Kad Merad
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 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
Finalement
Le Larbin
Terminal
Anthracite
Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
Pamela Rose, la série
Improbox
Life For Real
Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours
Les 10 ans de Studio Bagel
Beau geste
Florent Pagny : un homme libre
Benjamin Biolay - Christmas Show
Citoyen d'honneur
Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 ans déjà : de succès en excès
The Year of the Shark
Le Marrakech du rire 2022 : les 10 ans
Le Flambeau, les aventuriers de Chupacabra
Oussekine
Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï
Kad Merad on Stage
Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime
Amis
Un homme d'honneur
Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous
Irrésistiblement Kad !
La Flamme
The Big Hit
Tous en cuisine avec Cyril Lignac
Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés
Queens of The Field
Les plus belles comptines d'Okoo
Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu
Inside Suspicion
Broute.
Sixty
Just a Gigolo
A Wolf's Journey
Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés
Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
The secret song
Dad Friend
L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc
Looking for Teddy
3615 code Arthur et Jarry
On refait les grands duos d'humour
Kings for a Day
Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !
Family Is Family
Brillantissime
La télé de Valérie Lemercier
Orchestra Class
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
Alibi.com
Max & Leon
La Folle Soirée du Palmashow 3
Marseille
Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés
Baron Noir
Capitaine Marleau
We Were Young
Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !
The Parisian Bitch
Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés
Peplum
Bis
Disappeared in Winter
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Bangkok, We Have A Problem!
Un soir à la tour Eiffel
Nicholas on Holiday
Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés
Superchondriac
The Big Bad Wolf
It Happened in Saint-Tropez
Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ?
La Parenthèse inattendue
Superstar
Play It Like Godard
War of the Buttons
The Tuche Family
Monsieur Papa
The Well Digger's Daughter
Les Enfoirés 2011 - Dans l'oeil des Enfoirés
Images of Women of the Social Corset
The Italian
22 Bullets
Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs
Protect and Serve
RTT
Little Nicholas
C à vous
Safari
My Stars
Paris 36
Modern Love
Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés
Welcome to the Sticks
N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels
Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours
3 Friends
Pur week-end
In Mom's Head
Could This Be Love?
Kad et Olivier - Antotologie
Salut les Terriens !
Don't Worry, I'm Fine
J'invente rien
Beyond the Ocean
Les Irréductibles
Try Me
A Ticket to Space
Community Property
Iznogoud
Kad et Olivier - La traversée de l'Atlantique en solitaire à 2
Lucky Luke and the Daltons
The Chorus
The Car Keys
Kad et Olivier - Le Meilleur de Kad et Olivier
Samedi soir en direct
Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?
Don't Worry, Be Happy
The Dope
The Pharmacist
The Tombs
Bloody Christmas
Kad et Olivier vous font montrer... Le Gros DVD
The High Life
The Strategy of Failure
Caméra Café
As An Aside
Burger Quiz
La Cape et l'épée
Blague à part
Vivement dimanche
Télématin
Cérémonie des César