Amidou

**Hamidou Benmessaoud** (; 2 Agusta 1935 - 19 Satumba 2013), wanda aka fi sani da **Amidou**, mai shirya fim ɗin Moroccan-Faransa ne, talabijin, da ɗan wasan kwaikwayo.

An haife shi a Rabat, a 17 Amidou ya koma Paris don halartar CNAD. A cikin shekarar 1968 ya fara fim a mataki na farko, a cikin Paravents na Jean Genet 's *Les*. 

Amidou ya fi saninsa da haɗin gwiwa tare da darekta Claude Lelouch, wanda ya yi fina-finai goma sha ɗaya tare da shi, ciki har da fim ɗin Lelouch na farko *Le propre de l'homme* (1960).  Ya fara fitowa a wani fim na Morocco a shekarar 1969, wanda ya zama tauraro a cikin *Soleil de printemps* wanda Latif Lahlou ya jagoranta.  Ayyukansa sun haɗa da matsayi a cikin Spaghetti Westerns kamar *Buddy Goes West* da kuma shirye-shiryen Amurka da yawa, ciki har da William Friedkin 's , John Frankenheimer 's  da John Huston 's *Escape to Nasara*. 

A cikin shekarar 1969, Amidou ya sami kyautar mafi kyawun ɗan wasa a Bikin Fina-Finai na Duniya na Rio de Janeiro saboda rawar da ya taka a fim ɗin *Mutuwar Rayuwa* ta Claude Lelouch,  kuma daga baya ya sami lambobin yabo mafi kyawun jarumai a bikin Fim na Alkahira (don *neman* Leila Triquie) kuma a bikin Fim na Tangier (for Rachid Boutounes's Here and There). His career included 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]]*. A cikin shekarar 2005 ya karɓi, daga hannun Martin Scorsese, Kyautar Ma'aikata ta Rayuwa a Bikin Fim na Duniya na Marrakech.  Shi ne kuma ɗan wasan Morocco na farko da ya samu lambar yabo ta wasan kwaikwayo a National Conservatory of Dramatic Art.

Amidou ya mutu a ranar 19 ga watan Satumba, 2013 a Paris, Faransa, daga rashin lafiya da ba a bayyana ba. 

## Filmography
**[[Le propre de l'homme]]* (1961)
**[[Une fille et des fusils]]* (1965) – Amidou
**[[The Grand Moments]]* (1966) – Roger Amy
**[[Brigade antigangs]]* (1966) – Broken Nose
**[[Live for Life]]* (1967) – Photographer
**Fleur d'oseille* (1967) – Francis
**La Fille d'en face* (1968) – The seducer
**[[La Chamade (film)|La Chamade]]* (1968) – Etienne
**[[Life Love Death]]* (1969) – François Toledo
**Soleil de printemps* (1969)
**[[Le Voyou]]* (1970) – Bill
**Comptes à rebours* (1971) – Macyas
**[[Smic Smac Smoc]]* (1971) – Smoc
**La Poudre d'escampette* (1971) – Ali
**[[Trois milliards sans ascenseur]]* (1972) – José
**What a Flash!* (1972)
**La Punition* (1973) – Raymond
**La Valise* (1973) – Lieutenant Abdul Fouad
**[[Rosebud (1975 film)|Rosebud]]* (1975) – Kirkbane
**[[Sorcerer (film)|Sorcerer]]* (1977) – Kassem / Martinez
**[[Buddy Goes West]]* (1981) – Girolamo / Eagle Eye
**[[Escape to Victory]]* (1981) – André
**Les P'tites Têtes* (1982) – Prince Douzami
**Afghanistan pourquoi ?* (1983)
**[[La Nuit porte-jarretelles]]* (1985)
**[[Adieu Blaireau]]* (1985) – Poupée
**[[Catherine (1986 TV series)|Catherine]]* (1986) – Abou-al-Khayr (TV Series)
**Champagne amer* (1989) – Slim
**L'union sacrée* (1989) – Le Kabyle
**[[There Were Days... and Moons]]* (1990) – The incredulous policeman
**[[La Belle Histoire]]* (1992) – The shepherd
**[[Day of Atonement (film)|Day of Atonement]]* (1992) – Si Ali
**Unveiled* (1994) – Det. Brahms
**Lalla Hobby* (1996) – Haj Moussa
**Soleil* (1997) – Mokzar
**[[Ronin (film)|Ronin]]* (1998) – Man at Exchange
**[[Hideous Kinky (film)|Hideous Kinky]]* (1998) – Sufi Sheikh
**[[Rules of Engagement (film)|Rules of Engagement]]* (2000) – Dr. Ahmar
**[[Spy Game]]* (2001) – Dr. Ahmed
**[[And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...]]* (2002) – Police Inspector
**Heaven's Doors* (2006) – Mansour
**Moussem lamchaoucha* (2009) – Haj Lamfadel
**Comme les cinq doigts de la main* (2010) – Lakdar

## Gidan wasan kwaikwayo

## Manazarta