Amidou
Born August 02, 1935 (Age: 90)
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Rabat, Morocco
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.
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.
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Filmography
Argana
2007
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as Hamou
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Age: 71
Here and There
2004
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as
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Age: 69
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
2002
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as l'inspecteur de police
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Age: 66
No Image
Une histoire d'amour
2002
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as
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Age: 66
Spy Game
2001
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as Sheik's Doctor
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Age: 66
Rules of Engagement
2000
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as Dr. Ahmar
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Age: 64
Hideous Kinky
1999
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as Sufi Sheikh
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Age: 63
Ronin
1998
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as Man at Exchange
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Age: 63
Soleil
1997
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as Mokzar
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Age: 61
Lalla Hobby
1996
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as
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Age: 61
The Big Pardon 2
1992
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as Si Ali
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Age: 57
The Beautiful Story
1992
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as Le berger
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Age: 56
Hot Chocolate
1992
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as Beauregard
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Age: 56
There Were Days... and Moons
1990
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as Le motard au radar
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Age: 54
Brothers in Arms
1989
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as Le Kabyle
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Age: 53
The Passenger
1987
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as
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Age: 51
The Night Wears Suspenders
1985
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as
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Age: 49
Farewell Fred
1985
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as Poupée
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Age: 49
Escape to Victory
1981
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as André
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Age: 45
Les Avocats du Diable
1981
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as Leader of the FLN
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Age: 45
Buddy Goes West
1981
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as Girolamo / Eagle Eye
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Age: 45
Sorcerer
1977
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as Kassem / "Martinez"
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Age: 41
Man in the Trunk
1973
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as Abdul
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Age: 38
The Punishment
1973
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as Raymond
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Age: 37
3000 Million Without an Elevator
1972
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as José
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Age: 37
Life Love Death
1969
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as François Toledo
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Age: 33
Soleil de Printemps
1969
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as
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Age: 33
The Girl Across the Way
1968
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as Womanizer
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Age: 32
To Be a Crook
1965
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as Amidou
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Age: 29
La parole est au témoin
1963
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as (voice)
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Age: 28
No Image
Thé a la menthe
1962
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as
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Age: 26
The Right of Man
1961
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as
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Age: 26