Kad Merad
Acting
🎂 1964-03-27
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.
Cast credits(162)
Un psychopathe
2001
Self
1985
Self
1998
Self - Guest
2013
Self - Guest
2006
Daniel Rivière
2015
Self
2001
Self
2023
Self - Guest
2023
Self
2012
Yaziz
2000
Self
2001
Self
2009
Self - Guest
2009
Self
2020
Patrice
2022
Self
2008
Self
2014
Patrice
2020
Self - Guest
2001
Sylvain Cresson
2024
Richard Bullit
2023
Maitre Georges Kiejman
2022
Philippe Rickwaert
2016
Maxwell
1998
2019
Richard Altman
2021
Claude
2024
Self - Guest
2006
Self
2025
2019
1976
Thomas Kertez
2019
Michel
2025
Self
1987
Chabert
2004
Self
2018
Philippe Abrams
2008
Mr. Godet
2017
Nicolas' father
2014
Timo
2015
Louis
2023
Le poissonnier
2011
Dimitri Zvenka
2014
Tony Zacchia
2010
Jean-François Casteigne
2024
Paul Tellier
2006
Alex
2019
Acteur à la télévision anglaise
2016
Patrice
2015
FĂ©lipe Rambert
2011
Kad Merad
2018
Nicolas's father
2009
Self - Guest
2018
Étienne Carboni
2020
Antonin
2024
Self - Guest
2018
Roni Melkowich
2013
Self - Guest
2017
Arthur Lepage
2009
Kiki
2015
Paolo
2016
Augustin Masset
2025
Richard Bullit
2012
Serge Renart
2014
Le Mexicain Cellule
2004
Charles Moreau
Louis
2013
le génie Ouzmoutousouloubouloubombé
2005
Jacky Jacquet
2008
himself- narrateur
2019
2003
Jacques
2007
Martin Kazinski
2012
Self
2024
Stéphane
2018
Daniel
2015
Dino/Mourad
2010
Paul
2006
Lino
2024
Samir Amin
2022
Père Lebrac
2011
Dr Steinman
2018
Le directeur artistique de Pacific Recordings
2003
Le motard
2001
Richard Dacier
2009
2020
le médecin légiste
2003
Thierry
2022
Membre du comité de soutien
2022
Self
2022
2025
Robert Pique
2011
Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
2003
Marco
2020
Richard Bullit
2003
Self - Guest
2023
GĂ©rard
2006
2008
Olivier
2008
Self
2023
Simon Daoud
2017
Jacques Charlot
2007
Himself
2015
M. Golden
2001
Baptiste 'Titi' Capla
2007
2019
Robert Pelage
2008
Joseph
2018
star
2012
Self - Guest
2019
Michel Boudriau
2010
2023
Patrick
2025
Michel
2018
Pierre
2021
2014
2024
Self - Guest
2016
2014
Gustave
2002
Self
2018
Self
2022
Frédéric Alvaro
2007
Self - Comedian
2019
2016
Self
2015
2010
2018
Self
2017
2017
Cardoux
2006
2025
Self
2022
Pierre 2
2003
Vincent
2006
2015
Kad Merad
2004
Rachid
2007
Self (archive footage)
2011
Babi Maklouf
La narrateur
2012
2011
Self
2018
2020
Richard Bullit
2020
2019
2002
Thomas Kertez
2019
2021
Self
2021
Oncle Tango
2006
Self - Guest Star
2023
Martin
2005
Himself
2007
Self
2021
GĂ©rard Lanza
2003
2001
2006
Monsieur Tosca
2003