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.
Filmography
all 150
Movies 114
TV Shows 36
self 35
Director 2
Creator 1
Le Larbin (2024)
Anthracite (2024)
Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans ! (2024)
Pamela Rose, la série (2023)
Improbox (2023)
Life For Real (2023)
Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours (2023)
Les 10 ans de Studio Bagel (2023)
Beau geste (2023)
Florent Pagny : un homme libre (2023)
Benjamin Biolay - Christmas Show (2022)
La grosse émission best of 2022 (2022)
Citoyen d'honneur (2022)
Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 ans déjà : de succès en excès (2022)
The Year of the Shark (2022)
Le Marrakech du rire 2022 : les 10 ans (2022)
Le Flambeau, les aventuriers de Chupacabra (2022)
Oussekine (2022)
Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï (2022)
Kad Merad on Stage (2021)
Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime (2021)
Amis (2021)
Un homme d'honneur (2021)
Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous (2021)
Irrésistiblement Kad ! (2020)
The Big Hit (2020)
Tous en cuisine avec Cyril Lignac (2020)
Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés (2020)
Une belle équipe (2020)
Les plus belles comptines d'Okoo (2019)
Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu (2019)
Inside Suspicion (2019)
Broute. (2019)
Sixty (2019)
Just a Gigolo (2019)
A Wolf's Journey (2019)
Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés (2019)
Ce soir, c'est Palmashow (2019)
The secret song (2018)
Dad Friend (2018)
L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc (2018)
Looking for Teddy (2018)
3615 code Arthur et Jarry (2018)
On refait les grands duos d'humour (2018)
Kings for a Day (2018)
Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique ! (2018)
Family Is Family (2018)
Brillantissime (2018)
La télé de Valérie Lemercier (2017)
Orchestra Class (2017)
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés (2017)
Alibi.com (2017)
Max & Leon (2016)
La Folle Soirée du Palmashow 3 (2016)
Marseille (2016)
Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés (2016)
Baron Noir (2016)
Capitaine Marleau (2015)
We Were Young (2015)
Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène ! (2015)
The Parisian B* (2015)
Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés (2015)
Peplum (2015)
Bis (2015)
Disappeared in Winter (2015)
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui (2014)
Bangkok, We Have A Problem! (2014)
Un soir à la tour Eiffel (2014)
Nicholas on Holiday (2014)
Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés (2014)
Superchondriac (2014)
The Big Bad Wolf (2013)
It Happened in Saint-Tropez (2013)
Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ? (2012)
La Parenthèse inattendue (2012)
Superstar (2012)
Guerre d'Algerie - La déchirure (2012)
Play It Like Godard (2012)
War of the Buttons (2011)
The Tuche Family (2011)
Monsieur Papa (2011)
The Well Digger's Daughter (2011)
Les Enfoirés 2011 - Dans l'oeil des Enfoirés (2011)
Images of Women of the Social Corset (2011)
The Italian (2010)
22 Bullets (2010)
Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs (2010)
Protect and Serve (2010)
RTT (2009)
Little Nicholas (2009)
C à vous (2009)
Safari (2009)
My Stars (2008)
Paris 36 (2008)
Modern Love (2008)
Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés (2008)
Welcome to the Sticks (2008)
N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels (2008)
Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours (2007)
3 Friends (2007)
Pur week-end (2007)
In Mom's Head (2007)
Could This Be Love? (2007)
Kad et Olivier - Antotologie (2007)
Salut les Terriens ! (2006)
Don't Worry, I'm Fine (2006)
J'invente rien (2006)
Beyond the Ocean (2006)
Les Irréductibles (2006)
Try Me (2006)
A Ticket to Space (2006)
Community Property (2005)
Iznogoud (2005)
Kad et Olivier - La traversée de l'Atlantique en solitaire à 2 (2004)
Lucky Luke and the Daltons (2004)
The Chorus (2004)
The Car Keys (2003)
Les 100 plus grands... (2003)
Kad et Olivier - Le Meilleur de Kad et Olivier (2003)
Samedi soir en direct (2003)
Soyez prudents... (2003)
Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? (2003)
Don't Worry, Be Happy (2003)
The Dope (2003)
The Pharmacist (2003)
The Tombs (2002)
Bloody Christmas (2002)
Kad et Olivier vous font montrer... Le Gros DVD (2001)
The High Life (2001)
The Strategy of Failure (2001)
As An Aside (2001)
Burger Quiz (2001)
La Cape et l'épée (2000)
Blague à part (1998)
Vivement dimanche (1998)
Tout le monde en parle (1998)
Les 30 dernières minutes (1998)
Dialogue au sommet (1996)
Téléthon (1987)
Télématin (1985)
Cérémonie des César (1976)
Kad et Olivier : The Story
Finalement
You are in the Merde
Bullit & Riper
Héro(s)
Papamobile
On ira
Tout un poème
Jeu de vilains
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1964-03-27 (60 years old)
Birth NameKaddour Merad
Birth PlaceSidi Bel Abbès, Algeria
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsKadour Merad, 카드 므라드
AwardsCésar Award for Best Supporting Actor
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