
Kad Merad
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · 100 Million! as Patrick
- 2025 · Liars Club as Self
- 2025 · Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés as
- 2025 · The Last Breath as Augustin Masset
- 2024 · Terminal as Sylvain Cresson
- 2023 · Improbox as Self - Guest
- 2023 · Studio Bagel's 10th Anniversary as Self - Guest Star
- 2022 · Oussekine as Maitre Georges Kiejman
- 2021 · Un homme d'honneur as Richard Altman
- 2020 · Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés as
- 2020 · Queens of The Field as Marco
- 2019 · Les plus belles comptines d'Okoo as
- 2019 · Inside Suspicion as Thomas Kertez
- 2019 · A Wolf's Journey as himself- narrateur
- 2019 · Ce soir, c'est Palmashow as Self - Guest
- 2018 · L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc as Self
- 2018 · 3615 code Arthur et Jarry as Self - Guest
- 2018 · Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique ! as
- 2017 · La télé de Valérie Lemercier as Self
- 2017 · Face the Classroom as Self - Guest
- 2017 · Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés as
- 2016 · Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés as
- 2015 · The Parisian Bitch as Himself
- 2015 · Disappeared in Winter as Daniel
- 2014 · Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui as
- 2012 · The Unexpected Getaway as Self
- 2011 · War of the Buttons as Père Lebrac
- 2011 · Father as Robert Pique
- 2010 · Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs as
- 2007 · Pur week-end as Frédéric Alvaro
- 2006 · On n'est pas couché as Self - Guest
- 2006 · J'invente rien as Paul
- 2006 · Beyond the Ocean as Oncle Tango
- 2005 · Community Property as Martin
- 2004 · Lucky Luke and the Daltons as Le Mexicain Cellule
- 2003 · The Car Keys as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
- 2003 · Samedi soir en direct as
- 2003 · Don't Worry, Be Happy as Pierre 2
- 2003 · The Pharmacist as le médecin légiste
- 2001 · The Strategy of Failure as M. Golden
- 2000 · La Cape et l'épée as Yaziz
- 1998 · Blague à part as Maxwell
- 1976 · Cérémonie des César as
- Future · Belphégor as Charles Moreau
- 2026 · Permis de détruire as
- 2024 · Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans ! as
- 2023 · Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours as
- 2022 · Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 ans déjà : de succès en excès as Self
- Future · Fausse note as
- 2025 · Popemobile as The Pope
- 2025 · Honeymoon Crasher as Michel
- 2024 · Les Boules de Noël as Antonin
- 2024 · 40 as Self
- 2024 · At the End of the Day as Lino
- 2024 · King of My Castle as Jean-François Casteigne
- 2024 · Anthracite as Claude
- 2023 · Pamela Rose, la série as Richard Bullit
- 2023 · Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- 2023 · Florent Pagny : un homme libre as Self
- 2023 · Life for Real as Louis
- 2023 · Beau geste as Self
- 2022 · Benjamin Biolay - Christmas Show as Self
- 2022 · Citoyen d'honneur as Samir Amin
- 2022 · The Year of the Shark as Thierry
- 2022 · Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans as Self
- 2022 · The Torch as Patrice
- 2022 · Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï as Membre du comité de soutien
- 2021 · Kad Merad on Stage as Self
- 2021 · Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime as Self
- 2021 · Amis as Pierre
- 2021 · Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous as
- 2020 · Bullit & Riper as Richard Bullit
- 2020 · Irrésistiblement Kad ! as
- 2020 · La Flamme as Patrice
- 2020 · The Big Hit as Étienne Carboni
- 2020 · Tous en cuisine avec Cyril Lignac as Self
- 2019 · Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu as
- 2019 · La part du soupçon as Thomas Kertez
