[1] As a stage actor his work includes the roles of 'Alfred P. Doolitle' in My Fair Lady (2003), 'Perón' in "Evita" (2004), 'Tevye' in Fiddler on the Roof (a role he played in three different productions),[2] 'Otto Frank' in The Diary of Anne Frank, 'Toddy' in the musical Victor Victoria.

[5] In 2013 Zebede starred in Andrew Goffman's Off-Broadway show The Accidental Pervert (Spanish version) at Panama's famed Teatro La Quadra.

[8] As director, Zebede directed Elton John & Tim Rice's Aida at the National Theatre of Panama[9] as well as Lin-Manuel Miranda's In The Heights at the Teatro El Círculo[10][11] (both in 2013), Schönberg & Boublil's Les Misérables in 2014,[12][13] Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar in 2015,[14] Larry Kramer's AIDS drama The Normal Heart,[15] the ABBA inspired hit Mamma Mia!

[20] On the big screen Zebede worked in Escobar: Paradise Lost, with Benicio del Toro and Josh Hutcherson, directed by Andrea Di Stefano,[21][22] and in the 2015 biopic Hands of Stone as Roberto Durán's father in law, directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz.

[23] He is also the author, director and star of a brand new one-hour comedy show, 'Turning 50'[24] and recently directed Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues,[25] and Anastasia (musical).