Acting
GenderMale
BirthdayAugust 1, 1935 (89 years old)
Place of BirthRabat, Morocco
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.
Rosebud
Hot Chocolate
Rules of Engagement
Soleil
The Girl Across the Way
Life Love Death
Ronin
To Be a Crook
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
The Beautiful Story
Heartbeat
Sorcerer
Buddy Goes West
Sorrel Flower
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
Man in the Trunk
La parole est au témoin
Live for Life
Thé a la menthe
Les grands moments
Les Avocats du Diable
The Crook
Farewell Fred
Brothers in Arms
Lalla Hobby
Les p’tites têtes
Unveiled
Touch and Go
Brigade Anti Gangs
Aïcha
Aïcha : La grande débrouille
Aïcha : Vacances infernales
Aïcha : Job à tout prix
The Punishment
Soleil de Printemps
Bitter Champagne
Hideous Kinky
Countdown to Vengeance
Smic, Smac, Smoc
Heaven's Doors
Spy Game
Une histoire d'amour
The Right of Man
Escape to Victory
Ali Baba and the 40 thieves
The Big Pardon 2
Argana
Here and There
The Night Wears Suspenders
3000 Million Without an Elevator
Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
Vivement dimanche
Joséphine, Guardian Angel