Amidou

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: Acting

Born: Rabat, Morocco, 1935-08-02

Died: 2013-09-19

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1961	The Right of Man		0
2	1962	Thé a la menthe		0
3	1963	La parole est au témoin	(voice)	100
4	1965	To Be a Crook	Amidou	56
5	1966	Brigade Anti Gangs	'Nez Cassé'	66
6	1966	Les grands moments	Roger Amy	0
7	1967	Live for Life	photographe	62
8	1967	Sorrel Flower	Francis, le porte-flingue d'Albert Roza	53
9	1968	The Girl Across the Way	Womanizer	10
10	1968	Heartbeat	Etienne	64
11	1969	Soleil de Printemps		0
12	1969	Life Love Death	François Toledo	54
13	1970	Countdown to Vengeance	Macias	61
14	1970	The Crook	Bill	71
15	1971	Touch and Go	Ali	46
16	1971	Smic, Smac, Smoc	Robert 'Smoc'	52
17	1972	3000 Million Without an Elevator	José	51
18	1973	The Punishment	Raymond	48
19	1973	Man in the Trunk	Abdul	64
20	1975	Rosebud	Kirkbane	49
21	1977	Sorcerer	Kassem / "Martinez"	74
22	1981	Buddy Goes West	Girolamo / Eagle Eye	62
23	1981	Les Avocats du Diable	Leader of the FLN	100
24	1981	Escape to Victory	André	69
25	1982	Les p’tites têtes	Prince Douzami	70
26	1985	Farewell Fred	Poupée	25
27	1985	The Night Wears Suspenders		51
28	1986	Bitter Champagne	Slim	0
29	1989	Brothers in Arms	Le Kabyle	68
30	1990	There Were Days... and Moons	Le motard au radar	65
31	1992	Hot Chocolate	Beauregard	17
32	1992	The Beautiful Story	Le berger	71
33	1992	The Big Pardon 2	Si Ali	59
34	1994	Unveiled	Det. Brahms	27
35	1996	Lalla Hobby		0
36	1997	Soleil	Mokzar	66
37	1998	Ronin	Man at Exchange	70
38	1999	Hideous Kinky	Sufi Sheikh	61
39	2000	Rules of Engagement	Dr. Ahmar	62
40	2001	Spy Game	Sheik's Doctor	69
41	2002	Une histoire d'amour		0
42	2002	And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...	l'inspecteur de police	58
43	2004	Here and There		0
44	2006	Heaven's Doors		40
45	2007	Argana	Hamou	0
46	2007	Ali Baba and the 40 thieves	Le Caliphe	54
47	2009	Aïcha	M. Bouamaza	63
48	2010	Comme les 5 doigts de la main	Lakdar	62
49	2011	Aïcha : Job à tout prix	Mr. Bouamaza	53
50	2011	Aïcha : La grande débrouille	M. Bouamaza	62
51	2012	Aïcha : Vacances infernales	M. Bouamaza	62

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1997	Joséphine, Guardian Angel	Farid	59
2	1998	Vivement dimanche	Self	30
3	2007	Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves	le Khalif	50

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