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.
as Monsieur Tosca
as Contestant(1 ep)
as Nathan Dinke
as Babi Maklouf
as Dominique
as Djilali
as ?(8 eps)
as Self - Guest
as Charles Moreau(4 eps)
as Self : Godfather of Pasteur Institute
as Self (archive footage)
as Slim / Barnabé VI
as Patrick
as Self(6 eps)
as Michel
as Augustin Masset
as Antonin
as Self
as Lino
as Jean-François Casteigne
as Sylvain Cresson(1 ep)
as Claude Chevallier(6 eps)
as Philippe Rickwaert(1 ep)
as Kad Merad
as Richard Bullit(9 eps)
as Self - Guest(2 eps)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Louis
as Self - Guest Star
as Self(2 eps)
as Self : Guest
as Samir Amin
as Thierry
as Patrice(9 eps)
as Maitre Georges Kiejman(4 eps)
as Père(1 ep)
as Membre du comité de soutien
as Self
as Pierre
as Richard Altman(6 eps)
as Richard Bullit
as Patrice
as Étienne Carboni
as Self(1 ep)
as Marco
as Thomas Kertez(2 eps)
as Self - Comedian
as Alex
as himself- narrateur
as Self - Guest
as Self(1 ep)
as Stéphane
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Michel
as Self - Guest(2 eps)
as Joseph
as Kad Merad
as Dr Steinman
as Self
as Simon Daoud
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Mr. Godet
as Acteur à la télévision anglaise
as Self - Guest
as Paolo
as Philippe Rickwaert(24 eps)
as Daniel Rivière(1 ep)
as Kiki
as Kad Merad (uncredited)
as Timo(1 ep)
as Patrice
as Daniel
as Serge Renart
as Self(1 ep)
as Nicolas' father
as Dimitri Zvenka
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Louis
as Roni Melkowich
as Richard Bullit
as Self(1 ep)
as Martin Kazinski
as star
as Self(3 eps)
as Père Lebrac
as Le poissonnier
as Robert Pique
as Félipe Rambert
as Dino/Mourad
as Tony Zacchia
as Michel Boudriau
as Arthur Lepage
as Nicolas' father
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(3 eps)
as Richard Dacier
as Robert Pelage
as Jacky Jacquet
as Olivier
as Philippe Abrams
as Self(1 ep)
as Jacques
as Baptiste 'Titi' Capla
as Frédéric Alvaro
as Jacques Charlot
as Rachid
as Himself
as Self - Guest(2 eps)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Paul Tellier
as Paul
as Oncle Tango
as Gérard
as Vincent
as Stéphane Cardoux
as Martin
as le génie Ouzmoutousouloubouloubombé
as Le Mexicain Cellule
as Chabert
as Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent
as Self - Host(4 eps)
as Richard Bullit
as Pierre 2
as Gérard Lanza
as Le directeur artistique de Pacific Recordings
as le médecin légiste
as Gustave
as Le motard
as M. Golden
as Un psychopathe
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(2 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Yaziz(1 ep)
as Maxwell(1 ep)
as Self(4 eps)
as Self(2 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Self - Host(1 ep)
as Self - Presenter(1 ep)