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