Zeeko Zaki
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Zeeko Zaki (born January 18, 1990) is an American actor best known for his role portraying Omar Adom "O.
A." Zidan on Dick Wolf's FBI.
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. 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. 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.
Personal life
Zaki is a Muslim and he spoke Egyptian Arabic at home until the age of six.
Career
During his freshman year at Unionville High School's Seussical production, he discovered a passion for acting; he graduated from Unionville High School. He has also worked with Unionville Players, a community theatre group. He attended Temple University for a short time.
Zaki began working in theatre in North Carolina before being spotted for television roles. He appeared in bit parts of numerous films and television series before being cast in Six and 24: Legacy, portraying villains, and Valor, in which he appeared as a door gunner of a US Army special operations aviation unit. In Dick Wolf's procedural show FBI, Zaki appeared in his first lead role as Agent Zidan. The role was originally intended for a Latino actor, but Wolf was inspired by Zaki's audition tape and changed the character's ethnicity to match Zaki's.
According to Zaki, he wants to tell the world that Muslims and Arabs aren't terrorists.