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Jean Benguigui

Jean Benguigui

Actor · Born April 8, 1944 (82) · Oran, Algérie

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 8, 1944 (82)
From
Oran, Algérie
Works as
Actor
Titles
24 on MovieCove · 97 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 5% in 30 days

What are Jean Benguigui's films like?

Across their 18 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Comedy8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 43rd percentile
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
40%
Morality
18%
Self
16%
Power
9%
Ideas
6%
Survival
6%
Society
6%
Romantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themePower2 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 18 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 13 · Serious 3 · Dark 2

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 9 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 7 · Charged 10 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 10 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 10

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 9 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 15 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

4 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.

Shadow
2 of 4
Trickster
1 of 4
Threshold guardian
1 of 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
12
Joyful
7
Tense
6
Absurd
4
Contemplative
3
Other
9

How their films linger

Fun10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy9
  • Bittersweet5
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jean Benguigui's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 24 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jean Benguigui's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

97 credits, 24 with a MovieCove page; 9 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Blond Boy from the Casbah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Lisa

  • The Sofa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Edouard Le Tellier, producer

  • Lupin(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Alberto

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • La Moustache (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as The father

  • Les Copains d'abord (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · as Bernard

  • Conviction(2018)

    as Maître Francis Szpiner

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Lili Within the Clouds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Grandpa

  • Brillantissime(2018)

    as Le boucher

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • The Statesman(2014)

    as Michel Tourande

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Captain Marleau(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Jacques Chastaing · as Pierre Lacoudre

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Les Gorilles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Vargas

  • La baie d'Alger(2012)

    as Steiger

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Yann Piat: A Chronicle of Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Joseph Sercia

  • La Croisière (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Le commandant

  • A Cat in Paris(2010)

    as Victor Costa (voice)

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Fatal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Tony Tarba

  • Coco(2009)

    as Zerbib

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • So Happy Together (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Prosper

  • Aïcha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Docteur Accoca

  • Chat en Poche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Pacarel

  • Hello Goodbye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Simon Gash

  • Listen from the Nay: Separations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Actor

  • Ali Baba(2007)

    as Cassim

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 2 episodes · as Kassim

  • Gomez vs. Tavarès (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Jacques

  • Those Happy Days(2006)

    as Mimoun

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • La vie de Michel Muller est plus belle que la vôtre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Jean Benguigui

  • Lucky Luke and the Daltons(2004)

    as Le Chef de Village

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Qui mange quand ? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as M. Arnaud

  • Grosse chaleur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Paul

  • Le prix (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Biscuter

  • Les mers du sud (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Biscuter

  • La rose d'Alexandrie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Biscuter

  • Turn Left at the End of the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Isaac Shushan

  • Mixed Marriage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Maurice Abecassis, ami de Max

  • Cita mortal a l’Up & Down (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Biscuter

  • L'Adieu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 2 episodes · as Lucien

  • Moi César, 10 ans 1/2, 1m39(2003)

    as Papy

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The Young Casanova (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Silhouette

  • Dead Weight(2002)

    as Saddam

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra(2002)

    as Malococsis

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • La Juge Beaulieu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Commandent Etcheverry

  • One Way Ticket (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as 'Place Vendôme'

  • Across the Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Henri de Villard

  • Tal como éramos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Biscuter

  • Buscando a Sherezade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Biscuter

  • La soledad del manager (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Biscuter

  • Padre, patrón (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Biscuter

  • Pepe Carvalho (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 10 episodes · as Biscuter

  • El hermano pequeño (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Biscuter

  • El delantero centro fue asesinado al atardecer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Biscuter

  • Man's Best Friend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Ralph

  • Bingo ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Tikossian

  • The Swindle(1997)

    as Guadeloupe Gangster

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Over the Rainbow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Guardian

  • Salut cousin ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Maurice

  • Still Waters Run Deep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Monsieur Salmain

  • Tango (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Lefort

  • Le grand pardon II(1992)

    as Albert Zecri

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Loulou Graffiti(1992)

    as Commissioner Bloc

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • The Beautiful Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Doga

  • The Jackpot! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Sarkis - Le trafiquant d'armes

  • Ma vie est un enfer(1991)

    as Monsieur Chpil

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • A Day to Remember (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Marcel

  • Le Cri des hommes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Fuentès

  • Le Gorille (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 13 episodes · Actor

  • My New Partner at the Races(1990)

    as Cesarini

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Le banquet(1989)

    as Apollodore

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Imogène (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 13 episodes · as Adjudant-chef Trouillet

  • Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Marcel

  • La Culotte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as (Mandelstam

  • Lorfou (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Massin

  • Control (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Max Bloch

  • Milan noir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Di Giorgi

  • The Fugitives(1986)

    as Labib, chef de bar

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Strip-Tease (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 860 episodes · Actor

  • The Flight of the Phoenix (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Mendel

  • Souvenirs souvenirs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Samuel

  • The Bitch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Rony

  • The Judge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Maître Donati

  • Le Grand Carnaval (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Benjamin Fitoussi, alias "Johnny"

  • L'africain(1983)

    as Aristote Poulakis

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Le Jeune Marié (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Pierrot

  • Maman Que Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Actor

  • The Big Pardon(1982)

    as Albert Zecri

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • H 93 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Director

  • La Traque (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 4 episodes · as Guérin (SRPJ Lyon)

  • Buffet Froid(1979)

    as Le tueur à gages

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Memoirs of a French Whore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Jean-Jean

  • The Red Sweater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Charlie, le journaliste

  • The Bit Between the Teeth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Bosc

  • No Trifling with Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Bridaine

  • The Question (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Claude

  • Police Commissioner Moulin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 1 episode · as Max

  • Little Marcel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Actor

  • The Story of Paul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as L'Italien

  • The French Calvinists (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Jean-Baptiste Fort

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 97 titles from 1972 to 2023; peak year 2010.

Biggest box office

Coco (2009)

$26M worldwide

Highest rated

Buffet Froid (1979)

Midcredits 86th

Most popular right now

Dead Weight (2002)

Film career

19722023

Peak 2010 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1979Screen debut· Memoirs of a French Whore
  • 2010Career best· A Cat in Paris

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting96 of 97: 96 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score44thDirecting1 of 97: 1 only directing, 0 with another role

By decade

1970s10 · acting1980s20 · 19 acting · 1 crew1990s23 · acting2000s28 · acting2010s11 · acting2020s5 · acting

Billing

usually 8th · top billed in 0% of 28 roles
79849409

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Jean Benguigui's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 43rd percentile, the median of all 22; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Approval · how many liked their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Reach · how many have seen their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Midcredits score across 24 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 24 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned3
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · actor

La baie d'Alger (2012)

67th percentile spread · 20% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Buffet Froid (1979)

Midcredits 86th · 75% liked

Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Jean Benguigui work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jean Benguigui's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Richard Berry shares the most, 3.

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers