Amidou
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1935-08-02
Day of Death
2013-09-19 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Rabat, Morocco
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.
Acting
(2012)
Aïcha : Vacances infernales
as M. Bouamaza
(2011)
Aïcha : Job à tout prix
as Mr. Bouamaza
(2011)
Aïcha : La grande débrouille
as M. Bouamaza
(2010)
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
as Lakdar
(2009)
Aïcha
as M. Bouamaza
(2007)
Ali Baba and the 40 thieves
as Le Caliphe
(2007)
Argana
as Hamou
(2006)
(2004)
(2002)
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
as l'inspecteur de police
(2002)
(2001)
Spy Game
as Sheik's Doctor
(2000)
Rules of Engagement
as Dr. Ahmar
(1999)
Hideous Kinky
as Sufi Sheikh
(1998)
Ronin
as Man at Exchange
(1997)
Soleil
as Mokzar
(1996)
(1994)
Unveiled
as Det. Brahms
(1992)
Hot Chocolate
as Beauregard
(1992)
The Beautiful Story
as Le berger
(1992)
The Big Pardon 2
as Si Ali
(1989)
Brothers in Arms
as Le Kabyle
(1986)
Bitter Champagne
as Slim
(1985)
Farewell Fred
as Poupée
(1985)
(1982)
Les p’tites têtes
as Prince Douzami
(1981)
Escape to Victory
as André
(1981)
Buddy Goes West
as Girolamo / Eagle Eye
(1981)
Les Avocats du Diable
as Leader of the FLN
(1977)
Sorcerer
as Kassem / 'Martinez'
(1975)
Rosebud
as Kirkbane
(1973)
The Punishment
as Raymond
(1973)
Man in the Trunk
as Abdul
(1972)
(1971)
Smic, Smac, Smoc
as Robert 'Smoc'
(1971)
Touch and Go
as Ali
(1970)
The Crook
as Bill
(1970)
Countdown to Vengeance
as Macias
(1969)
Life Love Death
as François Toledo
(1969)
(1968)
Heartbeat
as Etienne
(1968)
The Girl Across the Way
as Womanizer
(1967)
Sorrel Flower
as Francis, le porte-flingue d'Albert Roza
(1967)
Live for Life
as photographe
(1966)
Brigade Anti Gangs
as Nez Cassé
(1966)
Les grands moments
as Roger Amy
(1965)
To Be a Crook
as Amidou
(1963)
La parole est au témoin
as (voice)
(1962)
(1961)