
Kad Merad
Born: 1964-03-27
Place of Birth: Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria
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

La part du soupçon

La télé de Valérie Lemercier

The Chorus

The Italian

The Dope

Kad Merad on Stage

22 Bullets

The Big Hit

100 Million!

Kad et Olivier - La Traversée de l'Atlantique en solitaire à 2

Traquer l'invisible - Nos chercheurs face à la menace mondiale des virus et des bactéries

The Well Digger's Daughter

Paris 36

Les Irréductibles

Lucky Luke and the Daltons

Kad et Olivier vous font montrer... Le Gros DVD

Try Me

Looking for Teddy

Superchondriac

3 Friends

Bis

At the End of the Day

Orchestra Class

Welcome to the Sticks

Marseille

RTT

Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ?

Little Nicholas

King of My Castle

Honeymoon Crasher

We Were Young

Kad et Olivier - Le Meilleur de Kad et Olivier

Disappeared in Winter

Iznogoud

J'invente rien

Safari

Brillantissime

Sixty

Alibi.com

It Happened in Saint-Tropez

Modern Love

Même pas Mal

Don't Worry, I'm Fine

Family Is Family

Citoyen d'honneur

Before What Comes After

Bangkok, We Have A Problem!

Bullit & Riper

Just a Gigolo

The Tuche Family

The Tombs

In Mom's Head

Father

Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !

Les Boules de Noël

Community Property

Life for Real

Guerre d'Algerie - La déchirure

Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés

Nicholas on Holiday

Superstar

The High Life

Pur week-end

Florent Pagny fait son Taratata

A Wolf's Journey

Popemobile

Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï

Max & Leon

Amis

Queens of The Field

Dad Friend

My Stars

The Big Bad Wolf

Florent Pagny : un homme libre

War of the Buttons

The Year of the Shark

40

Bloody Christmas

Kings for a Day

The Pharmacist

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

The Parisian Bitch

Beyond the Ocean

Irrésistiblement Kad !

Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?

Studio Bagel's 10th Anniversary

A Ticket to Space

The Car Keys

Protect and Serve

Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !

Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !

L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc

Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous

Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours

Could This Be Love?

Play It Like Godard

Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours

Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés

Ce soir, c'est Palmashow

Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés

Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans

Star Trek... ou presque

Don't Worry, Be Happy

Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs

Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés

Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime

Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 2011 - Dans l'oeil des Enfoirés

La Folle Soirée du Palmashow 3

Benjamin Biolay - Christmas Show

Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés

Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 ans déjà : de succès en excès

The Original+

Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu

On refait les grands duos d'humour

Kad et Olivier - Antotologie
