Question: The man best known for his three collaborations with director Michael Haneke in film follows an upper-class French couple who are terrorized by anonymous tapes was a what?
Context: Michael H – Profession: Director (German: "Michael Haneke – Porträt eines Film-Handwerkers" ) is a 2013 documentary film directed by Yves Montmayeur about the Austrian film director Michael Haneke. Maurice Bénichou (born 1943; Tlemcen, French Algeria) is a French actor.  His best known roles include three collaborations with director Michael Haneke ("Code inconnu", "Le Temps du Loup", and "Caché"), and a part in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "Amélie".  He has also played in Peter Brook's 1989 film version of "The Mahabharata". After Lucia (Spanish: Después de Lucía ) is a 2012 Mexican drama film directed by Michel Franco.  The film competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival where it won the top prize.  The film was also selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.  The style of the film has been described as being influenced by Austrian director Michael Haneke. The Seventh Continent (German: Der siebente Kontinent ) is a 1989 Austrian drama film directed by Michael Haneke.  It is Haneke's debut feature film, reportedly inspired by a true story of an Austrian middle-class family that committed suicide.  The film chronicles the last years of the European family, which consists of Georg, an engineer; his wife Anna, an optician; and their young daughter, Eva.  They lead routine urban middle-class lives, with hopes of escaping to Australia to start a new life, but suddenly decide to destroy themselves without any apparent reason.  The film was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. Time of the Wolf (French: "Le temps du loup" ) is a 2003 French dystopian post-apocalyptic drama film written and directed by Austrian director Michael Haneke.  It was released theatrically in 2003.  Set in France at an undisclosed time, the film follows the story of a family: Georges, Anne (Isabelle Huppert), and their two children, Eva (Anaïs Demoustier) and Ben (Lucas Biscombe).  The film also stars Olivier Gourmet and Serge Riaboukine. Amour (] ; French: "Love") is a 2012 French-language romantic drama film written and directed by the Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke, starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert.  The narrative focuses on an elderly couple, Anne and Georges, who are retired music teachers with a daughter who lives abroad.  Anne suffers a stroke which paralyses her on the right side of her body.  The film is a co-production among the French, German, and Austrian companies Les Films du Losange, X-Filme Creative Pool, and Wega Film. The Castle (German: "Das Schloß" ) is a 1997 film by Austrian director Michael Haneke.  It is an adaptation of Franz Kafka's absurdist novel released theatrically in Germany, The Czech Republic, Japan, Canada, and the USA and on television in Austria. Peter Brunette (September 18, 1943 – June 16, 2010) was a film critic and film historian.  He was the author of several books, including biographies of Italian directors Roberto Rossellini and Michelangelo Antonioni.  Brunette’s last completed work was a book about Austrian director Michael Haneke, published in February 2010. Michael Haneke (] ; born 23 March 1942) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter best known for films such as "Funny Games" (1997), "Caché" (2005), "The White Ribbon" (2009) and "Amour" (2012).  His work often examines social issues, and depicts the feelings of estrangement experienced by individuals in modern society.  Haneke has worked in television‚ theatre and cinema.  Besides working as a filmmaker, Haneke also teaches film direction at the Film Academy Vienna. Caché ] , titled Hidden in the UK and Ireland, is a 2005 French psychological thriller written and directed by Michael Haneke.  Starring Daniel Auteuil as Georges and Juliette Binoche as his wife Anne, the film follows an upper-class French couple who are terrorized by anonymous tapes that appear on their front porch and hint at Georges's childhood memories.
Answer: a French actor