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Zakaria Sherif Zaki (born January 18, 1990), commonly known as Zeeko Zaki (Egyptian Arabic: زيكو زكي),[1][2] is an Egyptian-born American actor best known for his role portraying Special Agent Omar Adom "O. A." Zidan on Dick Wolf's FBI.[3]

Zeeko Zaki
Born	Zakaria Sherif Zaki (1990-01-18) January 18, 1990 (age 32) Alexandria, Egypt
Nationality	Egyptian American
Alma mater	Temple University
Occupation	Actor, Model
Years active	2012–present
Notable work	FBI (TV series)

Early life

Zaki was born in Alexandria, Egypt, and emigrated with his parents Emon and Sherif Zaki to the United States at one month of age. Zaki's maternal grandparents emigrated to the US before he and his parents arrived.[4] His extended family remained in Egypt. During his childhood Zaki spent summers in his hometown and his aunt has a villa in Agami Region where he and his relatives gather.[5] He grew up in West Chester, Pennsylvania. His mother manages a salon in Wilmington, Delaware and his father is a stylist. Zaki has two younger siblings, a brother, Zeyad and a sister, Zeina.[6]

Career

He discovered a passion for acting during his freshman year high school performance of Seussical at Unionville High School; he graduated from Unionville High School. He also acted in the community theatre group Unionville Players. He briefly attended Temple University.

In 2010 Zaki moved to North Carolina working in theater before auditioning for television roles. He appeared in bit part roles in various films and television series before landing recurring roles in Six and 24: Legacy, portraying antagonists, and in Valor, in which he portrayed a door gunner of a U.S. Army special operations aviation unit. Zaki was cast in his first lead role playing Agent Zidan in Dick Wolf's procedural show FBI. The role was originally written for a Latino actor but Wolf was impressed by Zaki's audition tape and changed the character's ethnicity to mirror Zaki's background.[7][8]

Zaki said that he wants to prove to the world that Muslims and Arabs aren't terrorists as is commonly believed.[9]

Personal life

Zaki is a Muslim[2][10][11] and he spoke Egyptian Arabic at home until the age of six.[10]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Homeland	Sergeant	1 episode
	Revolution	Militia Soldier	1 episode
2013	Under the Dome	Customer #2	1 episode
2014	The Game	Cameron	1 episode
2015	Satisfaction	Russell	2 episodes
2016	The Inspectors	Dario Resta	1 episode
2017	Six	Akmal Barayev	Recurring character, 8 episodes
	24: Legacy	Hamid	Recurring character, 7 episodes
	The Night Shift	Duke	2 episodes
	Daytime Divas	Cab Driver	1 episode
	NCIS: Los Angeles	Aimon Shah	3 episodes
2017–2018	Valor	Staff Sergeant Matt Darzi	Recurring role
2018–present	FBI	Omar Adom "OA" Zidan	Main role
2020	FBI: Most Wanted		Guest role
2021	FBI: International		Guest role

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	The Therapy Session	Michael	short film
	Stuck in Love	Gus
2013	Heart of the Country	Prisoner
	McDuffy: The Urban Eagle	Chocolate Pretzel	short film
2014	Tuesday	Andrew's Friend	short film
2015	Max	Afghan Policeman
	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip	Paparazzo
2016	Allegiant	Factionless Squad Leader
2018	Escape Plan 2: Hades	MDLF Soldier

References

External links

• Zeeko Zaki at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Zeeko Zaki

Zeeko Zaki (* 18. Januar 1990 in Alexandria, Ägypten) ist ein ägyptisch-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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- [en] Zeeko Zaki

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[es] Zeeko Zaki

Zeeko Zaki (en árabe: زيكو زكي‎;[1] Alejandría; 18 de enero de 1990)[2][3] es un actor estadounidense, conocido por interpretar al agente especial Omar Adom «OA» Zidan, en la serie de televisión FBI, de la cadena televisiva CBS.[4]

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