Kad Merad
Known For
Acting
Born
1964-03-27 in 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.
Most Known For
Caméra Café
as Un psychopathe
Vivement dimanche
as Self
C à vous
as Self
C à vous
as Self - Guest
Télématin
as Self
Beau geste
as Self
Capitaine Marleau
as Daniel Rivière
Burger Quiz
as Self
The Apartment
as Self - Guest
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
as Self - Guest
Star Academy
as Self
The Flame
as Patrice
The Chorus
as Chabert
Salut les Terriens !
as Self - Guest
At the End of the Day
as Lino
Baron Noir
as Philippe Rickwaert
Bis
as Patrice
Clique
as Self - Guest
The Unexpected Getaway
as Self
Tous en cuisine avec Cyril Lignac
as Self