Name
Amidou
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1935-08-02
Deathday
2013-09-19 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Rabat, French Morocco
Biography
From Wikipedia
Hamidou Benmessaoud (Arabic: Øميدو 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
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- 1975 Rosebud as Kirkbane
- 1992 Hot Chocolate as Beauregard
- 2000 Rules of Engagement as Dr. Ahmar
- 1997 Soleil as Mokzar
- 1968 The Girl Across the Way as Womanizer
- 1969 Life Love Death as François Toledo
- 1998 Ronin as Man at Exchange
- 1965 To Be a Crook as Amidou
- 2010 Comme les 5 doigts de la main as Lakdar
- 1992 The Beautiful Story as Le berger
- 1968 Heartbeat as Etienne
- 1977 Sorcerer as Kassem / 'Martinez'
- 1981 Buddy Goes West as Girolamo / Eagle Eye
- 1967 Sorrel Flower as Francis, le porte-flingue d'Albert Roza
- 2002 And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... as l'inspecteur de police
- 1973 Man in the Trunk as Abdul
- 1963 La parole est au témoin as (voice)
- 1967 Live for Life as photographe
- 1962 Thé a la menthe
- 1966 Les grands moments as Roger Amy
- 1981 Les Avocats du Diable as Leader of the FLN
- 1970 The Crook as Bill
- 1985 Farewell Fred as Poupée
- 1989 Brothers in Arms as Le Kabyle
- 1996 Lalla Hobby
- 1982 Les p’tites têtes as Prince Douzami
- 1994 Unveiled as Det. Brahms
- 1971 Touch and Go as Ali
- 1966 Brigade Anti Gangs as 'Nez Cassé'
- 2009 Aïcha as M. Bouamaza
- 2011 Aïcha : La grande débrouille as M. Bouamaza
- 2012 Aïcha : Vacances infernales as M. Bouamaza
- 2011 Aïcha : Job à tout prix as Mr. Bouamaza
- 1973 The Punishment as Raymond
- 1969 Soleil de Printemps
- 1986 Bitter Champagne as Slim
- 1999 Hideous Kinky as Sufi Sheikh
- 1970 Countdown to Vengeance as Macias
- 1971 Smic, Smac, Smoc as Robert 'Smoc'
- 2006 Heaven's Doors
- 2001 Spy Game as Sheik's Doctor
- 2002 Une histoire d'amour
- 1961 The Right of Man
- 1981 Escape to Victory as André
- 2007 Ali Baba and the 40 thieves as Le Caliphe
- 1992 The Big Pardon 2 as Si Ali
- 2007 Argana as Hamou
- 2004 Here and There
- 1985 The Night Wears Suspenders
- 1972 3000 Million Without an Elevator as José
- 1990 There Were Days... and Moons as Le motard au radar
- 1987 The Passenger
- 1961 Flore et Blancheflore as L'aubergiste
- 2007 Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves ( 2 episodes ) as le Khalif
- 1998 Vivement dimanche ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 Joséphine, Guardian Angel ( 1 episode ) as Farid
