurais pas la palme d'or (2011)

as Le rabbin / Maurice Bénichou

If You Die, I'll Kill You
If You Die, I'll Kill You (2011)
GoodWatch score 62

as L'employé de la morgue

La Tueuse
La Tueuse (2010)

as Tarnowski

2000s

21 titles · average score 58
Every Jack Has a Jill
Every Jack Has a Jill (2009)
GoodWatch score 40

as le Réceptionniste de l'Hôtel Favard

Great life
Great life (2009)

as Kowalski

The Great Alibi
The Great Alibi (2008)
GoodWatch score 40

as Commandant Grange

The Candidate
The Candidate (2007)
GoodWatch score 58

as maxime

Beneath the Rooftops of Paris
Beneath the Rooftops of Paris (2007)

as Amar

Caché
Caché (2005)
GoodWatch score 81

as Majid

The Passenger
The Passenger (2005)
GoodWatch score 53

as Joseph

Le Champ Dolent, le roman de la terre
Le Champ Dolent, le roman de la terre (2002)

TV show · as Célestin Angelmon

Special Delivery
Special Delivery (2002)
GoodWatch score 55

as Antoine

Amélie
Amélie (2001)
GoodWatch score 76

as Dominique Bretodeau

Quand on sera grand
Quand on sera grand (2000)

as Isaac

Adventures of Félix
Adventures of Félix (2000)
GoodWatch score 56

as Fisherman

1990s

9 titles · average score 64
Man Is a Woman
Man Is a Woman (1998)
GoodWatch score 59

as Rosalie's father

Between Land and Sea
Between Land and Sea (1997)

TV show · as Cul-Roussi

Mordbüro
Mordbüro (1997)

as Léo Stoychev

The Patriots
The Patriots (1994)
GoodWatch score 71

as Yuri

Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents
Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents (1993)
GoodWatch score 58

as Bernard

À la Mode
À la Mode (1993)
GoodWatch score 60

as Lucien

The Little Apocalypse
The Little Apocalypse (1993)
GoodWatch score 60

as Arnold

Cross My Heart
Cross My Heart (1991)
GoodWatch score 74

as The neighbour

The Mahabharata
The Mahabharata (1990)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Kitchaka

1980s

5 titles
Ile Flottante
Ile Flottante (1988)

as Maurice Bénichou

La Cerisaie
La Cerisaie (1982)

as Yacha

Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ?
Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ? (1982)

as Albert

Le jardinier
Le jardinier (1981)

as The overseer

Instinct de femme
Instinct de femme (1981)

as Rat speaker

1970s

12 titles · average score 66
I... for Icarus
I... for Icarus (1979)
GoodWatch score 81

as Robert Sanio, l'homme à la caméra

Sale rêveur
Sale rêveur (1978)

as Taupin

Roads to the South
Roads to the South (1978)
GoodWatch score 50

as García

Animal
Animal (1977)
GoodWatch score 61

as Le domestique

The Question
The Question (1977)

as Vincent

Pardon Mon Affaire
Pardon Mon Affaire (1976)
GoodWatch score 71

as Gonthier

Little Marcel
Little Marcel (1976)

as Garcia

Cadoudal
Cadoudal (1974)

as Savary

Marriage a la Mode
Marriage a la Mode (1973)

as Leporello

Les Fossés de Vincennes
Les Fossés de Vincennes (1972)

as La voix de Bonaparte

The French Calvinists
The French Calvinists (1972)
GoodWatch score 68

as Moïse Plantat

Reportage sur un squelette ou Masques et bergamasques
Reportage sur un squelette ou Masques et bergamasques (1970)

as Arlequin #2