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.
Movie | On ira | Olivier Baroux | 2025-03-12 |
Movie | Popemobile | 2025 | |
Movie | Héro(s) | Babi Maklouf | 2025 |
Movie | Jeu de vilains | Monsieur Tosca | 2025 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans ! | 2024-03-01 | |
Movie | At The End Of The Day | Lino | 2024-09-19 |
Movie | Le Larbin | Jean-François Casteigne | 2024-07-17 |
Series | Anthracite | Claude | 2024-04-10 |
Movie | Les 10 ans de Studio Bagel | Self - Guest Star | 2023-02-10 |
Movie | Life For Real | Louis | 2023-04-19 |
Series | Pamela Rose, la série | Richard Bullit | 2023-11-20 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours | 2023-03-03 | |
Movie | Florent Pagny : un homme libre | Self | 2023-08-26 |
Movie | Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï | Membre du comité de soutien | 2022-02-23 |
Series | Oussekine | Maitre Georges Kiejman | 2022-05-11 |
Movie | Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans | Self | 2022-07-19 |
Movie | The Year of the Shark | Thierry | 2022-08-03 |
Movie | Citoyen d'honneur | Samir Amin | 2022-09-14 |
Movie | Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 ans déjà : de succès en excès | Self | 2022-08-24 |
Movie | Benjamin Biolay - Christmas Show | Self | 2022-12-21 |
Series | Le Flambeau, les aventuriers de Chupacabra | Patrice | 2022-05-23 |
Series | Un homme d'honneur | Richard Altman | 2021-03-22 |
Movie | Kad Merad on Stage | Self | 2021-09-17 |
Movie | Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime | Self | 2021-09-14 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous | 2021-03-05 | |
Movie | The Big Hit | Étienne Carboni | 2020-08-28 |
Movie | Queens of The Field | Marco | 2020-01-15 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés | 2020-03-06 | |
Movie | Ce soir, c'est Palmashow | Self - Guest | 2019-02-15 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés | 2019-03-08 | |
Movie | A Wolf's Journey | himself- narrateur | 2019-03-09 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu | 2019-11-30 | |
Series | Inside Suspicion | Thomas Kertez | 2019-09-10 |
Movie | Sixty | Self - Comedian | 2019-05-06 |
Movie | Just a Gigolo | Alex | 2019-04-17 |
Movie | Family Is Family | Kad Merad | 2018-02-28 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique ! | 2018-03-09 | |
Movie | Brillantissime | Dr Steinman | 2018-01-17 |
Movie | Kings for a Day | Joseph | 2018-05-02 |
Movie | Looking for Teddy | Michel | 2018-06-20 |
Movie | L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc | Self | 2018-12-08 |
Movie | Dad Friend | Stéphane | 2018-12-19 |
Movie | On refait les grands duos d'humour | 2018-05-29 | |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés | 2017-03-03 | |
Movie | La télé de Valérie Lemercier | Self | 2017-11-23 |
Movie | Orchestra Class | Simon Daoud | 2017-11-08 |
Movie | Alibi.com | Mr. Godet | 2017-02-15 |
Series | Baron Noir | Philippe Rickwaert | 2016-02-08 |
Movie | La Folle Soirée du Palmashow 3 | Self - Guest | 2016-10-04 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés | 2016-03-11 | |
Movie | Marseille | Paolo | 2016-03-16 |
Movie | Max & Leon | Acteur à la télévision anglaise | 2016-11-01 |
Movie | Disappeared in Winter | Daniel | 2015-01-21 |
Movie | We Were Young | Kiki | 2015-06-03 |
Movie | Bis | Patrice | 2015-02-18 |
Movie | Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène ! | Self | 2015-05-16 |
Series | Peplum | Timo | 2015-02-24 |
Movie | The Parisian Bitch | Himself | 2015-04-29 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés | 2015-03-13 | |
