Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 02, 1935
Died
Sep 19, 2013
Place of Birth
Rabat, French Morocco
Credits
56 titles
Amidou
Biography
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
M. Bouamaza
Aïcha : La grande débrouille
M. Bouamaza
Aïcha : Job à tout prix
Mr. Bouamaza
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
Lakdar
Aïcha
M. Bouamaza
Ali Baba and the 40 thieves
Le Caliphe
Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
le Khalif
Argana
Hamou
Heaven's Doors
Here and There
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
l'inspecteur de police
Une histoire d'amour
Spy Game
Sheik's Doctor
Rules of Engagement
Dr. Ahmar
Hideous Kinky
Sufi Sheikh
Ronin
Man at Exchange
Vivement dimanche
Self
Joséphine, Guardian Angel
Farid
Soleil
Mokzar
Lalla Hobby
Unveiled
Det. Brahms
The Big Pardon 2
Si Ali
The Beautiful Story
Le berger
Hot Chocolate
Beauregard
There Were Days... and Moons
Le motard au radar
Brothers in Arms
Le Kabyle
The Passenger
Bitter Champagne
Slim
The Night Wears Suspenders
Farewell Fred
Poupée
Les p’tites têtes
Prince Douzami
Escape to Victory
André
Les Avocats du Diable
Leader of the FLN
Buddy Goes West
Girolamo / Eagle Eye
Sorcerer
Kassem / 'Martinez'
Rosebud
Kirkbane
Man in the Trunk
Abdul
The Punishment
Raymond
3000 Million Without an Elevator
José
Smic, Smac, Smoc
Robert 'Smoc'
Touch and Go
Ali
The Crook
Bill
Countdown to Vengeance
Macias
Life Love Death
François Toledo
Soleil de Printemps
Heartbeat
Etienne
The Girl Across the Way
Womanizer
Sorrel Flower
Francis, le porte-flingue d'Albert Roza
Live for Life
photographe
Les grands moments
Roger Amy