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Kad Merad

27th March 1964 Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria Acting

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.

127 Movies 45 TV Shows 2 In Production 174 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

40 poster
40 4th November 2024 as Self
Amis poster
Amis 2nd May 2021 as Pierre
Sixty poster
Sixty 6th May 2019 as Self - Comedian
Max & Leon poster
Max & Leon 1st November 2016 as Acteur à la télévision anglaise
Bis poster
Bis 18th February 2015 as Patrice
Father poster
Father 1st June 2011 as Robert Pique
RTT poster
RTT 9th December 2009 as Arthur Lepage
Safari poster
Safari 1st April 2009 as Richard Dacier
My Stars poster
My Stars 29th October 2008 as Robert Pelage
Paris 36 poster
Paris 36 24th September 2008 as Jacky Jacquet
3 Friends poster
3 Friends 22nd August 2007 as Baptiste 'Titi' Capla
Iznogoud poster
Iznogoud 19th January 2005 as le génie Ouzmoutousouloubouloubombé
The Car Keys poster
The Car Keys 10th December 2003 as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
The Dope poster
The Dope 5th February 2003 as Le directeur artistique de Pacific Recordings
Terminal poster
Terminal 22nd April 2024 as Sylvain Cresson
Oussekine poster
Oussekine 11th May 2022 as Maitre Georges Kiejman
Peplum poster
Peplum 24th February 2015 as Timo
Clique poster
Clique 1st September 2013 as Self - Guest
Fausse note poster Coming soon
Fausse note 16th September 2026 as Nathan Dinke
Les Héros du Louvre poster Coming soon
Les Héros du Louvre 9th September 2026 as Babi Maklouf