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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · When Fall Is Coming as Laurent
- 2024 · The Soul Eater as Fabrice Gonnet
- 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
- 2020 · The Color of Kings as Nadji
- 2019 · Towards the Battle as Louis
- 2019 · Play as Mathias
- 2019 · Disturbing Disappearances as Ludovic Minghetti
- 2019 · Whatever Happened to My Revolution as Saïd
- 2018 · Nox as Raphaël Berger
- 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 as
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 2000 · Water Drops on Burning Rocks as Franz
- 1998 · Place Vendôme as Sam's Son
- 1998 · L'Onzième Commandement as
- 1998 · Open Bodies as Classmate
- 2024 · Quartier libre as
- 2024 · Que demande le peuple as
- 2024 · Incarnation as