Kad Merad
Biography
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1964-03-27
Place of birth
Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria
Images
Cast
Don't Worry, I'm Fine
2006
7.21
Could This Be Love?
2007
6.28
Kad Merad on Stage
2021
0.00
Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime
2021
6.70
Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?
2003
6.08
The Chorus
2004
7.73
J'invente rien
2006
5.03
Les 10 ans de Studio Bagel
2023
6.00
Little Nicholas
2009
6.04
3 Friends
2007
5.10
Welcome to the Sticks
2008
6.69
RTT
2009
4.90
L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc
2018
0.00
A Ticket to Space
2006
5.16
22 Bullets
2010
6.70
My Stars
2008
5.00
Safari
2009
4.62
Paris 36
2008
6.14
The Italian
2010
5.23
The Well Digger's Daughter
2011
6.83
Protect and Serve
2010
4.56
Modern Love
2008
4.50
The Pharmacist
2003
5.30
Father
2011
5.52
Les Irréductibles
2006
5.40
Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours
2007
5.07
The Car Keys
2003
5.05
The Dope
2003
4.63
Kad et Olivier - Antotologie
2007
8.00
Don't Worry, Be Happy
2003
4.00
War of the Buttons
2011
6.00
Try Me
2006
6.10
At The End Of The Day
2024
6.20
Pur week-end
2007
4.72
In Mom's Head
2007
5.20
The Strategy of Failure
2001
6.30
Citoyen d'honneur
2022
5.97
Superstar
2012
5.13
Guerre d'Algerie - La déchirure
2012
5.50
Bloody Christmas
2002
6.10
The Tuche Family
2011
6.01
Play It Like Godard
2012
4.10
La télé de Valérie Lemercier
2017
0.00
Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ?
2012
5.66
The High Life
2001
5.36
It Happened in Saint-Tropez
2013
5.36
Life For Real
2023
5.43
Irrésistiblement Kad !
2020
0.00
The Big Bad Wolf
2013
5.26
Popemobile
0.00
Superchondriac
2014
5.50
Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï
2022
5.70
Tout un poème
0.00
Nicholas on Holiday
2014
5.33
Héro(s)
0.00
Bangkok, We Have A Problem!
2014
5.04
Sixty
2019
6.00
Disappeared in Winter
2015
5.87
Bis
2015
5.30
Bullit & Riper
2020
0.00
King of My Castle
2024
5.09
Benjamin Biolay - Christmas Show
2022
0.00
We Were Young
2015
5.67
Florent Pagny : un homme libre
2023
8.00
The Last Breath
2025
5.19
Marseille
2016
4.88
Beyond the Ocean
2006
0.00
Les Boules de Noël
2024
4.65
100 millions !
2025
4.10
Alibi.com
2017
6.47
Orchestra Class
2017
6.30
Lucky Luke and the Daltons
2004
3.70
Max & Leon
2016
6.30
Brillantissime
2018
4.86
Kings for a Day
2018
5.63
The Tombs
2002
6.50
Looking for Teddy
2018
5.40
Dad Friend
2018
5.59
Family Is Family
2018
5.80
Just a Gigolo
2019
5.30
Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
2019
7.00
A Wolf's Journey
2019
7.70
Jeu de vilains
4.00
Queens of The Field
2020
6.01
The Parisian Bitch
2015
5.82
Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu
2019
7.50
Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !
2018
7.10
Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !
2015
7.30
The Big Hit
2020
7.03
Community Property
2005
0.00
La Folle Soirée du Palmashow 3
2016
7.10
Amis
2021
8.50
Iznogoud
2005
3.95
The Year of the Shark
2022
4.41
Même pas Mal
2003
2.00
40
2024
7.00
La part du soupçon
2019
6.40
Honeymoon Crasher
2025
5.55
Star Trek... ou presque
2006
0.00