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Kad Merad
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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 AbbĂšs, 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 OuĂŻ 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 FidĂšle...). The early success of the show alloâŠ
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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 AbbÚs, 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 FidÚle...). 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.
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Fausse note
as Nathan Dinke
Les HĂ©ros du Louvre
as Babi Maklouf
Permis de détruire
as Dominique
A Family of Bastards
as Djilali
11e edition de La Nuit de la Deprime aux Folies BergĂšre
as self
The Original+
as Self - Guest
Florent Pagny fait son Taratata
as Self
Traquer l'invisible - Nos chercheurs face à la menace mondiale des virus et des bactéries
as Self : Godfather of Pasteur Institute
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
as Self (archive footage)
Popemobile
as Slim / Barnabé VI
100 Million!
as Patrick
Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés
Honeymoon Crasher
as Michel
Before What Comes After
as Augustin Masset
Les Boules de Noël
as Antonin
40
as Self
At the End of the Day
as Lino
King of My Castle
as Jean-François Casteigne
Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
Le soir oĂč j'ai reçu le CĂ©sar 2024
as Kad Merad
Une journée avec Jacques Brel
as Self
Florent Pagny : un homme libre
as Self
Life for Real
as Louis
Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours
Studio Bagel's 10th Anniversary
as Self - Guest Star
Making of Biolay Christmas Show
as Self
Benjamin Biolay Christmas Show
as Self : Guest
Citoyen d'honneur
as Samir Amin
Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 ans déjà : de succÚs en excÚs
as Self
The Year of the Shark
as Thierry
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans
as Self
ZaĂŻ ZaĂŻ ZaĂŻ ZaĂŻ
as Membre du comité de soutien
Kad Merad on Stage
as Self
Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime
as Self
Amis
as Pierre
Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à cÎté de vous
Bullit & Riper
as Richard Bullit
Irrésistiblement Kad !
The Big Hit
as Ătienne Carboni
Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés
Queens of The Field
as Marco
Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu
Sixty
as Self - Comedian
Just a Gigolo
as Alex
A Wolf's Journey
as himself- narrateur
Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés
Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
as Self - Guest
Dad Friend
as Stéphane
L'Ătrange NoĂ«l de Jeff Panacloc
as Self
Looking for Teddy
as Michel
On refait les grands duos d'humour
as Self
Kings for a Day
as Joseph
Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !
Family Is Family
as Kad Merad
Brillantissime
as Dr Steinman
La télé de Valérie Lemercier
as Self
Orchestra Class
as Simon Daoud
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
Alibi.com
as Mr. Godet
Max & Leon
as Acteur à la télévision anglaise
La Folle Soirée du Palmashow 3
as Self - Guest
Marseille
as Paolo
Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés
as Self
We Were Young
as Kiki
Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scĂšne !
as Self
The Parisian Bitch
as Kad Merad (uncredited)
Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés
Bis
as Patrice
Disappeared in Winter
as Daniel
Les EnfoirĂ©s - Les EnfoirĂ©s en chĆur de 1985 Ă aujourd'hui
Bangkok, We Have A Problem!
as Serge Renart
Nicholas on Holiday
as Nicolas' father
Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés
Superchondriac
as Dimitri Zvenka
The Big Bad Wolf
as Louis
It Happened in Saint-Tropez
as Roni Melkowich
Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ?
as Richard Bullit
Superstar
as Martin Kazinski
Play It Like Godard
as star
War of the Buttons
as PĂšre Lebrac
The Tuche Family
as Le poissonnier
Monsieur Papa
as Robert Pique
The Well Digger's Daughter
as FĂ©lipe Rambert
Les Enfoirés 2011 - Dans l'oeil des Enfoirés
The Italian
as Dino/Mourad
22 Bullets
as Tony Zacchia
Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs
Protect and Serve
as Michel Boudriau
RTT
as Arthur Lepage
Little Nicholas
as Nicolas' father
Safari
as Richard Dacier
My Stars
as Robert Pelage
Paris 36
as Jacky Jacquet
Modern Love
as Olivier
Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés
Welcome to the Sticks
as Philippe Abrams
Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours
as Jacques
3 Friends
as Baptiste 'Titi' Capla
Pur week-end
as Frédéric Alvaro
In Mom's Head
as Jacques Charlot
Could This Be Love?
as Rachid
Kad et Olivier - Antotologie
as Himself
Don't Worry, I'm Fine
as Paul Tellier
J'invente rien
as Paul
Beyond the Ocean
as Oncle Tango
Les Irréductibles
as GĂ©rard
Star Trek... ou presque
Try Me
as Vincent
A Ticket to Space
as Stéphane Cardoux
Community Property
as Martin
Iznogoud
as le génie Ouzmoutousouloubouloubombé
Kad et Olivier - La Traversée de l'Atlantique en solitaire à 2
as Kad Merad
Lucky Luke and the Daltons
as Le Mexicain Cellule
The Chorus
as Chabert
The Car Keys
as Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent
Kad et Olivier - Le Meilleur de Kad et Olivier
Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?
as Richard Bullit
Don't Worry, Be Happy
as Pierre 2
MĂȘme pas Mal
as GĂ©rard Lanza
The Dope
as Le directeur artistique de Pacific Recordings
The Pharmacist
as le médecin légiste
The Tombs
as Gustave
Bloody Christmas
Kad et Olivier vous font montrer... Le Gros DVD
The High Life
as Le motard
The Strategy of Failure
as M. Golden
No Poster
Tout un poĂšme
No Poster
Jeu de vilains
as Monsieur Tosca