Amidou
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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.
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Películas (54)
Aïcha : Vacances infernales
2012 · M. Bouamaza
Aïcha : La grande débrouille
2011 · M. Bouamaza
Aïcha : Job à tout prix
2011 · Mr. Bouamaza
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
2010 · Lakdar
Aïcha
2009 · M. Bouamaza
Ali Baba and the 40 thieves
2007 · Le Caliphe
Argana
2007 · Hamou
Heaven's Doors
2006
Here and There
2004
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
2002 · l'inspecteur de police
Une histoire d'amour
2002
Spy Game
2001 · Sheik's Doctor
Rules of Engagement
2000 · Dr. Ahmar
Hideous Kinky
1999 · Sufi Sheikh
Ronin
1998 · Man at Exchange
Soleil
1997 · Mokzar
Lalla Hobby
1996
Unveiled
1994 · Det. Brahms
The Big Pardon 2
1992 · Si Ali
The Beautiful Story
1992 · Le berger
Hot Chocolate
1992 · Beauregard
There Were Days... and Moons
1990 · Le motard au radar
Brothers in Arms
1989 · Le Kabyle
The Passenger
1987
Bird of The Orient
1986
Bitter Champagne
1986 · Slim
The Night Wears Suspenders
1985
Farewell Fred
1985 · Poupée
Les p’tites têtes
1982 · Prince Douzami
Escape to Victory
1981 · André
Les Avocats du Diable
1981 · Leader of the FLN
Buddy Goes West
1981 · Girolamo / Eagle Eye
Sorcerer
1977 · Kassem / 'Martinez'
Rosebud
1975 · Kirkbane
Man in the Trunk
1973 · Abdul
The Punishment
1973 · Raymond
3000 Million Without an Elevator
1972 · José
Touch and Go
1971 · Ali
Smic, Smac, Smoc
1971 · Robert 'Smoc'
The Crook
1970 · Bill
Countdown to Vengeance
1970 · Macias
Life Love Death
1969 · François Toledo
Soleil de Printemps
1969
Heartbeat
1968 · Etienne
The Girl Across the Way
1968 · Womanizer
Sorrel Flower
1967 · Francis, le porte-flingue d'Albert Roza
Live for Life
1967 · photographe
Les grands moments
1966 · Roger Amy
Brigade Anti Gangs
1966 · 'Nez Cassé'
To Be a Crook
1965 · Amidou
La parole est au témoin
1963 · (voice)
Thé a la menthe
1962
Flore et Blancheflore
1961 · L'aubergiste
The Right of Man
1961
