11 Facts About Malik Zidi

Malik Zidi was born on 14 February 1975 and is a French film, television and theatre actor.

Malik Zidi is a Cesar Award recipient for Most Promising Actor.

Malik Zidi was born in Chatenay-Malabry to a Kabyle Algerian father and a Breton mother.

Malik Zidi spent his formative years in Saint-Maur-des-Fosses, a suburb of Paris.

Malik Zidi made his first film appearance in the 1998 Sebastien Lifshitz-directed Les Corps ouverts.

In 2000, Malik Zidi was chosen by director Francois Ozon to appear as the troubled, lovelorn, bisexual youth Franz in the Teddy Award-winning film Water Drops on Burning Rocks.

Malik Zidi followed up with roles in the 2002 Antoine Santana-directed Un moment de bonheur opposite Isild Le Besco, earning his second Cesar Award nomination for Most Promising Actor.

In 2006, Malik Zidi appeared in the Emmanuel Bourdieu-drama Les Amities malefiques.

The film won the SACD Screenwriting Award and Malik Zidi was nominated for a Cesar Award, winning the Award for Most Promising Actor 2007.

In 2020, Malik Zidi penned his first novel L'ombre du soir, which was published by Editions Anne Carriere.

Malik Zidi lists Michel Piccoli and Laurent Terzieff as his "heroes" and is a jazz aficionado.