Amidou
Acting
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...
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Highest rated appearances
Filmography
Brothers in Arms
as Le Kabyle
The Passenger
Bitter Champagne
as Slim
The Night Wears Suspenders
Farewell Fred
as Poupée
Les p’tites têtes
as Prince Douzami
Escape to Victory
as André
Les Avocats du Diable
as Leader of the FLN
Buddy Goes West
as Girolamo / Eagle Eye
Life Love Death
as François Toledo
Soleil de Printemps
Heartbeat
as Etienne
The Girl Across the Way
as Womanizer
Sorrel Flower
as Francis, le porte-flingue d'Albert Roza
Live for Life
as photographe
Les grands moments
as Roger Amy
Brigade Anti Gangs
as 'Nez Cassé'
To Be a Crook
as Amidou
La parole est au témoin
as (voice)
Thé a la menthe
Flore et Blancheflore
as L'aubergiste
The Right of Man