
Zakaria Maher
French actor
Biography
Son of Moroccan immigrants, I was born in Mantes-La-Jolie in the Yvelines in France, discovers soccer at the age of 6. In High School, I won the departmental championship, the academic championship, the inter-academic championship and France championship.
After finishing my studies, I took courses in theater where he met actors and producers. They offered me roles in their short movies.
After some appearances in clips, TV shows, movies, commercial… I decided to perfect my play by joining La Schola Cantorum at Paris led by the professor Christian Bujeau (Les Visiteurs…).
Actor from Paris, I recently started my international career, particularly in New York and very recently in Lisbon, Portugal. Willing to travel for work.
Filmography
Film
- the apostle in « Christ Off » from Michaël Youn
- The doorman in « La signature » from Maxime Ropars
- Soldier in « Ensemble » from Mohamed Fekrane and Mirith Mickael
- Zombie in « Dead Shadows » from David Cholewa
- Voting citizen in « Ils l’ont fait » from Said Bahij and Rachid Akiyahou
Television
- Un customer in a coffee shop for the clip « Viens on s’aime » from Slimane
- Zombie in « Z nation » from Karl Schaefer and Craig Engler
- Guest in « C’est le rap d’un monde qui dérape » from Pascal Legitimus
- Waiter in « KESKIA » from Pascal Legitimus
Commercial
- the guy who makes cream in « Lait Plaisirs – Le fantastique Monsieur fromage » from Gonzague Legout
- The employee in « Lait Plaisirs – In the Milk for Love » from Pascal Legitimus
- Extra for an ESRA commercial ( Paul Smith)
- The client on the commercial for a lawyer firm
Other
- Photo shoot in New York
- The lover in opera « Carmen » from Georges Bize
- The soldier in opera « L’Elixir D’Amour » from Gaetano Donizetti
- Finalist in the 2011 France elegance election at Cap d’Agde
- Model: hands, face…
My artistic profile
My physique
- Height: 5’8’’ (1m75)
- Weight: 182 lbs (83kg)
- Eyes: brown
- Hair: brown
- Shoe: 8,5 (42)
- Pants: 36 (46 eu)
- Suit: L/36
- Age Range: 25 – 35
- No tattoo nor piercing
My training
- 2017 : Dramatic Arts, la Schola Cantorum in Paris, with professor Christian Bujeau (les visiteurs…)
- 2008 / 2010 : Art du spectacle, Université in Paris X
- 2007 / 2008 : Graduated from audio-visual section, Senior
- 2006 / 2007 : High School audio-visual section, Junior
- 2005 / 2006 : High School audio-visual section, Sophomore
My talents
- LANGUAGES : French (mother tongue), arabic (mother tongue), English (fluent), Spanish (fluent), portuguese (conversant)
- SPORTS : soccer, martial arts, basket-ball, swimming, horse riding, scuba diving, fencing, ski, sail, poolroom, ping-pong
- OTHER : dancehall, zouk, hip-hop, pop, waltz, juggling (hands and feet), mimic Homer and Marge Simpson, very comfortable with improvisation