Amidou
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 2, 1935
- Died
- Sep 19, 2013 (aged 78)
- Place of birth
- Rabat, French Morocco
- Credits
- 56
From Wikipedia
Hamidou Benmessaoud (Arabic: حميدو بنمسعود; 2 August 1935 – 19 September 2013), best known as Amidou, was a Moroccan-French film, television and stage actor.
Born in Rabat, at 17 Amidou moved to Paris to attend the CNSAD. In 1968 he made his debut on stage, in Jean Genet's Les paravents.
Amidou is probably best known for his association with director Claude Lelouch, with whom he has shot eleven films, including the Lelouch's film debut Le propre de l'homme (1960). He made his debut in a Maroccan film in 1969, starring in Soleil de printemps directed by Latif Lahlou. His career includes roles in Spaghetti Westerns like Buddy Goes West and several American productions, including William Friedkin's Sorcerer, John Frankenheimer's Ronin and John Huston's Escape to Victory.
In 1969 Amidou was awarded best actor at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival for his role in Life Love Death by Claude Lelouch, later he won best actor awards at the Cairo Film Festival (for Pursuit by Leila Triquie) and at the Tangier Film Festival (for Rachid Boutounes' Here and There). In 2005, he received at the hands of Martin Scorsese a Lifetime Career Award at the International Film Festival of Marrakech. He was also the first Moroccan actor to have won an acting award at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art.
Amidou died on 19 September 2013 in Paris, France. He was 78.
Known for
Filmography
Aïcha : Vacances infernales
2012Movie
M. Bouamaza
Aïcha : La grande débrouille
2011Movie
M. Bouamaza
Aïcha : Job à tout prix
2011Movie
Mr. Bouamaza
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
2010Movie
Lakdar
Aïcha
2009Movie
M. Bouamaza
Ali Baba and the 40 thieves
2007Movie
Le Caliphe
Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
2007TV
le Khalif
Argana
2007Movie
Hamou
Heaven's Doors
2006Movie
Here and There
2004Movie
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
2002Movie
l'inspecteur de police
Une histoire d'amour
2002Movie
Spy Game
2001Movie
Sheik's Doctor
Rules of Engagement
2000Movie
Dr. Ahmar
Hideous Kinky
1999Movie
Sufi Sheikh
Ronin
1998Movie
Man at Exchange
Vivement dimanche
1998TV
Self
Joséphine, Guardian Angel
1997TV
Farid
Soleil
1997Movie
Mokzar
Lalla Hobby
1996Movie
Unveiled
1994Movie
Det. Brahms
The Big Pardon 2
1992Movie
Si Ali
The Beautiful Story
1992Movie
Le berger
Hot Chocolate
1992Movie
Beauregard
There Were Days... and Moons
1990Movie
Le motard au radar
Brothers in Arms
1989Movie
Le Kabyle
The Passenger
1987Movie
Bitter Champagne
1986Movie
Slim
The Night Wears Suspenders
1985Movie
Farewell Fred
1985Movie
Poupée
Les p’tites têtes
1982Movie
Prince Douzami
Escape to Victory
1981Movie
André
Les Avocats du Diable
1981Movie
Leader of the FLN
Buddy Goes West
1981Movie
Girolamo / Eagle Eye
Sorcerer
1977Movie
Kassem / 'Martinez'
Rosebud
1975Movie
Kirkbane
Man in the Trunk
1973Movie
Abdul
The Punishment
1973Movie
Raymond
3000 Million Without an Elevator
1972Movie
José
Touch and Go
1971Movie
Ali
Smic, Smac, Smoc
1971Movie
Robert 'Smoc'
The Crook
1970Movie
Bill
Countdown to Vengeance
1970Movie
Macias
Life Love Death
1969Movie
François Toledo
Soleil de Printemps
1969Movie
Heartbeat
1968Movie
Etienne
The Girl Across the Way
1968Movie
Womanizer
Sorrel Flower
1967Movie
Francis, le porte-flingue d'Albert Roza
Live for Life
1967Movie
photographe
Les grands moments
1966Movie
Roger Amy
Brigade Anti Gangs
1966Movie
'Nez Cassé'
To Be a Crook
1965Movie
Amidou
La parole est au témoin
1963Movie
(voice)
Thé a la menthe
1962Movie
Flore et Blancheflore
1961Movie
L'aubergiste
The Right of Man
1961Movie