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Malik Zidi

Malik Zidi

Actor · Born 1975-02-14 · Saint Maur des Fossés, France

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Biography

Malik Zidi was born in Châtenay-Malabry to a Kabyle Algerian father and a Breton mother. He spent his formative years in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, a suburb of Paris. Zidi abandoned his conventional studies early to concentrate on a career in comedy. Following courses at the Théâtre Véronique Nordey, and the Théâtre de Proposition in Paris, he briefly studied acrobatics and mime at the Théâtre de la Piscine and cinema at the Studio Pygmalion. Zidi made his first film appearance in the 1998 Sébastien Lifshitz-directed Les Corps ouverts. In 2000, Zidi was chosen by director François Ozon to appear as the troubled, lovelorn, bisexual youth Franz in the Teddy Award-winning film Water Drops on Burning Rocks (French:Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes). The film was based on the play Tropfen auf heisse Steine by German film director and screenwriter Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The film is a four-part comedy-drama shot entirely on one set and featuring only four actors: Zidi, Bernard Giraudeau, Ludivine Sagnier and American actress Anna Levine. Zidi's role in Water Drops on Burning Rocks garnered him his first of four César Award nominations. Malik Zidi followed up with roles in the 2002 Anto…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Oxygen (2021) — Léo Ferguson
  2. Ex (2009) — Marc
  3. Play (2019) — Mathias Adler
  4. When Fall Is Coming (2024) — Laurent
  5. The Soul Eater (2024) — Fabrice Gonnet
  6. Made in France (2015) — Sam
  7. Jacquou the Rebel (2007) — Touffu
  8. Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000) — Franz
  9. Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti (2017) — Henri Vallin
  10. Rebellion (2011) — JP Perrot
  11. Marie Curie (2016) — André-Louis Debierne
  12. The Marchers (2013) — Philippe, le RG
  13. Sons of Ramses (2023) — Michaël
  14. Place Vendôme (1998) — Sam's Son
  15. Whatever Happened to My Revolution (2019) — Saïd
  16. Daguerrotype (2016) — Thomas
  17. Lines of Wellington (2012) — Octave Ségur
  18. The Great Meaulnes (2006) — Franz
  19. Changing Times (2004) — Sami
  20. Poison Friends (2006) — Eloi Duhaut
  21. Nox (2018) — Raphaël Berger
  22. Almost Peaceful (2002) — Joseph
  23. The Queen of Clubs (2010) — Aurélien
  24. Wolfy: The Incredible Secret (2013) — Loulou
  25. The Assistant (2015) — Thomas
  26. Gloria (2021) — Denis Gauvin
  27. Old Goriot (2004) — Eugène de Rastignac
  28. Towards the Battle (2019) — Louis
  29. Mysteries of Lisbon (2011) — Visconde de Armagnac
  30. Looking for Cheyenne (2005) — Pierre
  31. Clara (2008) — Johannes Brahms
  32. The Accursed Kings (2005) — Philippe VI de Valois
  33. Disturbing Disappearances (2019) — Ludovic Minghetti
  34. A Moment of Happiness (2002) — Philippe
  35. Sissi, the Rebellious Empress (2004) — Rodolphe
  36. Pardon My French (2009) — Antoine
  37. Amaro amore (2013) — Andrè
  38. Open Bodies (1998) — Classmate
  39. La mort n'oublie personne (2009) — Jean Ricouart
  40. You, Me and Us (2012) — Victor