Malik Zidi

Malik Zidi

Birthdate
February 14, 1975 (49 years old)
Place of Birth
Saint Maur des Fossés, France
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
February 14, 1975 (49 years old)
Place of Birth
Saint Maur des Fossés, France
Known For
Acting

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 Antoine Santana-directed Un moment de bonheur (English: One Moment of Happiness) opposite Isild Le Besco, earning his second César Award nomination for Most Promising Actor. In 2004, he appeared in the André Téchiné-directed romantic drama Les Temps qui changent (English release title: Changing Times) as Sami, the bisexual son of Cécile (portrayed by Catherine Deneuve), who visits his parents in Tangiers so that he may visit his Moroccan boyfriend. The film also starred actor Gérard Depardieu and was nominated for a Satellite Award. Zidi received his third César Award nomination.

In 2006, Zidi appeared in the Emmanuel Bourdieu-drama Les Amitiés maléfiques (English release title: Poison Friends). The film was showcased at the Cannes Film Festival and Bourdieu received the Critics Week Grand Prize and the Grand Golden Rail. The film also won the SACD Screenwriting Award and Zidi was once again nominated for a César Award, winning the Award for Most Promising Actor 2007.

In addition to film, Zidi has appeared in numerous television roles.

In 2020, Zidi penned his first novel L'ombre du soir, which was published by Éditions Anne Carrière.

Malik Zidi's LGBTQ+ Titles

Water Drops on Burning Rocks
Water Drops on Burning Rocks
Franz

Acting (57)

Incarnation
Quartier libre
Que demande le peuple
2024
When Fall Is Coming as Laurent
2024
The Soul Eater as Fabrice Gonnet
2023
Enquête Parallèle as Remi (1 episode)
2023
Sons of Ramses as Michaël
2022
What's Wrong with My Family? as Mathieu
2021
Oxygen as Léo Ferguson
2021
Gloria as Denis Gauvin (6 episodes)
2020
The Color of Kings as Nadji
2019
Towards the Battle as Louis
2019
Play as Mathias
2019
Disturbing Disappearances as Ludovic Minghetti (1 episode)
2019
Whatever Happened to My Revolution as Saïd
2018
Nox as Raphaël Berger (6 episodes)
2017
Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti as Henri Vallin
2016
Marie Curie as André-Louis Debierne
2016
Daguerrotype as Thomas
2015
Made in France as Sam
2015
The Assistant as Thomas
2015
The Sky of the Centaur
2013
Wolfy: The Incredible Secret as Loulou
2013
The Marchers as Philippe, le RG
2013
Amaro amore as Andrè
2012
You, Me and Us as Victor
2012
Lines of Wellington as Octave Ségur
2012
Berthe Morisot as Edouard Manet
2012
The Gordji Affair as Luc Delair
2011
Rebellion as JP Perrot
2010
Mysteries of Lisbon as Viscount of Armagnac
2010
Après moi as Hugo
2010
The Queen of Clubs as Aurélien
2009
La mort n'oublie personne as Jean Ricouart
2009
Pardon My French as Antoine
2009
Ex as Marc
2008
Clara as Johannes Brahms
2008
Le baiser as Le garçon
2008
Miroir, mon beau miroir as Lepic
2007
Jacquou the Rebel as Touffu
2006
The Great Meaulnes as Franz
2006
Poison Friends as Eloi Duhaut
2006
Beyond the Ocean as Bruno
2005
The Accursed Kings as Philippe VI de Valois (5 episodes)
2005
Looking for Cheyenne as Pierre
2004
Changing Times as Sami
2004
Old Goriot as Eugène de Rastignac
2004
Sissy is the Rebellious Empress as Rodolphe
2003
Les Thibault as Jacques Thibault (4 episodes)
2003
My Children Are Different as Thomas
2002
Almost Peaceful as Joseph
2002
Un moment de bonheur as Philippe
2001
Her Mother, the Whore as Bimbo
1998
Place Vendôme as Sam's Son
1998
L'Onzième Commandement
1998
Open Bodies as Classmate