Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 27, 1964
Place of Birth
Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria
Credits
175 titles
Kad Merad
Biography
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
Filmography
Fausse note
Nathan Dinke
Les Héros du Louvre
Babi Maklouf
A Family of Bastards
Djilali
Lost Media
?
Permis de détruire
Dominique
11e edition de La Nuit de la Deprime aux Folies Bergère
self
The Original+
Self - Guest
Belphegor
Charles Moreau
Florent Pagny fait son Taratata
Self
Traquer l'invisible - Nos chercheurs face à la menace mondiale des virus et des bactéries
Self : Godfather of Pasteur Institute
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
Self (archive footage)
Popemobile
Slim / Barnabé VI
100 Million!
Patrick
Liars Club
Self
Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés
Honeymoon Crasher
Michel
Before What Comes After
Augustin Masset
Les Boules de Noël
Antonin
40
Self
At the End of the Day
Lino
King of My Castle
Jean-François Casteigne
Terminal
Sylvain Cresson
Anthracite
Claude Chevallier
The Trigger
Philippe Rickwaert
Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024
Kad Merad
Une journée avec Jacques Brel
Self
Pamela Rose: The Series
Richard Bullit
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest
Florent Pagny : un homme libre
Self
Improbox
Self - Guest
Life for Real
Louis
Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours
Studio Bagel's 10th Anniversary
Self - Guest Star
Beau geste
Self
Benjamin Biolay Christmas Show
Self : Guest
Making of Biolay Christmas Show
Self
Citoyen d'honneur
Samir Amin
Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 ans déjà : de succès en excès
Self
The Year of the Shark
Thierry
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans
Self
The Torch
Patrice
Oussekine
Maitre Georges Kiejman
Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï
Membre du comité de soutien
Kad Merad on Stage
Self
Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime
Self
Amis
Pierre
Un homme d'honneur
Richard Altman
Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous
Bullit & Riper
Richard Bullit