Movie | Superchondriac | Dimitri Zvenka | 2014-02-26 |
Movie | Nicholas on Holiday | Nicolas' father | 2014-07-09 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui | 2014-12-13 | |
Movie | Bangkok, We Have A Problem! | Serge Renart | 2014-10-22 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés | 2014-03-14 | |
Movie | It Happened in Saint-Tropez | Roni Melkowich | 2013-01-13 |
Movie | The Big Bad Wolf | Louis | 2013-06-27 |
Movie | Guerre d'Algerie - La déchirure | La narrateur | 2012-03-11 |
Movie | Superstar | Martin Kazinski | 2012-08-29 |
Movie | Play It Like Godard | star | 2012-02-08 |
Movie | Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ? | Richard Bullit | 2012-12-05 |
Movie | Images of Women of the Social Corset | Self (archive footage) | 2011-01-05 |
Movie | The Tuche Family | Le poissonnier | 2011-06-30 |
Movie | War of the Buttons | Père Lebrac | 2011-09-21 |
Movie | Father | Robert Pique | 2011-06-01 |
Movie | The Well Digger's Daughter | Félipe Rambert | 2011-04-20 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 2011 - Dans l'oeil des Enfoirés | 2011-03-11 | |
Movie | 22 Bullets | Tony Zacchia | 2010-03-23 |
Movie | Protect and Serve | Michel Boudriau | 2010-01-03 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs | 2010-03-12 | |
Movie | The Italian | Dino/Mourad | 2010-07-07 |
Movie | RTT | Arthur Lepage | 2009-12-09 |
Movie | Safari | Richard Dacier | 2009-04-01 |
Movie | Little Nicholas | Le père de Nicolas | 2009-09-30 |
Movie | Modern Love | Olivier | 2008-03-10 |
Movie | My Stars | Robert Pelage | 2008-10-29 |
Movie | Paris 36 | Jacky Jacquet | 2008-09-24 |
Movie | Welcome to the Sticks | Philippe Abrams | 2008-02-20 |
Movie | Kad et Olivier - Antotologie | Himself | 2007-01-02 |
Movie | Could This Be Love? | Rachid | 2007-02-08 |
Movie | Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours | Jacques | 2007-11-21 |
Movie | Pur week-end | Frédéric Alvaro | 2007-05-02 |
Movie | In Mom's Head | Jacques Charlot | 2007-03-28 |
Movie | 3 Friends | Baptiste 'Titi' Capla | 2007-08-22 |
Movie | A Ticket to Space | Cardoux | 2006-01-16 |
Movie | Les Irréductibles | Gérard | 2006-06-14 |
Movie | Don't Worry, I'm Fine | Paul Tellier | 2006-09-06 |
Movie | J'invente rien | Paul | 2006-08-16 |
Movie | Beyond the Ocean | Oncle Tango | 2006-07-02 |
Movie | Try Me | Vincent | 2006-03-06 |
Movie | Iznogoud | le génie Ouzmoutousouloubouloubombé | 2005-01-19 |
Movie | The Chorus | Chabert | 2004-03-17 |
Movie | Kad et Olivier - La traversée de l'Atlantique en solitaire à 2 | Kad Merad | 2004-11-16 |
Movie | Lucky Luke and the Daltons | Le Mexicain Cellule | 2004-11-08 |
Movie | The Pharmacist | le médecin légiste | 2003-01-15 |
Movie | The Dope | Le directeur artistique de Pacific Recordings | 2003-02-05 |
Series | Samedi soir en direct | 2003-09-13 | |
Movie | Don't Worry, Be Happy | Pierre 2 | 2003-05-14 |
Movie | Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? | Richard Bullit | 2003-06-04 |
Movie | Kad et Olivier - Le Meilleur de Kad et Olivier | 2003-09-23 | |
Movie | The Car Keys | Actor who refuses to film with Laurent | 2003-12-10 |
Movie | The Tombs | Gustave | 2002-04-06 |
Movie | Bloody Christmas | 2002-01-01 | |
Series | Burger Quiz | Unknown | 2001-08-27 |
Movie | The Strategy of Failure | M. Golden | 2001-11-20 |
Movie | Kad et Olivier vous font montrer... Le Gros DVD | 2001-12-05 | |
Movie | The High Life | Le motard | 2001-11-28 |
Series | Caméra Café | Un psychopathe | 2001-10-29 |