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)
Honeymoon Crasher
as Michel
(2025)
(2025)
Last Breath
as Docteur Augustin Masset
(2025)
100 millions !
as Patrick
(2024)
King of My Castle
as Jean-François Casteigne
(2024)
At The End Of The Day
as Lino
(2024)
Les Boules de Noël
as Antonin
(2024)
40
as Self
(2024)
(2023)
Life For Real
as Louis
(2023)
(2023)
(2023)
Les 10 ans de Studio Bagel
as Self - Guest Star
(2022)
Citoyen d'honneur
as Samir Amin
(2022)
The Year of the Shark
as Thierry
(2022)
Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï
as Membre du comité de soutien
(2022)
(2022)
(2022)
(2021)
(2021)
Kad Merad on Stage
as Self
(2021)
Amis
as Pierre
(2021)
(2020)
Queens of The Field
as Marco
(2020)
The Big Hit
as Étienne Carboni
(2020)
(2020)
Bullit & Riper
as Richard Bullit
(2020)
(2019)
Just a Gigolo
as Alex
(2019)
A Wolf's Journey
as himself- narrateur
(2019)
Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
as Self - Guest
(2019)
Sixty
as Self - Comedian
(2019)
(2019)
(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)
Kings for a Day
as Joseph
(2018)
Looking for Teddy
as Michel
(2018)
(2018)
(2018)
(2017)
Alibi.com
as Mr. Godet
(2017)
Orchestra Class
as Simon Daoud
(2017)
(2017)
La télé de Valérie Lemercier
as Self
(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)
Bis
as Patrice
(2015)
We Were Young
as Kiki
(2015)
Disappeared in Winter
as Daniel
(2015)
The Parisian Bitch
as Himself
(2015)
(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)
Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ?
as Richard Bullit
(2012)
Superstar
as Martin Kazinski
(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)
Images of Women of the Social Corset
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
(2010)
22 Bullets
as Tony Zacchia
(2010)
The Italian
as Dino/Mourad
(2010)
Protect and Serve
as Michel Boudriau
(2010)
(2009)
Little Nicholas
as Le père de Nicolas
(2009)
RTT
as Arthur Lepage
(2009)
Safari
as Richard Dacier
(2008)
Welcome to the Sticks
as Philippe Abrams
(2008)
Modern Love
as Olivier
(2008)
Paris 36
as Jacky Jacquet
(2008)
My Stars
as Robert Pelage
(2008)
(2007)
3 Friends
as Baptiste 'Titi' Capla
(2007)
Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours
as Jacques
(2007)
Pur week-end
as Frédéric Alvaro
(2007)
In Mom's Head
as Jacques Charlot
(2007)
Could This Be Love?
as Rachid
(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)
Try Me
as Vincent
(2006)
Beyond the Ocean
as Oncle Tango
(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)
The Dope
as Le directeur artistique de Pacific Recordings
(2003)
Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?
as Richard Bullit
(2003)
The Car Keys
as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
(2003)
The Pharmacist
as le médecin légiste
(2003)
Don't Worry, Be Happy
as Pierre 2
(2003)
(2003)
Même pas Mal
as Gérard Lanza
(2002)
The Tombs
as Gustave
(2002)
(2001)
The High Life
as Le motard
(2001)
(2001)
The Strategy of Failure
as M. Golden
Crew
(2021)
Amis
Director
(2019)
Just a Gigolo
Writer
(2016)
Marseille
Director, Adaptation, Screenplay, Dialogue
(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)