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 · Last Breath as
- 2024 · Les Boules de Noël as Antonin
- 2024 · 40 as Self
- 2024 · At The End Of The Day as Lino
- 2024 · Le Larbin as Jean-François Casteigne
- 2024 · Terminal as Sylvain Cresson
- 2024 · Anthracite as Claude
- 2024 · Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans ! as
- 2023 · Pamela Rose, la série as Richard Bullit
- 2023 · Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- 2023 · Les 10 ans de Studio Bagel as Self - Guest Star
- 2022 · Citoyen d'honneur as Samir Amin
- 2022 · Oussekine as Maitre Georges Kiejman
- 2020 · Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés as
- 2019 · Les plus belles comptines d'Okoo as
- 2019 · Sixty as Self - Comedian
- 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 · Kings for a Day as Joseph
- 2017 · Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés as
- 2016 · La Folle Soirée du Palmashow 3 as Self - Guest
- 2016 · Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés as
- 2015 · Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène ! as Self
- 2015 · Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés as
- 2015 · Peplum as Timo
- 2015 · Disappeared in Winter as Daniel
- 2014 · Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui as
- 2012 · Play It Like Godard as star
- 2008 · My Stars as Robert Pelage
- 2008 · Modern Love as Olivier
- 2008 · Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés as
- 2007 · Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours as Jacques
- 2007 · 3 Friends as Baptiste 'Titi' Capla
- 2007 · Pur week-end as Frédéric Alvaro
- 2007 · Could This Be Love? as Rachid
- 2006 · J'invente rien as Paul
- 2006 · Try Me as Vincent
- 2003 · Samedi soir en direct as
- 2003 · Don't Worry, Be Happy as Pierre 2
- 2001 · The High Life as Le motard
- 2001 · The Strategy of Failure as M. Golden
- 2000 · La Cape et l'épée as Yaziz
- 1976 · Cérémonie des César as
- Future · Héro(s) as Babi Maklouf
- 2023 · Florent Pagny : un homme libre as Self
- 2023 · Improbox as Self - Guest
- 2023 · Life For Real as Louis
- 2023 · Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours as
- 2023 · Beau geste as Self
- 2022 · Benjamin Biolay - Christmas Show as Self
- 2022 · Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 ans déjà : de succès en excès as Self
- 2022 · The Year of the Shark as Thierry
- 2022 · Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans as Self
- 2022 · Le Flambeau, les aventuriers de Chupacabra 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 · Un homme d'honneur as Richard Altman
- 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
- 2020 · Queens of The Field as Marco
- 2019 · Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu as
- 2019 · Inside Suspicion as Thomas Kertez
- 2019 · Broute. as
- 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 · Looking for Teddy as Michel
- 2018 · 3615 code Arthur et Jarry as Self - Guest
- 2018 · On refait les grands duos d'humour as
- 2018 · Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique ! as
- 2018 · Family Is Family as Kad Merad
- 2018 · Brillantissime as Dr Steinman
- 2017 · La télé de Valérie Lemercier as Self
- 2017 · Orchestra Class as Simon Daoud
- 2017 · Alibi.com as Mr. Godet
- 2016 · Max & Leon as Acteur à la télévision anglaise
- 2016 · Marseille as Paolo
- 2016 · Baron Noir as Philippe Rickwaert
- 2015 · Capitaine Marleau as Daniel Rivière
- 2015 · We Were Young as Kiki
- 2015 · The Parisian Bitch as Himself
- 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 Le père de Nicolas
- 2014 · Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés as
- 2014 · Superchondriac as Dimitri Zvenka
- 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 · La Parenthèse inattendue as Self
- 2012 · Superstar as Martin Kazinski
- 2012 · Guerre d'Algerie - La déchirure as La narrateur
- 2011 · War of the Buttons as Père Lebrac
- 2011 · The Tuche Family as Le poissonnier
- 2011 · Father as Robert Pique
- 2011 · The Well Digger's Daughter as Félipe Rambert
- 2011 · Les Enfoirés 2011 - Dans l'oeil des Enfoirés as
- 2011 · Images of Women of the Social Corset as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · The Italian as Dino/Mourad
- 2010 · 22 Bullets as Tony Zacchia
- 2010 · Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs as
- 2010 · Protect and Serve as Michel Boudriau
- 2009 · RTT as Arthur Lepage
- 2009 · Little Nicholas as Le père de Nicolas
- 2009 · C à vous as Self
- 2009 · Safari as Richard Dacier
- 2008 · Paris 36 as Jacky Jacquet
- 2008 · Welcome to the Sticks as Philippe Abrams
- 2008 · N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels as Self
- 2007 · In Mom's Head as Jacques Charlot
- 2006 · Beyond the Ocean as Oncle Tango
- 2006 · Les Irréductibles as Gérard
- 2004 · Kad et Olivier - La traversée de l'Atlantique en solitaire à 2 as Kad Merad
- 2003 · Kad et Olivier - Le Meilleur de Kad et Olivier as
- Future · Popemobile as
- Future · Tout un poème as
- 2005 · Community Property as Martin
- 2003 · Même pas Mal as Gérard Lanza
- Future · Lune de miel avec ma mère as
- 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 · A Ticket to Space as Cardoux
- 2005 · Iznogoud as le génie Ouzmoutousouloubouloubombé
- 2004 · Lucky Luke and the Daltons as Le Mexicain Cellule
- 2004 · The Chorus as Chabert
- 2003 · The Car Keys as Un comédien qui refuse de tourner avec Laurent
- 2003 · Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? as Richard Bullit
- 2003 · The Dope as Le directeur artistique de Pacific Recordings
- 2003 · The Pharmacist as le médecin légiste
- 2002 · The Tombs as Gustave
- 2002 · Bloody Christmas as
- 2001 · Kad et Olivier vous font montrer... Le Gros DVD as
- 2001 · Caméra Café as Un psychopathe
- 2001 · As An Aside as Self - Guest
- 2001 · Burger Quiz as Self
- 1998 · Blague à part as Maxwell
- 1998 · Vivement dimanche as Self
- 1987 · Téléthon as Self
- 1985 · Télématin as Self
- Future · On ira as Olivier Baroux
- Future · Jeu de vilains as Monsieur Tosca
- Future · Cent millions ! as Patrick