Amidou
ActingFrom 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
Ronin
Man at Exchange
Spy Game
Sheik's Doctor
Sorcerer
Kassem / "Martinez"
Escape to Victory
André
Rules of Engagement
Dr. Ahmar
Rosebud
Kirkbane
Hideous Kinky
Sufi Sheikh
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
Lakdar
The Beautiful Story
Le berger
Buddy Goes West
Girolamo / Eagle Eye
Filmography — Acting
Ronin
Man at Exchange
Spy Game
Sheik's Doctor
Sorcerer
Kassem / "Martinez"
Escape to Victory
André
Rules of Engagement
Dr. Ahmar
Rosebud
Kirkbane
Hideous Kinky
Sufi Sheikh
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
Lakdar
The Beautiful Story
Le berger
Buddy Goes West
Girolamo / Eagle Eye
The Punishment
Raymond
The Big Pardon 2
Si Ali
Touch and Go
Ali
Soleil
Mokzar
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
l'inspecteur de police
Unveiled
Det. Brahms
Hot Chocolate
Beauregard
Ali Baba and the 40 thieves
Le Caliphe
Heartbeat
Etienne
Brothers in Arms
Le Kabyle
The Crook
Bill
Live for Life
photographe
Countdown to Vengeance
Macias
The Night Wears Suspenders
There Were Days... and Moons
Le motard au radar
Man in the Trunk
Abdul
Sorrel Flower
Francis, le porte-flingue d'Albert Roza
Brigade Anti Gangs
'Nez Cassé'
Bitter Champagne
Slim
The Girl Across the Way
Womanizer
Life Love Death
François Toledo
To Be a Crook
Amidou
Aïcha : La grande débrouille
M. Bouamaza
Aïcha
M. Bouamaza
Farewell Fred
Poupée
Smic, Smac, Smoc
Robert 'Smoc'
La parole est au témoin
(voice)
Heaven's Doors
Les Avocats du Diable
Leader of the FLN
Argana
Hamou
Aïcha : Job à tout prix
Mr. Bouamaza
Les p’tites têtes
Prince Douzami
3000 Million Without an Elevator
José
Here and There
Les grands moments
Roger Amy
Thé a la menthe
The Right of Man
Aïcha : Vacances infernales
M. Bouamaza
Soleil de Printemps
Lalla Hobby
