Kad Merad
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
165
Gender
Male
Birthday
1964-03-27 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria
Kad Merad
Biography
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.
Known For
Caméra Café
Vivement dimanche
Télématin
The Apartment
C à vous
C à vous
Salut les Terriens !
Clique
Tous en cuisine avec Cyril Lignac
Star Academy
Burger Quiz
Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï
The Chorus
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
Broute.
Capitaine Marleau
Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs
Téléthon
Beau geste
Max & Leon
My Stars
N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels
22 Bullets
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans
Lucky Luke and the Daltons
Fausse note
Family Is Family
King of My Castle
The Big Bad Wolf
Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ?
We Were Young
Baron Noir
Anthracite
The Pharmacist
On n'est pas couché
Benjamin Biolay - Christmas Show
La Cape et l'épée
Beyond the Ocean
Les Irréductibles
Face the Classroom
Protect and Serve
100 Million!
The Tuche Family
Honeymoon Crasher
La Flamme
Could This Be Love?
A Wolf's Journey
RTT
La part du soupçon
Welcome to the Sticks
The Italian
Sixty
The Dope
Marseille
The Secret Song
Life for Real
Bullit & Riper
Superchondriac
Florent Pagny : un homme libre
The Big Hit
Citoyen d'honneur
Orchestra Class
Bangkok, We Have A Problem!
The Torch
The High Life
Safari
The Unexpected Getaway
Blague à part
40
Little Nicholas
L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc
3 Friends
Disappeared in Winter
It Happened in Saint-Tropez
Just a Gigolo
Paris 36
Pamela Rose, la série
Playmobil: The Movie
Modern Love
Les Boules de Noël
Brillantissime
Terminal
The Car Keys
Alibi.com
Un soir à la tour Eiffel
Les plus belles comptines d'Okoo
La télé de Valérie Lemercier
Nicholas on Holiday
Bonsoir !
Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés
Community Property
Studio Bagel's 10th Anniversary
A Ticket to Space
Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !
Looking for Teddy
Bis
Samedi soir en direct
Peplum
Don't Worry, I'm Fine
Queens of The Field
La Folle Soirée du Palmashow 3
Un homme d'honneur
The Well Digger's Daughter
Oussekine
Iznogoud
Don't Worry, Be Happy
Héro(s)
Cérémonie des César
Kad Merad on Stage
Try Me
War of the Buttons
Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 ans déjà : de succès en excès
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Liars Club
Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !
Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours
At the End of the Day
Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés
Inside Suspicion
3615 code Arthur et Jarry
Belphégor
Play It Like Godard
Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours
The Year of the Shark
Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous
Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu
Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?
Improbox
Superstar
The Strategy of Failure
La Comtesse de Monte-Cristo
The Tombs
J'invente rien
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés
Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
Father
The Parisian Bitch
Kings for a Day
In Mom's Head
Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime
Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
Pur week-end
Dad Friend
The Last Breath
Star Trek... ou presque
Popemobile
Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés
Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés
Amis
On refait les grands duos d'humour
Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés
Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés
Irrésistiblement Kad !
Kad et Olivier - Le Meilleur de Kad et Olivier
Les Enfoirés 2011 - Dans l'oeil des Enfoirés
Guerre d'Algerie - La déchirure
Permis de détruire
Bloody Christmas
Kad et Olivier - La Traversée de l'Atlantique en solitaire à 2
Kad et Olivier vous font montrer... Le Gros DVD
Kad et Olivier - Antotologie
Même pas Mal
Tout un poème
Jeu de vilains
