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Malik Zidi

Malik Zidi

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.

When Fall Is Coming

2024

as Laurent

The Soul Eater

2024

as Fabrice Gonnet

Enquête Parallèle

2023

as Remi

Sons of Ramses

2023

as Michaël

What's Wrong with My Family?

2022

as Mathieu

Oxygen

2021

as Léo Ferguson

Gloria

2021

as Denis Gauvin

The Color of Kings

2020

as Nadji

Towards the Battle

2019

as Louis

Play

2019

as Mathias

Disturbing Disappearances

2019

as Ludovic Minghetti

Whatever Happened to My Revolution

2019

as Saïd

Nox

2018

as Raphaël Berger

Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti

2017

as Henri Vallin

Marie Curie

2016

as André-Louis Debierne

Daguerrotype

2016

as Thomas

Made in France

2015

as Sam

The Assistant

2015

as Thomas

The Sky of the Centaur

2015

Wolfy: The Incredible Secret

2013

as Loulou

The Marchers

2013

as Philippe, le RG

Amaro amore

2013

as Andrè

You, Me and Us

2012

as Victor

Lines of Wellington

2012

as Octave Ségur

Berthe Morisot

2012

as Edouard Manet

The Gordji Affair

2012

as Luc Delair

Rebellion

2011

as JP Perrot

Mysteries of Lisbon

2010

as Viscount of Armagnac

Après moi

2010

as Hugo

The Queen of Clubs

2010

as Aurélien

La mort n'oublie personne

2009

as Jean Ricouart

Pardon My French

2009

as Antoine

Ex

2009

as Marc

Clara

2008

as Johannes Brahms

Le baiser

2008

as Le garçon

Miroir, mon beau miroir

2008

as Lepic

Jacquou the Rebel

2007

as Touffu

The Great Meaulnes

2006

as Franz

Poison Friends

2006

as Eloi Duhaut

Beyond the Ocean

2006

as Bruno

The Accursed Kings

2005

as Philippe VI de Valois

Looking for Cheyenne

2005

as Pierre

Changing Times

2004

as Sami

Old Goriot

2004

as Eugène de Rastignac

Sissy is the Rebellious Empress

2004

as Rodolphe

Les Thibault

2003

as Jacques Thibault

My Children Are Different

2003

as Thomas

Almost Peaceful

2002

as Joseph

Un moment de bonheur

2002

as Philippe

Her Mother, the Whore

2001

as Bimbo

Water Drops on Burning Rocks

2000

as Franz

Place Vendôme

1998

as Sam's Son

L'Onzième Commandement

1998

Open Bodies

1998

as Classmate

Quartier libre

Que demande le peuple

Incarnation