Kad Merad is a French-Algerian filmmaker and actor who has acted both on stage and on screen. Kad Merad was born in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria, on March 27, 1964 to an Algerian father and a French mother. During his teens, he played drums and sang with various rock bands. Soon afterwards, he started playing as an animator in Club Med alongside the Gigolo Brothers troop. In 1990, he was hired by Ouï FM, the Paris Rock genre station where he met Olivier Baroux. The duet most known as Kad & Olivier began working together and started their own show, the Rock'n Roll Circus, introducing some of their most famous sketches (Pamela Rose, Teddy Porc Fidèle...). The early success of the show allowed them to meet Jean-Luc Delarue who brought their act to TV. In 1999, they began appearing on the French Satellite TV channel Comédie+ on their own show, La Grosse Emission. At the same time, Merad started his Cinema career with a lot of secondary roles. In 2003, he scored his First box-office success with Mais Qui a tué Pamela Rose?, co-written with Baroux. In 2007, Kad received the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Je vais Bien, ne t'en fais pas! and appears in AaRON's film soundtrack video clip. His best challenger was Dany Boon. During the shooting of Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis, this friendly struggle was a running joke between the two of them. That same year, he made his first appearance with Les Enfoirés music troop and is still one of its members. He was also inducted as the Godfather of the Telethon. The next year, he starred as Phillipe Abrams in the French movie Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis. The film was a surprise - and phenomenal - success in France and Europe, becoming the best-attended movie ever made in France, with 21 million moviegoers.
Movie | Life For Real | Louis | 2023-04-19 |
Movie | Les 10 ans de Studio Bagel | Self - Guest Star | 2023-02-10 |
Movie | Florent Pagny : un homme libre | Self | 2023-01-01 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours | 2023-03-03 | |
Series | Oussekine | Maitre Georges Kiejman | 2022-05-11 |
Movie | Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï | Membre du comité de soutien | 2022-02-23 |
Series | Le Flambeau, les aventuriers de Chupacabra | Patrice | 2022-05-23 |
Movie | Citoyen d'honneur | Samir Amin | 2022-09-14 |
Movie | Benjamin Biolay - Christmas Show | Self | 2022-12-21 |
Movie | The Year of the Shark | Thierry | 2022-08-03 |
Movie | Le Marrakech du rire 2022 : les 10 ans | Self | 2022-07-19 |
Series | Un homme d'honneur | Richard Altman | 2021-03-22 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous | 2021-03-05 | |
Movie | Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime | Self | 2021-09-14 |
Movie | Une belle équipe | Marco | 2020-01-15 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés | 2020-03-06 | |
Movie | The Big Hit | Étienne Carboni | 2020-08-28 |
Series | La Flamme | Patrice | 2020-10-12 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés | 2019-03-08 | |
Movie | Ce soir, c'est Palmashow | Self - Guest | 2019-02-15 |
Movie | Just a Gigolo | Alex | 2019-04-17 |
Movie | Playmobil: The Movie | Del (French Voice) | 2019-06-10 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu | 2019-11-30 | |
Movie | Sixty | Self - Comedian | 2019-05-06 |
Series | Inside Suspicion | Thomas Kertez | 2019-09-10 |
Movie | Family Is Family | Kad Merad | 2018-02-28 |
Movie | Brillantissime | Dr Steinman | 2018-01-17 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique ! | 2018-03-09 | |
Movie | L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc | Self | 2018-12-08 |
Movie | Kings for a Day | Joseph | 2018-05-02 |
Movie | Dad Friend | Stéphane | 2018-12-19 |
Movie | Looking for Teddy | Michel | 2018-06-20 |
Movie | Alibi.com | Mr. Godet | 2017-02-15 |
Movie | Orchestra Class | Simon Daoud | 2017-11-08 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés | 2017-03-03 | |
Series | Baron Noir | Philippe Rickwaert | 2016-02-08 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés | 2016-03-11 | |
