Amidou
Acting • Born 1935-08-02 – Died 2013-09-19
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.
Filmography
55 credits
Rosebud
Movie • 1975
Kirkbane
Hot Chocolate
Movie • 1992
Beauregard
Rules of Engagement
Movie • 2000
Dr. Ahmar
Soleil
Movie • 1997
Mokzar
The Girl Across the Way
Movie • 1968
Womanizer
Life Love Death
Movie • 1969
François Toledo
Ronin
Movie • 1998
Man at Exchange
To Be a Crook
Movie • 1965
Amidou
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
Movie • 2010
Lakdar
The Beautiful Story
Movie • 1992
Le berger
Heartbeat
Movie • 1968
Etienne
Sorcerer
Movie • 1977
Kassem / "Martinez"
Buddy Goes West
Movie • 1981
Girolamo / Eagle Eye
Sorrel Flower
Movie • 1967
Francis, le porte-flingue d'Albert Roza
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
Movie • 2002
l'inspecteur de police
Man in the Trunk
Movie • 1973
Abdul
La parole est au témoin
Movie • 1963
(voice)
Live for Life
Movie • 1967
photographe
Thé a la menthe
Movie • 1962
Les grands moments
Movie • 1966
Roger Amy
Les Avocats du Diable
Movie • 1981
Leader of the FLN
The Crook
Movie • 1970
Bill
Farewell Fred
Movie • 1985
Poupée
Brothers in Arms
Movie • 1989
Le Kabyle
Lalla Hobby
Movie • 1996
Les p’tites têtes
Movie • 1982
Prince Douzami
Unveiled
Movie • 1994
Det. Brahms
Touch and Go
Movie • 1971
Ali
Brigade Anti Gangs
Movie • 1966
'Nez Cassé'
Aïcha
Movie • 2009
M. Bouamaza
Aïcha : La grande débrouille
Movie • 2011
M. Bouamaza
Aïcha : Vacances infernales
Movie • 2012
M. Bouamaza
Aïcha : Job à tout prix
Movie • 2011
Mr. Bouamaza
The Punishment
Movie • 1973
Raymond
Soleil de Printemps
Movie • 1969
Bitter Champagne
Movie • 1986
Slim
Hideous Kinky
Movie • 1999
Sufi Sheikh
Countdown to Vengeance
Movie • 1970
Macias
Smic, Smac, Smoc
Movie • 1971
Robert 'Smoc'
Heaven's Doors
Movie • 2006
Spy Game
Movie • 2001
Sheik's Doctor
Une histoire d'amour
Movie • 2002
The Right of Man
Movie • 1961
Escape to Victory
Movie • 1981
André
Ali Baba and the 40 thieves
Movie • 2007
Le Caliphe
The Big Pardon 2
Movie • 1992
Si Ali
Argana
Movie • 2007
Hamou
Here and There
Movie • 2004
The Night Wears Suspenders
Movie • 1985
3000 Million Without an Elevator
Movie • 1972
José
There Were Days... and Moons
Movie • 1990
Le motard au radar
The Passenger
Movie • 1987
Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
TV • 2007
le Khalif
Vivement dimanche
TV • 1998
Self
Joséphine, Guardian Angel
TV • 1997
Farid