- 2019 · Broute. as
- 2019 · Sixty as Self - Comedian
- 2019 · Just a Gigolo as Alex
- 2019 · Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés as
- 2018 · The Secret Song as Self
- 2018 · Dad Friend as Stéphane
- 2018 · Bonsoir ! as Self - Guest
- 2018 · Looking for Teddy as Michel
- 2018 · On refait les grands duos d'humour as Self
- 2018 · Kings for a Day as Joseph
- 2018 · Family Is Family as Kad Merad
- 2018 · Brillantissime as Dr Steinman
- 2017 · Orchestra Class as Simon Daoud
- 2016 · Alibi.com as Mr. Godet
- 2016 · Max & Leon as Acteur à la télévision anglaise
- 2016 · La Folle Soirée du Palmashow 3 as Self - Guest
- 2016 · Marseille as Paolo
- 2016 · Baron Noir as Philippe Rickwaert
- 2015 · Capitaine Marleau as Daniel Rivière
- 2015 · We Were Young as Kiki
- 2015 · Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène ! as Self
- 2015 · Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés as
- 2015 · Peplum as Timo
- 2015 · Bis as Patrice
- 2014 · Bangkok, We Have A Problem! as Serge Renart
- 2014 · Un soir à la tour Eiffel as Self
- 2014 · Nicholas on Holiday as Nicolas' father
- 2014 · Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés as
- 2014 · Superchondriac as Dimitri Zvenka
- 2013 · Clique as Self - Guest
- 2013 · The Big Bad Wolf as Louis
- 2013 · It Happened in Saint-Tropez as Roni Melkowich
- 2012 · Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ? as Richard Bullit
- 2012 · Superstar as Martin Kazinski
- 2012 · Guerre d'Algerie - La déchirure as La narrateur
- 2012 · Play It Like Godard as star
- 2011 · The Tuche Family as Le poissonnier
- 2011 · The Well Digger's Daughter as Félipe Rambert
- 2011 · Les Enfoirés 2011 - Dans l'oeil des Enfoirés as
- 2010 · The Italian as Dino/Mourad
- 2010 · 22 Bullets as Tony Zacchia
- 2010 · Protect and Serve as Michel Boudriau
- 2009 · RTT as Arthur Lepage
- 2009 · Little Nicholas as Nicolas's father
- 2009 · C à vous as Self
- 2009 · C à vous as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Safari as Richard Dacier
- 2008 · My Stars as Robert Pelage
- 2008 · Paris 36 as Jacky Jacquet
- 2008 · Modern Love as Olivier
- 2008 · Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés as
- 2008 · Welcome to the Sticks as Philippe Abrams
- 2008 · N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels as Self
- 2007 · Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours as Jacques
- 2007 · 3 Friends as Baptiste 'Titi' Capla
- 2007 · In Mom's Head as Jacques Charlot
- 2007 · Could This Be Love? as Rachid
- 2007 · Kad et Olivier - Antotologie as Himself
- 2006 · Salut les Terriens ! as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Don't Worry, I'm Fine as Paul Tellier
- 2006 · Les Irréductibles as Gérard
- 2006 · Star Trek... ou presque as
- 2006 · Try Me as Vincent
- 2006 · A Ticket to Space as Cardoux
- 2005 · Iznogoud as le génie Ouzmoutousouloubouloubombé
- 2004 · Kad et Olivier - La Traversée de l'Atlantique en solitaire à 2 as Kad Merad
- 2004 · The Chorus as Chabert
- 2003 · Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? as Richard Bullit
- 2002 · The Tombs as Gustave
- Future · Héro(s) as Babi Maklouf
- 2003 · Même pas Mal as Gérard Lanza
- Future · Tout un poème as
- 2003 · Kad et Olivier - Le Meilleur de Kad et Olivier as
- 2003 · The Dope as Le directeur artistique de Pacific Recordings
- 2002 · Bloody Christmas as
- 2001 · Kad et Olivier vous font montrer... Le Gros DVD as
- 2001 · The High Life as Le motard
- 2001 · Caméra Café as Un psychopathe
- 2001 · Star Academy as Self
- 2001 · The Apartment as Self - Guest
- 2001 · Burger Quiz as Self
- 1998 · Vivement dimanche as Self
- 1987 · Téléthon as Self
- 1985 · Télématin as Self
- Future · Jeu de vilains as Monsieur Tosca