Malik Zidi (born 14 February 1975) is a French film, television and
theatre actor. He is a César Award recipient for Most Promising
Actor.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.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. Malik Zidi Top Movies & Young Movies