Zeeko Zaki (Arabic: زيكو زكي‎; born January 18, 1990) is an
American actor best known for his role portraying Special Agent Omar
Adom "O. A." Zidan on Dick Wolf's FBI.Zaki was born in Alexandria,
Egypt, and immigrated to the United States at one month of age. Zaki's
maternal grandparents immigrated before him and his parents. His
extended family remained in Egypt, and Zaki visited his hometown
during the summers of his childhood. He grew up in West Chester,
Pennsylvania. His mother manages a salon and his father is a stylist.
Zaki has two younger siblings, a brother and a sister.Zaki's passion
for acting was ignited during his freshman year high school
performance of Seussical at Unionville High School, where he attended
and graduated. He also acted in the community theater group Unionville
Players. He went on to briefly attend Temple University.In 2010 Zaki
moved to North Carolina and worked 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, Special Agent Omar Adom "O.A." Zidan, in
Dick Wolf's procedural FBI. The role was originally written as Latino
but Wolf was impressed enough by his audition tape to change the
character to mirror his background and ethnicity.
American actor best known for his role portraying Special Agent Omar
Adom "O. A." Zidan on Dick Wolf's FBI.Zaki was born in Alexandria,
Egypt, and immigrated to the United States at one month of age. Zaki's
maternal grandparents immigrated before him and his parents. His
extended family remained in Egypt, and Zaki visited his hometown
during the summers of his childhood. He grew up in West Chester,
Pennsylvania. His mother manages a salon and his father is a stylist.
Zaki has two younger siblings, a brother and a sister.Zaki's passion
for acting was ignited during his freshman year high school
performance of Seussical at Unionville High School, where he attended
and graduated. He also acted in the community theater group Unionville
Players. He went on to briefly attend Temple University.In 2010 Zaki
moved to North Carolina and worked 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, Special Agent Omar Adom "O.A." Zidan, in
Dick Wolf's procedural FBI. The role was originally written as Latino
but Wolf was impressed enough by his audition tape to change the
character to mirror his background and ethnicity.
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