Amidou

Acting

Amidou

Born August 2, 1935 · Rabat, French Morocco

Died September 19, 2013 · aged 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…

Known For

Spy GameSpy Game · 2001
Spy Game
6.92001
MovieActionCrime
On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.
RoninRonin · 1998
Ronin
7.01998
MovieActionThriller
A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of recovering the case.
Rules of EngagementRules of Engagement · 2000
Rules of Engagement
6.22000
MovieWarDrama
A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen.
SorcererSorcerer · 1977
Sorcerer
7.51977
MovieThrillerAdventure
Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.
Escape to VictoryEscape to Victory · 1981
Escape to Victory
6.91981
MovieDramaWar
A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime.
Aïcha : Vacances infernalesAïcha : Vacances infernales · 2012
Aïcha : Vacances infernales
6.22012
MovieComedyDrama
Lalla HobbyLalla Hobby · 1996
Lalla Hobby
10.01996
Movie
As Haj Moussa is caught by border guards while trying to reach Gibraltar in a small boat, he is sent to prison, and his family tries to help him return home, while his wife tries to procure money for the household and run the business.
Hideous KinkyHideous Kinky · 1999
Hideous Kinky
6.01999
MovieRomanceDrama
In 1972, disenchanted about the dreary conventions of English life, 25-year-old Julia heads for Morocco with her daughters, six-year-old Lucy and precocious eight-year-old Bea.

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