
Kad Merad
Born March 27, 1964 · Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

The Chorus

22 Bullets

Welcome to the Sticks

Alibi.com

The Big Hit

A Family of Bastards

Lucky Luke and the Daltons

Nicholas on Holiday

Family Is Family

Just a Gigolo

Little Nicholas

Superchondriac

Life for Real

Honeymoon Crasher

The Well Digger's Daughter

Dad Friend

The Parisian Bitch

Brillantissime

Paris 36

Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés

Don't Worry, I'm Fine

At the End of the Day

Les Héros du Louvre

Bis

The Car Keys

Max & Leon

War of the Buttons

Monsieur Papa

The Tuche Family

Community Property

Orchestra Class

Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï

Permis de détruire

King of My Castle

The Original+

Queens of The Field

The Big Bad Wolf

Popemobile

Modern Love

The Tombs

Iznogoud

Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ?

Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
TV Shows

Télématin

Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma

Clique

The Apartment

Burger Quiz

Tous en cuisine avec Cyril Lignac

Star Academy

Cérémonie des César

N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels

Vendredi, tout est permis

Beau geste

On n'est pas couché

Capitaine Marleau

Salut les Terriens !

Téléthon

The Unexpected Getaway

The Trigger

Broute.

The Flame

Anthracite

La Cape et l'épée

The Torch

Blague à Part

The Secret Song

Baron Noir

Lost Media

Un soir à la tour Eiffel

Terminal

Oussekine

Pamela Rose: The Series

Les plus belles comptines d'Okoo

Bonsoir !

Kamoulox

Un homme d'honneur

The Countess of Monte Cristo

Peplum

Samedi soir en direct

Face the Classroom

Belphegor

3615 code Arthur et Jarry

Liars Club

Inside Suspicion

Improbox
More Movies

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

Could This Be Love?

It Happened in Saint-Tropez

Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous

Looking for Teddy

Une journée avec Jacques Brel

My Stars

Before What Comes After

The Year of the Shark

The Pharmacist

Pur week-end

A Ticket to Space

Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés

Florent Pagny fait son Taratata

Florent Pagny : un homme libre

Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours

Safari

Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés

Play It Like Godard

Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés

Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?

The Italian

40

Les Boules de Noël

Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés

Marseille

100 Million!

Amis

Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !

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

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

11e edition de La Nuit de la Deprime aux Folies Bergère

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

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024

Ce soir, c'est Palmashow

Beyond the Ocean

Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours

L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc

Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés

Bangkok, We Have A Problem!

Making of Biolay Christmas Show

Kings for a Day

In Mom's Head

Superstar

Try Me

We Were Young

Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !

Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés

La télé de Valérie Lemercier

3 Friends

Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu

Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !

Bloody Christmas

Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime

Sixty

Les Enfoirés 2011 - Dans l'oeil des Enfoirés

Citoyen d'honneur

Benjamin Biolay Christmas Show

The Dope

RTT

Kad et Olivier - Antotologie

Bullit & Riper

Disappeared in Winter

Protect and Serve

On refait les grands duos d'humour

Même pas Mal

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

Fausse note

J'invente rien

Studio Bagel's 10th Anniversary

Les Irréductibles

Irrésistiblement Kad !

Kad et Olivier - Le Meilleur de Kad et Olivier

The High Life

Don't Worry, Be Happy

Kad Merad on Stage

La Folle Soirée du Palmashow 3

A Wolf's Journey

The Strategy of Failure

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

Star Trek... ou presque




