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Amidou‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1935-08-02

Popularity

star2.6

Amidou

Rabat, Morocco

Amidou

Rabat, Morocco

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1935-08-02

Popularity

star2.6

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.

Movie Credits

Rosebud

Rosebud‌
star4.9
calendar 1975

Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate‌
star2.0
calendar 1992

Rules of Engagement

Rules of Engagement‌
star6.2
calendar 2000

Soleil

Soleil‌
star6.6
calendar 1997

The Girl Across the Way

The Girl Across the Way‌
star1.0
calendar 1968

Life Love Death

Life Love Death‌
star5.1
calendar 1969

Ronin

Ronin‌
star7.0
calendar 1998

To Be a Crook

To Be a Crook‌
star5.8
calendar 1965

Comme les 5 doigts de la main

Comme les 5 doigts de la main‌
star6.1
calendar 2010

The Beautiful Story

The Beautiful Story‌
star7.1
calendar 1992

Heartbeat

Heartbeat‌
star6.5
calendar 1968

Sorcerer

Sorcerer‌
star7.4
calendar 1977

Buddy Goes West

Buddy Goes West‌
star6.1
calendar 1981

Sorrel Flower

Sorrel Flower‌
star5.3
calendar 1967

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...‌
star5.6
calendar 2002

Man in the Trunk

Man in the Trunk‌
star6.4
calendar 1973

La parole est au témoin

La parole est au témoin‌
star10.0
calendar 1963

Live for Life

Live for Life‌
star6.3
calendar 1967

Thé a la menthe

Thé a la menthe‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

Les grands moments

Les grands moments‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

Les Avocats du Diable

Les Avocats du Diable‌
star10.0
calendar 1981

The Crook

The Crook‌
star7.1
calendar 1970

Farewell Fred

Farewell Fred‌
star4.0
calendar 1985

Brothers in Arms

Brothers in Arms‌
star6.8
calendar 1989

Lalla Hobby

Lalla Hobby‌
star0.0
calendar 1996

Les p’tites têtes

Les p’tites têtes‌
star7.0
calendar 1982

Unveiled

Unveiled‌
star3.5
calendar 1994

Touch and Go

Touch and Go‌
star4.5
calendar 1971

Brigade Anti Gangs

Brigade Anti Gangs‌
star6.2
calendar 1966

Aïcha : Vacances infernales

Aïcha : Vacances infernales‌
star6.2
calendar 2012

Aïcha : La grande débrouille

Aïcha : La grande débrouille‌
star6.2
calendar 2011

Aïcha : Job à tout prix

Aïcha : Job à tout prix‌
star5.3
calendar 2011

Aïcha

Aïcha‌
star6.3
calendar 2009

Soleil de Printemps

Soleil de Printemps‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

The Punishment

The Punishment‌
star5.0
calendar 1973

Bitter Champagne

Bitter Champagne‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

Hideous Kinky

Hideous Kinky‌
star6.1
calendar 1998

Countdown to Vengeance

Countdown to Vengeance‌
star5.9
calendar 1970

Smic, Smac, Smoc

Smic, Smac, Smoc‌
star5.1
calendar 1971

Heaven's Doors

Heaven's Doors‌
star4.0
calendar 2006

Spy Game

Spy Game‌
star6.9
calendar 2001

Une histoire d'amour

Une histoire d'amour‌
star0.0
calendar 2002

The Right of Man

The Right of Man‌
star0.0
calendar 1961

Escape to Victory

Escape to Victory‌
star6.9
calendar 1981

Ali Baba and the 40 thieves

Ali Baba and the 40 thieves‌
star5.5
calendar 2007

The Big Pardon 2

The Big Pardon 2‌
star6.1
calendar 1992

Argana

Argana‌
star0.0
calendar 2007

Here and There

Here and There‌
star0.0
calendar 2004

The Night Wears Suspenders

The Night Wears Suspenders‌
star5.1
calendar 1985

3000 Million Without an Elevator

3000 Million Without an Elevator‌
star4.9
calendar 1972

Tv Credits

Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves

Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves‌
star5.0
calendar 2007

Vivement dimanche

Vivement dimanche‌
star2.8
calendar 1998