Movie | Max & Leon | Acteur à la télévision anglaise | 2016-11-01 |
Movie | Marseille | Paolo | 2016-03-16 |
Movie | La Folle Soirée du Palmashow 3 | Self - Guest | 2016-10-04 |
Movie | Bis | Patrice | 2015-02-18 |
Series | Peplum | Timo | 2015-02-24 |
Movie | Disappeared in Winter | Daniel | 2015-01-21 |
Movie | We Were Young | Kiki | 2015-06-03 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés | 2015-03-13 | |
Movie | Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène ! | Self | 2015-05-16 |
Movie | The Parisian B* | Himself | 2015-04-29 |
Movie | Superchondriac | Dimitri Zvenka | 2014-02-26 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés | 2014-03-14 | |
Movie | Bangkok, We Have A Problem! | Serge Renart | 2014-10-22 |
Movie | Nicholas on Holiday | Le père de Nicolas | 2014-07-09 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui | 2014-12-13 | |
Movie | It Happened in Saint-Tropez | Roni Melkowich | 2013-01-13 |
Movie | The Big Bad Wolf | Louis | 2013-06-27 |
Movie | Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ? | Richard Bullit | 2012-12-05 |
Movie | Guerre d'Algerie - La déchirure | La narrateur | 2012-03-11 |
Movie | Play It Like Godard | star | 2012-02-08 |
Movie | Superstar | Martin Kazinski | 2012-08-29 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 2011 - Dans l'oeil des Enfoirés | 2011-03-11 | |
Movie | Megamind: The Button of Doom | Additional Voices (voice) | 2011-02-25 |
Movie | Images of Women of the Social Corset | Self (archive footage) | 2011-01-05 |
Movie | The Well Digger's Daughter | Félipe Rambert | 2011-04-20 |
Movie | The Tuche Family | Le poissonnier | 2011-06-30 |
Movie | Happy Feet Two | Ramon (French Voice) | 2011-11-17 |
Movie | Monsieur Papa | Robert Pique | 2011-06-01 |
Movie | War of the Buttons | Père Lebrac | 2011-09-21 |
Movie | Protect and Serve | Michel Boudriau | 2010-01-03 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs | 2010-03-12 | |
Movie | The Italian | Dino/Mourad | 2010-07-07 |
Movie | 22 Bullets | Tony Zacchia | 2010-03-23 |
Movie | Safari | Richard Dacier | 2009-04-01 |
Movie | Little Nicholas | Le père de Nicolas | 2009-09-30 |
Movie | RTT | Arthur Lepage | 2009-12-09 |
Movie | Welcome to the Sticks | Philippe Abrams | 2008-02-20 |
Movie | Modern Love | Olivier | 2008-03-10 |
Movie | Paris 36 | Jacky Jacquet | 2008-09-24 |
Movie | My Stars | Robert Pelage | 2008-10-29 |
Movie | In Mom's Head | Jacques Charlot | 2007-03-28 |
Movie | Kad et Olivier - Antotologie | Himself | 2007-01-02 |
Movie | Could This Be Love? | Rachid | 2007-02-08 |
Movie | Pur week-end | Frédéric Alvaro | 2007-05-02 |
Movie | 3 Friends | Baptiste 'Titi' Capla | 2007-08-22 |
Movie | Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours | Jacques | 2007-11-21 |
Movie | Try Me | Vincent | 2006-03-06 |
Movie | Les Irréductibles | Gérard | 2006-06-14 |
Movie | A Ticket to Space | Cardoux | 2006-01-16 |
Movie | Beyond the Ocean | Oncle Tango | 2006-07-02 |
Movie | Don't Worry, I'm Fine | Paul Tellier | 2006-09-06 |
Movie | J'invente rien | Paul | 2006-08-16 |
Movie | Iznogoud | le génie Ouzmoutousouloubouloubombé | 2005-01-19 |
Movie | The Chorus | Chabert | 2004-03-17 |
Movie | Lucky Luke and the Daltons | Le Mexicain Cellule | 2004-11-08 |
Movie | Don't Worry, Be Happy | Pierre 2 | 2003-05-14 |
Movie | The Dope | Le directeur artistique de Pacific Recordings | 2003-02-05 |
Movie | Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? | Richard Bullit | 2003-06-04 |
Movie | The Pharmacist | le médecin légiste | 2003-01-15 |
Movie | Brother Bear | Additional Voices (voice) | 2003-10-23 |
Movie | The Car Keys | Un comédien qui refuse de tourner avec Laurent | 2003-12-10 |
Movie | Kad et Olivier - Le Meilleur de Kad et Olivier | 2003-09-23 | |
Series | Samedi soir en direct | 2003-09-13 | |
Movie | Bloody Christmas | 2002-01-01 | |
Movie | The Tombs | Gustave | 2002-04-06 |
Series | Caméra Café | Un psychopathe | 2001-10-29 |
Movie | The Strategy of Failure | M. Golden | 2001-11-20 |
Movie | The High Life | Le motard | 2001-11-28 |
Movie | Kad et Olivier vous font montrer... Le Gros DVD | 2001-12-05 |