Kad Merad

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Kad Merad

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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.

Films Featuring Kad Merad

Don't Worry, I'm Fine

20067.2

Could This Be Love?

20076.2

Kad Merad on Stage

2021

Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours

20238.2

Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime

20216.7

Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?

20036.1

Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés

20087.2

The Chorus

20047.7

J'invente rien

20065.1

Studio Bagel's 10th Anniversary

20235.3

Little Nicholas

20096.1

3 Friends

20075.1

Welcome to the Sticks

20086.7

RTT

20094.9

L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc

2018

A Ticket to Space

20065.2

22 Bullets

20106.7

My Stars

20085.0

Safari

20094.6

Paris 36

20086.1

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

20148.0

The Italian

20105.2

The Well Digger's Daughter

20116.8

Protect and Serve

20104.5

Modern Love

20084.4

The Pharmacist

20035.2

Monsieur Papa

20115.5

Les Irréductibles

20065.7

Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours

20075.1

The Dope

20034.6

The Car Keys

20035.2

Kad et Olivier - Antotologie

20077.4

Don't Worry, Be Happy

20036.0

War of the Buttons

20116.0

Try Me

20066.1

At the End of the Day

20245.9

Pur week-end

20074.7

Les Enfoirés 2011 - Dans l'oeil des Enfoirés

20115.8

In Mom's Head

20075.1

Kad et Olivier vous font montrer... Le Gros DVD

20017.0

The Strategy of Failure

20016.4

Citoyen d'honneur

20226.1

Superstar

20125.1

Bloody Christmas

20026.4

The Tuche Family

20116.0

Play It Like Godard

20123.9

La télé de Valérie Lemercier

2017

Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ?

20125.7

The High Life

20015.6

It Happened in Saint-Tropez

20135.3

Life for Real

20235.5

Irrésistiblement Kad !

2020

The Big Bad Wolf

20135.2

Popemobile

20253.0

Superchondriac

20145.5

Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï

20225.7

Tout un poème

Nicholas on Holiday

20145.4

Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans

20225.8

Les Héros du Louvre

2026

Bangkok, We Have A Problem!

20145.0

Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 ans déjà : de succès en excès

20228.0

Sixty

20196.0

Disappeared in Winter

20155.9

Bis

20155.3

Bullit & Riper

2020

Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !

20247.3

King of My Castle

20245.2

Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés

20156.5

Benjamin Biolay Christmas Show

2022

We Were Young

20155.7

Florent Pagny : un homme libre

20238.0

Before What Comes After

20255.9

Kad et Olivier - Le Meilleur de Kad et Olivier

20038.0

Marseille

20164.9

Beyond the Ocean

20068.0

Les Boules de Noël

20244.8

100 Million!

20254.5

Alibi.com

20176.5

Orchestra Class

20176.4

Lucky Luke and the Daltons

20043.6

Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés

20177.5

Max & Leon

20166.3

Brillantissime

20184.8

Kad et Olivier - La Traversée de l'Atlantique en solitaire à 2

20044.0

Kings for a Day

20185.7

The Tombs

20027.7

Looking for Teddy

20185.4

Dad Friend

20185.6

Family Is Family

20185.8

Just a Gigolo

20195.3

Ce soir, c'est Palmashow

20197.0

A Wolf's Journey

20197.7

Jeu de vilains

6.0

Queens of The Field

20206.0

The Parisian Bitch

20155.8

Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés

20197.0

Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu

20197.5

Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés

20207.7

Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés

20167.2

Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés

20147.8

Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !

20187.1

Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !

20157.3

The Big Hit

20207.0

Community Property

20058.0

La Folle Soirée du Palmashow 3

20167.1

On refait les grands duos d'humour

2018

Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous

20217.6

Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs

20107.0

Amis

20217.7

Iznogoud

20054.0

The Year of the Shark

20224.4

Même pas Mal

20034.3

40

20247.0

Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés

20257.5

Honeymoon Crasher

20255.6

Star Trek... ou presque

2006

Fausse note

2026

Permis de détruire

20265.8

Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés

20257.0

Traquer l'invisible - Nos chercheurs face à la menace mondiale des virus et des bactéries

2025

Florent Pagny fait son Taratata

20258.0

The Original+

20256.0

Une journée avec Jacques Brel

20237.0

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024

2024

11e edition de La Nuit de la Deprime aux Folies Bergère

20265.0

A Family of Bastards

20265.5

Un marito sospetto (La part du soupçon)

2019

Making of Biolay Christmas Show

2022