Mourad Zaoui (; born 23 April 1980) is a
Moroccan actor.
Biography
Mourad Zaoui was born in the
Aïn Sebaâ
Aïn Sebaâ () is an arrondissement of eastern Casablanca, in the Aïn Sebaâ - Hay Mohammadi district of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Af ...
district of
Casablanca, Morocco
Casablanca (, ) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic coast of the Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a population of about 3.22 million in the urb ...
, on 23 April 1980. He is the oldest of two sons born to Mostapha and Khadija Zaoui.
After earning his bachelor's degree in business communication at the Lycée Elbilia in Casablanca in 1999, he moved to
New York City
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to study English at
Queens College
Queens College (QC) is a public college in the New York City borough of Queens. Part of the City University of New York system, Queens College occupies an campus primarily located in Flushing.
Queens College was established in 1937 and offe ...
. It was there that he discovered his passion for theatre and cinema.
In 2002, however, Mourad’s father was diagnosed with lung cancer, whereupon Mourad returned to Morocco to care for his father and take over his family’s shoe manufacturing business. After his father’s death in 2004, Mourad decided to pursue his dream of becoming an actor.
In 2005, at the age of 25, Mourad was cast as the lead role in his first feature film, Wake Up Morocco. His first film role proved to be a difficult experience, as Mourad suffered from injuries from a motorcycle accident right before filming, as well as an appendicitis attack during filming. Despite these initial hurdles, Mourad persevered in his acting career, moving on to being cast in more than 60 film and television projects in Morocco and around the world.
When he is not acting, Mourd enjoys surfing, fashion, motor sports, and martial arts.
Filmography
Film
* Wake Up Morocco (2006)
* Les larmes d'argent (2007)
*
Française (2008)
*
Kandisha (2008)
* H'rash (Short) (2009)
*
You Kiss like a God / Líbáš jako Bůh (2009)
*
Smile
A smile is a facial expression formed primarily by flexing the muscles at the sides of the mouth. Some smiles include a contraction of the muscles at the corner of the eyes, an action known as a Duchenne smile.
Among humans, a smile expresses d ...
(2009)
* La grande villa (2010)
* The Liturgy Series (Video) (2010)
* The Shepherd (Short) (2011)
* Casa Riders (Short) (2011)
* The End (2011)
* Salam Ghourba (Short) (2011)
* Chaala (Short) (2012)
*
Líbáš jako ďábel
''Líbáš jako ďábel'' (You Kiss Like a Devil) is a 2012 Czech comedy directed by Marie Poledňáková. It is a sequel to Poledňáková's 2009 comedy '' You Kiss like a God'' and includes the lead cast from the previous film, Jiří Barto ...
(2012)
* La vie des autres (2013)
* À l'aube, un 19 février (2013)
*
Né quelque part (2013)
*
Exit Marrakech / Morocco (2013)
*
Rock the Casbah
"Rock the Casbah" is a song by the English punk rock band The Clash, released in 1982 as the second single from their fifth album, ''Combat Rock''. It reached number eight on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in the US (their only top 10 single ...
(2013)
*
The Physician (2013)
*
Desert Dancer (2014)
*
SAGA, l'histoire des hommes qui ne reviennent jamais (2014)
* Atlantic. (2014)
* The Gospel of John (2014)
* The Gospel of Matthew (2014)
* The Gospel of Mark (2015)
* The Gospel of Luke (2015)
* Chaïbia (2015)
* Un pari Pimente (2015)
* The Foreigner (Short) (2015)
* The Green March (2016)
Television
* Les larmes d'argent (2007)
*
Nuclear Secrets
''Nuclear Secrets'', aka ''Spies, Lies and the Superbomb'', is a 2007 BBC Television docudrama series which looks at the race for nuclear supremacy from the Manhattan Project through to Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme.
Production
The seri ...
, Episode 5: The Terror Trader (TV miniseries) (2007)
* A Wonderful Family: Vacances marocaines (TV series) (2007)
* Vacation Getaway: Marrakech (TV movie) (2008)
* 3ichk al baroud 2010 (TV movie) (2010)
* Ramesses: Mummy King Mystery (TV movie) (2011)
*
Willkommen im Krieg (TV movie) (2012)
*
Mankind: The Story of All of Us, Episode 1: Inventors (TV mini-series) (2012)
* Khamsa (TV series) (2014)
*
The Ark (TV film) (2015)
*
Killing Jesus (TV miniseries) (2015)
*
The Night Manager
''The Night Manager'' is an espionage novel by British writer John le Carré, published in 1993. It was his first post-Cold War novel, detailing an undercover operation to bring down a major international arms dealer.
Plot summary
Jonathan Pi ...
, Episode 6 (TV miniseries) (2016)
*
The Blacklist
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, Episode 5 Season 5 (TV series) (2017)
References
External links
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1980 births
Living people
21st-century Moroccan male actors
Moroccan male film actors
Moroccan male television actors
Queens College, City University of New York alumni