
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 · The Last Breath as Augustin Masset
- 2024 · Terminal as Sylvain Cresson
- 2023 · Improbox as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 ans déjà : de succès en excès as Self
- 2022 · Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans as Self
- 2022 · Oussekine as Maitre Georges Kiejman
- 2021 · Un homme d'honneur as Richard Altman
- 2020 · Irrésistiblement Kad ! as
- 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
- 2018 · 3615 code Arthur et Jarry as Self - Guest
- 2018 · Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique ! as
- 2017 · La télé de Valérie Lemercier as Self
- 2017 · Orchestra Class as Simon Daoud
- 2017 · Face the Classroom as Self - Guest
- 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 · The Parisian Bitch as Himself
- 2015 · Disappeared in Winter as Daniel
- 2014 · Un soir à la tour Eiffel as Self
- 2012 · Superstar as Martin Kazinski
- 2011 · Father as Robert Pique
- 2010 · The Italian as Dino/Mourad
- 2010 · Protect and Serve as Michel Boudriau
- 2009 · Little Nicholas as Nicolas's father
- 2008 · N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels as Self
- 2007 · Pur week-end as Frédéric Alvaro
- 2006 · J'invente rien as Paul
- 2005 · Community Property as Martin
- 2003 · The Car Keys as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
- 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
- Future · Fausse note as
- 2026 · Permis de détruire as
- 2025 · Popemobile as The Pope
- 2025 · Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés as
- 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
- 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 · Florent Pagny : un homme libre as Self
- 2023 · Life for Real as Louis
- 2023 · Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours as
- 2023 · Studio Bagel's 10th Anniversary as Self - Guest Star
- 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 · 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 · 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 · Playmobil: The Movie as (voice) (uncredited)
- 2019 · Sixty as Self - Comedian
- 2019 · Just a Gigolo as Alex
- 2019 · A Wolf's Journey as himself- narrateur
- 2019 · Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés as
- 2019 · Ce soir, c'est Palmashow as Self - Guest
- 2018 · The Secret Song as Self
- 2018 · Dad Friend as Stéphane
- 2018 · L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc as Self
- 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
- 2016 · 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 · 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 · Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui as
- 2014 · Bangkok, We Have A Problem! as Serge Renart
- 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 · The Unexpected Getaway as Self
- 2012 · Guerre d'Algerie - La déchirure as La narrateur
- 2012 · Play It Like Godard as star
- 2011 · War of the Buttons as Père Lebrac
- 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 · 22 Bullets as Tony Zacchia
- 2010 · Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs as
- 2009 · RTT as Arthur Lepage
- 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
- 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 · On n'est pas couché as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Don't Worry, I'm Fine as Paul Tellier
- 2006 · Beyond the Ocean as Oncle Tango
- 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
- 2003 · Samedi soir en direct as
- 2003 · Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? as Richard Bullit
- Future · Belphégor as Charles Moreau
- Future · Héro(s) as Babi Maklouf
- 2004 · Kad et Olivier - La Traversée de l'Atlantique en solitaire à 2 as Kad Merad
- 2004 · Lucky Luke and the Daltons as Le Mexicain Cellule
- 2004 · The Chorus as Chabert
- 2003 · Kad et Olivier - Le Meilleur de Kad et Olivier as
- 2002 · The Tombs as Gustave
- Future · Tout un poème as
- 2003 · Même pas Mal as Gérard Lanza
- 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 · Blague à part as Maxwell
- 1998 · Vivement dimanche as Self
- 1987 · Téléthon as Self
- 1985 · Télématin as Self
- 1976 · Cérémonie des César as
- Future · Jeu de vilains as Monsieur Tosca