1964-03-27 ( 61 years old ) in Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria
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.
Movies
100 millions !
2025-03-26
Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés
2025-03-07
Honeymoon Crasher
2025-02-11
Last Breath
2025-02-01
Les Boules de Noël
2024-11-27
40
2024-11-04
At The End Of The Day
2024-09-19
King of My Castle
2024-07-17
Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
2024-03-01
Florent Pagny : un homme libre
2023-08-26
Life For Real
2023-04-19
Les 10 ans de Studio Bagel
2023-02-10
Benjamin Biolay - Christmas Show
2022-12-21
Citoyen d'honneur
2022-09-14
The Year of the Shark
2022-08-03
Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï
2022-02-23
Kad Merad on Stage
2021-09-17
Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime
2021-09-14
Amis
2021-05-02
Bullit & Riper
2020-12-26
Irrésistiblement Kad !
2020-12-17
The Big Hit
2020-08-28
Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés
2020-03-06
Queens of The Field
2020-01-15
Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu
2019-11-30
La part du soupçon
2019-09-14
Sixty
2019-05-06
Just a Gigolo
2019-04-17
A Wolf's Journey
2019-03-09
Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés
2019-03-08
Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
2019-02-15
Dad Friend
2018-12-19
L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc
2018-12-08
Looking for Teddy
2018-06-20
On refait les grands duos d'humour
2018-05-29
Kings for a Day
2018-05-02
Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !
2018-03-09
Family Is Family
2018-02-28
Brillantissime
2018-01-17
La télé de Valérie Lemercier
2017-11-23
Orchestra Class
2017-11-08
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
2017-03-03
Alibi.com
2017-02-15
Max & Leon
2016-11-01
La Folle Soirée du Palmashow 3
2016-10-04
Marseille
2016-03-16
We Were Young
2015-06-03
Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !
2015-05-16
The Parisian Bitch
2015-04-29
Bis
2015-02-18
Disappeared in Winter
2015-01-21
Bangkok, We Have A Problem!
2014-10-22
Nicholas on Holiday
2014-07-09
Superchondriac
2014-02-26
The Big Bad Wolf
2013-06-27
It Happened in Saint-Tropez
2013-01-13
Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ?
2012-12-05
Superstar
2012-08-29
Guerre d'Algerie - La déchirure
2012-03-11
Play It Like Godard
2012-02-08
War of the Buttons
2011-09-21
The Tuche Family
2011-06-30
Father
2011-06-01
The Well Digger's Daughter
2011-04-20
Les Enfoirés 2011 - Dans l'oeil des Enfoirés
2011-03-11
Images of Women of the Social Corset
2011-01-05
The Italian
2010-07-07
22 Bullets
2010-03-23
Protect and Serve
2010-01-03
RTT
2009-12-09
Little Nicholas
2009-09-30
Safari
2009-04-01
My Stars
2008-10-29
Paris 36
2008-09-24
Modern Love
2008-03-10
Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés
2008-03-07
Welcome to the Sticks
2008-02-20
Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours
2007-11-21
3 Friends
2007-08-22
Pur week-end
2007-05-02
In Mom's Head
2007-03-28
Could This Be Love?
2007-02-08
Kad et Olivier - Antotologie
2007-01-02
Don't Worry, I'm Fine
2006-09-06
J'invente rien
2006-08-16
Beyond the Ocean
2006-07-02
Les Irréductibles
2006-06-14
Try Me
2006-03-06
A Ticket to Space
2006-01-16
Community Property
2005-04-17
Iznogoud
2005-01-19
Lucky Luke and the Daltons
2004-11-08
The Chorus
2004-03-17
The Car Keys
2003-12-10
Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?
2003-06-04
Don't Worry, Be Happy
2003-05-14
Même pas Mal
2003-04-28
The Dope
2003-02-05
The Pharmacist
2003-01-15
The Tombs
2002-04-06
Bloody Christmas
2002-01-01
The High Life
2001-11-28
The Strategy of Failure
2001-11-20
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