Kad Merad
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
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.
Acting
Héro(s)
as Babi Maklouf
Jeu de vilains
as Monsieur Tosca
(2025)
100 Million!
as Patrick
(2025)
Honeymoon Crasher
as Michel
(2025)
The Last Breath
as Augustin Masset
(2025)
(2025)
(2024)
King of My Castle
as Jean-François Casteigne
(2024)
Les Boules de Noël
as Antonin
(2024)
40
as Self
(2024)
At the End of the Day
as Lino
(2024)
(2023)
Life for Real
as Louis
(2023)
(2023)
(2023)
Studio Bagel's 10th Anniversary
as Self - Guest Star
(2022)
Citoyen d'honneur
as Samir Amin
(2022)
Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï
as Membre du comité de soutien
(2022)
The Year of the Shark
as Thierry
(2022)
(2022)
(2022)
(2021)
Amis
as Pierre
(2021)
(2021)
Kad Merad on Stage
as Self
(2021)
(2020)
The Big Hit
as Étienne Carboni
(2020)
Queens of The Field
as Marco
(2020)
(2020)
(2020)
Bullit & Riper
as Richard Bullit
(2019)
Just a Gigolo
as Alex
(2019)
(2019)
A Wolf's Journey
as himself- narrateur
(2019)
(2019)
Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
as Self - Guest
(2019)
Sixty
as Self - Comedian
(2019)
La part du soupçon
as Thomas Kertez
(2018)
Family Is Family
as Kad Merad
(2018)
Brillantissime
as Dr Steinman
(2018)
Dad Friend
as Stéphane
(2018)
Looking for Teddy
as Michel
(2018)
Kings for a Day
as Joseph
(2018)
(2018)
(2018)
(2017)
Orchestra Class
as Simon Daoud
(2017)
(2017)
La télé de Valérie Lemercier
as Self
(2016)
Alibi.com
as Mr. Godet
(2016)
Max & Leon
as Acteur à la télévision anglaise
(2016)
Marseille
as Paolo
(2016)
(2016)
La Folle Soirée du Palmashow 3
as Self - Guest
(2015)
Disappeared in Winter
as Daniel
(2015)
Bis
as Patrice
(2015)
We Were Young
as Kiki
(2015)
The Parisian Bitch
as Himself
(2015)
(2015)
Peplum
as Timo
(2015)
(2014)
Nicholas on Holiday
as Nicolas' father
(2014)
Superchondriac
as Dimitri Zvenka
(2014)
Bangkok, We Have A Problem!
as Serge Renart
(2014)
(2014)
(2013)
It Happened in Saint-Tropez
as Roni Melkowich
(2013)
The Big Bad Wolf
as Louis
(2012)
Superstar
as Martin Kazinski
(2012)
Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ?
as Richard Bullit
(2012)
Play It Like Godard
as star
(2012)
Guerre d'Algerie - La déchirure
as La narrateur
(2011)
The Tuche Family
as Le poissonnier
(2011)
The Well Digger's Daughter
as Félipe Rambert
(2011)
War of the Buttons
as Père Lebrac
(2011)
Father
as Robert Pique
(2011)
(2011)
Images of Women of the Social Corset
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
22 Bullets
as Tony Zacchia
(2010)
The Italian
as Dino/Mourad
(2010)
Protect and Serve
as Michel Boudriau
(2010)
(2009)
Little Nicholas
as Nicolas's father
(2009)
RTT
as Arthur Lepage
(2009)
Safari
as Richard Dacier
(2008)
Welcome to the Sticks
as Philippe Abrams
(2008)
Paris 36
as Jacky Jacquet
(2008)
My Stars
as Robert Pelage
(2008)
Modern Love
as Olivier
(2008)
(2007)
Could This Be Love?
as Rachid
(2007)
Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours
as Jacques
(2007)
Pur week-end
as Frédéric Alvaro
(2007)
3 Friends
as Baptiste 'Titi' Capla
(2007)
In Mom's Head
as Jacques Charlot
(2007)
Kad et Olivier - Antotologie
as Himself
(2006)
Don't Worry, I'm Fine
as Paul Tellier
(2006)
J'invente rien
as Paul
(2006)
Les Irréductibles
as Gérard
(2006)
A Ticket to Space
as Cardoux
(2006)
Beyond the Ocean
as Oncle Tango
(2006)
Try Me
as Vincent
(2006)
(2005)
Iznogoud
as le génie Ouzmoutousouloubouloubombé
(2005)
Community Property
as Martin
(2004)
The Chorus
as Chabert
(2004)
Lucky Luke and the Daltons
as Le Mexicain Cellule
(2004)
(2003)
Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?
as Richard Bullit
(2003)
The Dope
as Le directeur artistique de Pacific Recordings
(2003)
The Car Keys
as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
(2003)
The Pharmacist
as le médecin légiste
(2003)
(2003)
Même pas Mal
as Gérard Lanza
(2003)
Don't Worry, Be Happy
as Pierre 2
(2002)
(2002)
The Tombs
as Gustave
(2001)
The High Life
as Le motard
(2001)
The Strategy of Failure
as M. Golden
(2001)
Crew
(2021)
Amis
Director
(2019)
Just a Gigolo
Writer
(2016)
Marseille
Director, Adaptation, Dialogue, Screenplay
(2012)
Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ?
Director
(2011)
Father
Director
(2007)
Kad et Olivier - Antotologie
Director
(2006)
A Ticket to Space
Writer
(2003)
(2001)