1975-02-14 ( 50 years old ) in Saint Maur des Fossés, France
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.
Movies
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Flavors of Iraq
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The Soul Eater
2024-04-24
Sons of Ramses
2023-03-01
What's Wrong with My Family?
2022-10-11
Oxygen
2021-05-12
The Color of Kings
2020-09-06
Towards the Battle
2019-11-01
Play
2019-09-04
Whatever Happened to My Revolution
2019-02-06
Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti
2017-09-20
Marie Curie
2016-12-01
Daguerrotype
2016-10-15
Made in France
2015-10-04
The Assistant
2015-09-02
The Sky of the Centaur
2015-03-16
Wolfy: The Incredible Secret
2013-12-18
The Marchers
2013-11-27
Amaro amore
2013-05-24
You, Me and Us
2012-12-26
Lines of Wellington
2012-10-04
Berthe Morisot
2012-09-13
The Gordji Affair
2012-02-11
Rebellion
2011-11-16
Après moi
2010-06-20
The Queen of Clubs
2010-01-13
La mort n'oublie personne
2009-05-05
Pardon My French
2009-03-25
Ex
2009-02-06
Clara
2008-11-07
Le baiser
2008-08-29
Miroir, mon beau miroir
2008-06-27
Les Zygs, le secret des disparus
2007-05-15
Jacquou the Rebel
2007-01-17
The Great Meaulnes
2006-10-04
Poison Friends
2006-09-27
Beyond the Ocean
2006-07-02
Looking for Cheyenne
2005-04-01
Changing Times
2004-12-08
Old Goriot
2004-11-09
Sissi, the Rebellious Empress
2004-06-15
My Children Are Different
2003-07-23
Almost Peaceful
2002-12-18
A Moment of Happiness
2002-03-06
Her Mother, the Whore
2001-05-30
Water Drops on Burning Rocks
2000-03-15
Place Vendôme
1998-10-07
L'Onzième Commandement
1998-09-15
Open Bodies
1998-06-23
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