Richard Joseph Maurice Anconina (born January 28, 1953 in Paris) is a French actor of Moroccan Sephardic Jewish descent.
After a string of minor/background roles, he became famous in The '80s with the role of Youseff Bensoussan alongside Coluche in 1983's Tchao Pantin earning him a César award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and another for Most Promising Actor.
His biggest success is probably the film series La Vérité si je mens!.
Selected roles:
- Inspector Blunder (1980) as Philou
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1983 musical by Robert Hossein)
- Tchao Pantin (1983) as Youseff Bensoussan
- Police (1985) as Lambert
- Lévy and Goliath (1987) as Moses Lévy
- La Vérité si je mens! (film series) as Édouard "Eddie" Vuibert
- La Vérité si je mens! (1997)
- La Vérité si je mens! 2 (2001)
- La Vérité si je mens! 3 (2012)
- Bolt (2008, French dub) as Bolt
