Kad Merad

Acting

Born Mar 27, 1964

From Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria

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.

Kad Merad

Known For

The Chorus

Lost Media

22 Bullets

Welcome to the Sticks

The Tuche Family

Alibi.com

Honeymoon Crasher

Lucky Luke and the Daltons

The Well Digger's Daughter

Little Nicholas

Filmography — Acting

The Chorus

Lost Media

22 Bullets

Welcome to the Sticks

The Tuche Family

Alibi.com

Honeymoon Crasher

Lucky Luke and the Daltons

The Well Digger's Daughter

Little Nicholas

Bis

100 Million!

Superchondriac

Paris 36

Don't Worry, I'm Fine

Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ?

Max & Leon

Marseille

It Happened in Saint-Tropez

Dad Friend

Life for Real

Bangkok, We Have A Problem!

Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?

Nicholas on Holiday

Safari

Family Is Family

Could This Be Love?

Before What Comes After

Superstar

Just a Gigolo

The Dope

The Italian

War of the Buttons

Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés

Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï

Les Boules de Noël

Disappeared in Winter

Iznogoud

J'invente rien

The Car Keys

Queens of The Field

The Big Hit

RTT

Pur week-end

The High Life

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

Citoyen d'honneur

We Were Young

40

Les Héros du Louvre

A Ticket to Space

At the End of the Day

Brillantissime

3 Friends

Modern Love

The Big Bad Wolf

The Year of the Shark

Father

The Parisian Bitch

Les Irréductibles

Looking for Teddy

Permis de détruire

Play It Like Godard

My Stars

La Folle Soirée du Palmashow 3

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

King of My Castle