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Kad Merad
Actor, Writer, Director
Born March 27, 1964 (58 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2022 | Oussekine (TV Series) · as Maitre Georges Kiejman |
| 2022 | Year of the Shark · as Thierry |
| 2022 | Le Flambeau, les aventuriers de Chupacabra (TV Series) · as Patrice |
| 2021 | Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous · as Unknown |
| 2021 | Your Honor (FR) (TV Series) · as Richard Altman |
| 2020 | Burning Love (FR) (TV Series) · as Patrice |
| 2020 | The Big Hit · as Étienne Carboni |
| 2020 | Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï · as Membre du comité de soutien |
| 2019 | Just a Gigolo · as Alex |
| 2019 | Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le monde des Enfoirés · as Unknown |
| 2019 | Queens of the Field · as Marco |
| 2018 | Brillantissime · as Dr Steinman |
| 2018 | Looking for Teddy · as Michel |
| 2018 | Family is Family · as Kad Merad |
| 2018 | Le gendre de ma vie · as Stéphane |
| 2018 | Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique ! · as Unknown |
| 2017 | Alibi.com · as Mr. Godet |
| 2017 | Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés · as Unknown |
| 2017 | Kings for a Day · as Joseph |
| 2017 | La Melodie · as Simon Daoud |
| 2016 | Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés · as Unknown |
| 2016 | Baron Noir (TV Series) · as Philippe Rickwaert |
| 2016 | Marseille · as Paolo |
| 2016 | La folle histoire de Max et Léon · as Acteur à la télévision anglaise |
| 2015 | Bis · as Patrice |
| 2015 | Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés · as Unknown |
| 2015 | Peplum (TV Series) · as Timo |
| 2015 | We Were Young · as Kiki |
| 2014 | Supercondriaque · as Dimitri Zvenka |
| 2014 | On a marché sur Bangkok · as Serge Renart |
| 2014 | Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés · as Unknown |
| 2014 | Captain Marleau (TV Series) · as Daniel Rivière |
| 2014 | Nicholas on Holiday · as Le père de Nicolas |
| 2014 | Disparue en hiver · as Daniel |
| 2013 | Le grand méchant loup · as Louis |
| 2013 | It Happened in Saint-Tropez · as Roni Melkowich |
| 2012 | Superstar · as Martin Kazinski |
| 2012 | Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose? · as Richard Bullit |
| 2011 | Monsieur Papa · as Robert Pique |
| 2011 | The Tuche Family · as Le poissonnier |
| 2011 | War of the Buttons · as Père Lebrac |
| 2011 | The Well Digger's Daughter · as Félipe Rambert, well-digger helper |
| 2011 | Play It Like Godard · as star |
| 2010 | 22 Bullets · as Tony Zacchia |
| 2010 | Protéger & servir · as Michel Boudriau |
| 2010 | The Italian · as Dino/Mourad |
| 2009 | RTT · as Arthur Lepage |
| 2009 | Safari · as Richard Dacier |
| 2009 | Little Nicholas · as Le père de Nicolas |
| 2008 | Welcome to the Sticks · as Philippe Abrams |
| 2008 | Paris 36 · as Jacky Jacquet |
| 2008 | Modern Love · as Olivier |
| 2008 | My Stars · as Robert Pelage |
| 2007 | Pur week-end · as Frédéric Alvaro |
| 2007 | La tête de maman · as Jacques Charlot |
| 2007 | Could This Be Love? · as Rachid |
| 2007 | Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours · as Jacques |
| 2007 | 3 Friends · as Baptiste 'Titi' Capla |
| 2006 | Don't Worry, I'm Fine · as Paul Tellier |
| 2006 | Brother Bear 2 · as actor |
| 2006 | Les irréductibles · as Gérard |
| 2006 | Try Me · as Vincent |
| 2006 | A Ticket to Space · as Cardoux |
| 2006 | J'invente rien · as Paul |
| 2005 | Iznogoud- Caliph Instead of the Caliph · as le génie Ouzmoutousouloubouloubombé |
| 2004 | Lucky Luke and the Daltons · as Le Mexicain Cellule |
| 2004 | The Chorus · as Chabert |
| 2003 | The Pharmacist · as le médecin légiste |
| 2003 | Bullit & Riper · as Richard Bullit |
| 2003 | The Dope · as Le directeur artistique de Pacific Recordings |
| 2003 | Les clefs de bagnole · as Un comédien qui refuse de tourner avec Laurent |
| 2001 | The High Life · as Le motard |
| 2000 | La Cape et l'épée (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1999 | A Guy And A Girl (TV Series) · as actor |