Malik Zidi
Known for Acting · 63 credits
- Born
- 1975-02-14 (age 51)
- Place of birth
- Saint Maur des Fossés, France
- Also known as
- 맬릭 지디 · Malik Zidi · マリック・ジディ
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.
Known For
TV Shows (9)
The Accursed Kings
2005
as Philippe VI de Valois
Disturbing Disappearances
2019
as Ludovic Minghetti
Mysteries of Lisbon
2011
as Visconde de Armagnac
Enquête parallèle
2023
as Remi
Nox
2018
as Raphaël Berger
Le Rouge et le Noir
2026
as Abbé Pirard
Gloria
2021
as Denis Gauvin
Les Thibault
2003
as Jacques Thibault
Passe-muraille
as Jonas Renck
Movies (54)
Oxygen
2021
as Léo Ferguson
Ex
2009
as Marc
When Fall Is Coming
2024
as Laurent
Water Drops on Burning Rocks
2000
as Franz
Pardon My French
2009
as Antoine
The Soul Eater
2024
as Fabrice Gonnet
Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti
2017
as Henri Vallin
Marie Curie
2016
as André-Louis Debierne
Place Vendôme
1998
as Sam's Son
Daguerrotype
2016
as Thomas
Rebellion
2011
as JP Perrot
The Great Meaulnes
2006
as Franz
The Assistant
2015
as Thomas
Almost Peaceful
2002
as Joseph
Lines of Wellington
2012
as Octave Ségur
Made in France
2015
as Sam
Sissi, the Rebellious Empress
2004
as Rodolphe
Jacquou the Rebel
2007
as Touffu
Play
2019
as Mathias Adler
Sons of Ramses
2023
as Michaël
Old Goriot
2004
as Eugène de Rastignac
The Marchers
2013
as Philippe, le RG
What's Wrong with My Family?
2022
as Mathieu
Changing Times
2004
as Sami
You, Me and Us
2012
as Victor
The Gordji Affair
2012
as Luc Delair
Looking for Cheyenne
2005
as Pierre
Clara
2008
as Johannes Brahms
Berthe Morisot
2012
as Edouard Manet
Beyond the Ocean
2006
as Bruno
My Children Are Different
2003
as Thomas
Her Mother, the Whore
2001
as Bimbo
Whatever Happened to My Revolution
2019
as Saïd
Wolfy: The Incredible Secret
2013
as Loulou
The Sky of the Centaur
2017
Towards the Battle
2019
as Louis
Flavors of Iraq
2024
Que demande le peuple
The Queen of Clubs
2010
as Aurélien
Mysteries of Lisbon
2010
as Visconde de Armagnac
A Moment of Happiness
2002
as Philippe
Les Zygs, le Secret des Disparus
2007
as Jean / Béjean
Amaro amore
2013
as Andrè
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
2014
as Bertilak / Le Chevalier Vert
Incarnation
Miroir, mon beau miroir
2008
as Lepic
Le baiser
2008
as Boy
Après moi
2010
as Hugo
Le Refuge
Poison Friends
2006
as Eloi Duhaut
Open Bodies
1998
as Classmate
La mort n'oublie personne
2009
as Jean Ricouart
The Color of Kings
2020
as Nadji
L'Onzième Commandement
1998
About 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, Zi… With 63 credits spanning from 1998 to 2026, Malik Zidi has appeared in 54 films and 9 TV shows.
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Most Popular Malik Zidi Movies
- Oxygen (2021) — as Léo Ferguson
- Ex (2009) — as Marc
- When Fall Is Coming (2024) — as Laurent
- Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000) — as Franz
- Pardon My French (2009) — as Antoine
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