Amidou
Acting
Born 1935-08-02
Died 2013-09-19
Rabat, French Morocco
56 credits
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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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Filmography
Acting
47 credits
Vivement dimanche
Joséphine, Guardian Angel
Spy Game
Sorcerer
Escape to Victory
Ronin
Rules of Engagement
Hideous Kinky
The Crook
Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
Buddy Goes West
Aïcha : La grande débrouille
Aïcha
Aïcha : Vacances infernales
Countdown to Vengeance
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
Rosebud
Hot Chocolate
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
The Punishment
Ali Baba and the 40 thieves
The Big Pardon 2
Heartbeat
Live for Life
Touch and Go
Brigade Anti Gangs
Bitter Champagne
Smic, Smac, Smoc
There Were Days... and Moons
Sorrel Flower
Brothers in Arms
3000 Million Without an Elevator
The Girl Across the Way
The Beautiful Story
Unveiled
Flore et Blancheflore
Soleil
Man in the Trunk
Farewell Fred
Les Avocats du Diable
Life Love Death
Les grands moments
Les p’tites têtes
To Be a Crook
Aïcha : Job à tout prix
Argana
La parole est au témoin
Other credits
9 credits
Lalla Hobby
Une histoire d'amour
Heaven's Doors
The Night Wears Suspenders
Thé a la menthe
The Passenger
The Right of Man
Soleil de Printemps
Here and There
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