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Jean Benguigui
Acting
Born: April 8, 1944
Oran, Algérie
Biography
Jean Benguigui (born 8 April 1944 in Oran) is a French actor. He is of Jewish-Algerian descent. In 2006 and 2007 he played the role of impresario Cartoni in a new adaptation of the operetta Le Chanteur de Mexico at the Théâtre du Châtelet. Source: Article "Jean Benguigui" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
as Malococsis

Memoirs of a French Whore
as Jean-Jean

The Fugitives
as Labib, bar boss

Those Happy Days
as Mimoun

Buffet Froid
as Le tueur à gages

So Happy Together
as Prosper

Turn Left at the End of the World
as Isaac Shushan

The Big Pardon
as Albert Zecri

A Cat in Paris
as Victor Costa (voice)

Conviction
as Maître Francis Szpiner