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Amidou

Amidou

Known for ActingBorn 1935-08-02Died 2013-09-19Rabat, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Lalla Hobby10.0
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Lalla Hobby

1996 · Movie

La parole est au témoin10.0
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La parole est au témoin

1963 · Movie

The Passenger9.5
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The Passenger

1987 · Movie

Les p’tites têtes8.5
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Les p’tites têtes

1982 · Movie

Les Avocats du Diable8.5
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Les Avocats du Diable

1981 · Movie

Bitter Champagne8.0
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Bitter Champagne

1986 · Movie

Soleil de Printemps8.0
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Soleil de Printemps

1969 · Movie

Les grands moments8.0
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Les grands moments

1966 · Movie

Sorcerer7.4
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Sorcerer

1977 · Movie

The Beautiful Story7.1
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The Beautiful Story

1992 · Movie

Ronin7.0
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Ronin

1998 · Movie

Spy Game6.9
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Spy Game

2001 · Movie

The Crook7.1
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The Crook

1970 · Movie

Escape to Victory6.9
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Escape to Victory

1981 · Movie

Thé a la menthe
7.0
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Thé a la menthe

1962 · Movie

Brothers in Arms6.7
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Brothers in Arms

1989 · Movie

Soleil6.4
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Soleil

1997 · Movie

Aïcha6.3
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Aïcha

2009 · Movie

Aïcha : Vacances infernales6.2
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Aïcha : Vacances infernales

2012 · Movie

Aïcha : La grande débrouille6.2
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Aïcha : La grande débrouille

2011 · Movie

Comme les 5 doigts de la main6.2
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Comme les 5 doigts de la main

2010 · Movie

Rules of Engagement6.3
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Rules of Engagement

2000 · Movie

There Were Days... and Moons6.3
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There Were Days... and Moons

1990 · Movie

Heartbeat6.5
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Heartbeat

1968 · Movie

Brigade Anti Gangs6.5
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Brigade Anti Gangs

1966 · Movie

Man in the Trunk6.3
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Man in the Trunk

1973 · Movie

Live for Life6.4
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Live for Life

1967 · Movie

Buddy Goes West6.2
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Buddy Goes West

1981 · Movie

Hideous Kinky6.0
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Hideous Kinky

1999 · Movie

Joséphine, Guardian Angel6.0
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Joséphine, Guardian Angel

1997 · Series

The Big Pardon 25.9
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The Big Pardon 2

1992 · Movie

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...5.8
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And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...

2002 · Movie

Countdown to Vengeance5.8
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Countdown to Vengeance

1970 · Movie

Ali Baba and the 40 thieves5.4
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Ali Baba and the 40 thieves

2007 · Movie

To Be a Crook5.8
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To Be a Crook

1965 · Movie

Aïcha : Job à tout prix5.3
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Aïcha : Job à tout prix

2011 · Movie

3000 Million Without an Elevator5.6
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3000 Million Without an Elevator

1972 · Movie

Smic, Smac, Smoc5.5
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Smic, Smac, Smoc

1971 · Movie

Life Love Death5.5
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Life Love Death

1969 · Movie

The Night Wears Suspenders5.3
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The Night Wears Suspenders

1985 · Movie

Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves5.0
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Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves

2007 · Series

Rosebud5.3
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Rosebud

1975 · Movie

Sorrel Flower5.2
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Sorrel Flower

1967 · Movie

Touch and Go5.2
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Touch and Go

1971 · Movie

Farewell Fred5.0
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Farewell Fred

1985 · Movie

The Punishment4.6
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The Punishment

1973 · Movie

Heaven's Doors4.0
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Heaven's Doors

2006 · Movie

The Girl Across the Way4.0
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The Girl Across the Way

1968 · Movie