Zeeko Zaki

Zaki in 2018, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Zakaria Sherif Zaki

Place of Birth: Alexandria, Egypt

Date of Birth: January 18, 1990

Ethnicity: Egyptian, possibly Turkish and Syrian

Zeeko Zaki is an Egyptian-American actor. He stars as Special Agent Omar Adom “O. A.” Zidan on television series FBI.

Zeeko was born in Alexandria, and moved to the U.S. with his family at one month. He was raised in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He is fluent in English and Arabic. Aside of Egyptian, Zeeko is said to have Syrian and Turkish ancestry. It is not clear if this is accurate.

Zeeko is a Muslim.

Zeeko’s maternal grandfather was named Saad Eldeen Carcoura. Saad was born in Alexandria, Egypt.

Zeeko’s maternal grandmother was Ensaf “Safy” Amiry (the daughter of Hassan Amiry and Aisha Sammakia). Ensaf was born in Alexandria, Egypt.

Source: Obituary of Zeeko’s maternal grandmother, Ensaf “Safy” (Amiry) Patton – http://legacy.com