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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 2, 1935
Died
September 19, 2013
Place of Birth
Rabat, Morocco
Also Known As
- Hamidou Benmassoud
- Amidou Ben Messaoud
Amidou
1.1 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.2
M. Bouamaza
Aïcha : Vacances infernales
2012
6.2
M. Bouamaza
Aïcha : La grande débrouille
2011
5.3
Mr. Bouamaza
Aïcha : Job à tout prix
2011
6.2
Lakdar
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
2010
6.3
M. Bouamaza
Aïcha
2009
5.4
Le Caliphe
Ali Baba and the 40 thieves
2007
5.0
le Khalif
Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
2007
0.0
Hamou
Argana
2007
4.0
Heaven's Doors
2006
0.0
Here and There
2004
Credits
Aïcha : Vacances infernales
as M. Bouamaza
2012
6.2
Aïcha : La grande débrouille
as M. Bouamaza
2011
6.2
Aïcha : Job à tout prix
as Mr. Bouamaza
2011
5.3
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
as Lakdar
2010
6.2
Aïcha
as M. Bouamaza
2009
6.3
Ali Baba and the 40 thieves
as Le Caliphe
2007
5.4
Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
as le Khalif
2007
5.0
Argana
as Hamou
2007
0.0
Heaven's Doors
2006
4.0
Here and There
2004
0.0
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
as l'inspecteur de police
2002
5.6
🎬
Une histoire d'amour
2002
0.0
Spy Game
as Sheik's Doctor
2001
6.9
Rules of Engagement
as Dr. Ahmar
2000
6.3
Hideous Kinky
as Sufi Sheikh
1999
6.0
Ronin
as Man at Exchange
1998
7.0
Vivement dimanche
as Self
1998
3.0
Joséphine, Guardian Angel
as Farid
1997
5.8
Soleil
as Mokzar
1997
6.1
Lalla Hobby
1996
0.0
🎬
Unveiled
as Det. Brahms
1994
2.5
The Big Pardon 2
as Si Ali
1992
5.8
The Beautiful Story
as Le berger
1992
7.1
Hot Chocolate
as Beauregard
1992
1.5
There Were Days... and Moons
as Le motard au radar
1990
6.3
Brothers in Arms
as Le Kabyle
1989
6.8
The Passenger
1987
9.5
Bitter Champagne
as Slim
1986
0.0
The Night Wears Suspenders
1985
4.7
Farewell Fred
as Poupée
1985
2.5
Les p’tites têtes
as Prince Douzami
1982
7.0
Escape to Victory
as André
1981
6.9
Les Avocats du Diable
as Leader of the FLN
1981
10.0
Buddy Goes West
as Girolamo / Eagle Eye
1981
6.2
Sorcerer
as Kassem / "Martinez"
1977
7.4
Rosebud
as Kirkbane
1975
4.7
Man in the Trunk
as Abdul
1973
6.3
The Punishment
as Raymond
1973
4.7
3000 Million Without an Elevator
as José
1972
5.1
Touch and Go
as Ali
1971
5.0
Smic, Smac, Smoc
as Robert 'Smoc'
1971
5.2
The Crook
as Bill
1970
7.1
Countdown to Vengeance
as Macias
1970
5.7
Life Love Death
as François Toledo
1969
5.0
Soleil de Printemps
1969
0.0
Heartbeat
as Etienne
1968
6.4
The Girl Across the Way
as Womanizer
1968
1.0
Sorrel Flower
as Francis, le porte-flingue d'Albert Roza
1967
4.9
Live for Life
as photographe
1967
6.2
Les grands moments
as Roger Amy
1966
0.0
Brigade Anti Gangs
as 'Nez Cassé'
1966
6.5
To Be a Crook
as Amidou
1965
5.6
La parole est au témoin
as (voice)
1963
10.0
🎬
Thé a la menthe
1962
0.0
The Right of Man
1961
0.0