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Amidou

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1935-08-02

Birth Place

Rabat, Morocco

Movies and TV shows :

3000 Million Without an Elevator

3000 Million Without an Elevator

1972

5.1

Movie
Aïcha

Aïcha

2009

6.3

Movie
Aïcha : Job à tout prix

Aïcha : Job à tout prix

2011

5.3

Movie
Aïcha : La grande débrouille

Aïcha : La grande débrouille

2011

6.2

Movie
Aïcha : Vacances infernales

Aïcha : Vacances infernales

2012

6.2

Movie
Ali Baba and the 40 thieves

Ali Baba and the 40 thieves

2007

5.5

Movie
poster

Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves

2007

5.0

TV
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...

2002

5.6

Movie
Argana

Argana

2007

0.0

Movie
Bitter Champagne

Bitter Champagne

1986

0.0

Movie
Brigade Anti Gangs

Brigade Anti Gangs

1966

6.6

Movie
Brothers in Arms

Brothers in Arms

1989

6.8

Movie
Buddy Goes West

Buddy Goes West

1981

6.1

Movie
Comme les 5 doigts de la main

Comme les 5 doigts de la main

2010

6.0

Movie
Countdown to Vengeance

Countdown to Vengeance

1970

5.9

Movie
Escape to Victory

Escape to Victory

1981

6.9

Movie
Farewell Fred

Farewell Fred

1985

4.0

Movie
Heartbeat

Heartbeat

1968

6.5

Movie
Heaven's Doors

Heaven's Doors

2006

4.0

Movie
Here and There

Here and There

2004

0.0

Movie
Hideous Kinky

Hideous Kinky

1999

6.1

Movie
Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate

1992

2.0

Movie
poster

Joséphine, Guardian Angel

1997

5.7

TV
La parole est au témoin

La parole est au témoin

1963

10.0

Movie
Lalla Hobby

Lalla Hobby

1996

0.0

Movie
Les Avocats du Diable

Les Avocats du Diable

1981

10.0

Movie
Les grands moments

Les grands moments

1966

0.0

Movie
Les p’tites têtes

Les p’tites têtes

1982

7.0

Movie
Life Love Death

Life Love Death

1969

5.1

Movie
Live for Life

Live for Life

1967

6.3

Movie
Man in the Trunk

Man in the Trunk

1973

6.4

Movie
Ronin

Ronin

1998

7.0

Movie
Rosebud

Rosebud

1975

4.9

Movie
Rules of Engagement

Rules of Engagement

2000

6.2

Movie
Smic, Smac, Smoc

Smic, Smac, Smoc

1971

5.1

Movie
Soleil

Soleil

1997

6.6

Movie
Soleil de Printemps

Soleil de Printemps

1969

0.0

Movie
Sorcerer

Sorcerer

1977

7.4

Movie
Sorrel Flower

Sorrel Flower

1967

5.3

Movie
Spy Game

Spy Game

2001

6.9

Movie
Thé a la menthe

Thé a la menthe

1962

0.0

Movie
The Beautiful Story

The Beautiful Story

1992

7.0

Movie
The Big Pardon 2

The Big Pardon 2

1992

6.1

Movie
The Crook

The Crook

1970

7.0

Movie
The Girl Across the Way

The Girl Across the Way

1968

1.0

Movie
The Night Wears Suspenders

The Night Wears Suspenders

1985

5.1

Movie
The Punishment

The Punishment

1973

5.0

Movie
The Right of Man

The Right of Man

1961

0.0

Movie
To Be a Crook

To Be a Crook

1965

5.8

Movie
Touch and Go

Touch and Go

1971

4.6

Movie
Une histoire d'amour

Une histoire d'amour

2002

0.0

Movie
Unveiled

Unveiled

1994

3.5

Movie
poster

Vivement dimanche

1998

3.2

TV