Kad Merad

French-Algerian filmmaker and actor (born 1964)

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Kad Merad

Kad Merad at the premiere of Le Petit Nicolas in 2009

Born|

Kaddour Merad

(1964-03-27) 27 March 1964 (age 60)

Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria

Occupation(s)| Actor, screenwriter, film director, producer
Years active| 1991-present
Spouse|

Emmanuelle Cosso-Mérad

(m. 1992⁠-⁠2012)​

Partner| Julia Vignali (2014-present)
Children| 2

Kad Merad (born Kaddour Merad, Arabic: قدور ميراد; 27 March 1964)[1] is a French-Algerian filmmaker and actor who has acted both on stage and on screen.

## Life and career

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Kad Merad was born in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria, on 27 March 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 roles at Club Med alongside the Gigolo Brothers troupe.

In 1990, he was hired by Ouï FM, the Paris rock radio 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.

## Filmography

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### As actor

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Director  | Notes

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1991  | Tribunal | Ahmed Ben Mabrouk  | Georges Bensoussan  | TV series (1 episode)
1992  | La Cavale des fous | A cop  | Marco Pico  |
1992-96  | Rock'n Roll Circus | Host  |  | TV show
1995  | Dialogue au sommet | Igor  | Xavier Giannoli | Short
1996  | Jour de chance au bâtiment C |  | Lionel Gédébé  | Short
Also writer
1998  | Les trente dernières minutes | Darius Perrini  | Christophe Janin  | TV series (26 episodes)
1999  | Jeu de vilains | Monsieur Tosca  | Hervé Eparvier  | Short
Blague à part | Maxwell  | François Greze  | TV series (1 episode)
1999-2001  | La Grosse émission | Host  | Virginie Lovisone  | TV show
2001  | La stratégie de l'échec | Mr. Golden  | Dominique Farrugia |
La grande vie ! | The biker  | Philippe Dajoux |
Faute de grive | The man  | Patrick Bosso  | Short
Un gars, une fille | The guy  | Francis Duquet  | TV series (1 episode)
La cape et l'épée | Yaziz  | Bernard Faroux  | TV series (1 episode)
Caméra Café | Various  | Francis Duquet (2)  | TV series (2 episodes)
2002  | Les tombales | Gustave  | Christophe Barratier | Short
Visite guidée | Gérard Lanza  | Caroline Roucoux & Hervé Thébault  | Short
2003  | The Car Keys | Himself  | Laurent Baffie |
Mais Qui a tué Pamela Rose? | Richard Bullit  | Éric Lartigau | Also writer
Rien que du bonheur | Pierre  | Denis Parent  |
Le pharmacien de garde | The jurist  | Jean Veber  |
La beuze | The artistic director  | François Desagnat & Thomas Sorriaux  |
Bloody Christmas | The man  | Michel Leray  | Short
Samedi soir en direct | Various  | Several  | TV show
Also writer
Brother Bear | Tuke  | Aaron Blaise & Robert Walker | French voice
Soyez prudents... |  | Lionel Gédébé (2)  | TV series (1 episode)
2004  | The Chorus | Chabert  | Christophe Barratier (2)  |
Les Dalton | The Mexican  | Philippe Haïm |
Monde extérieur | Bertrand  | David Rault  | Short
2005  | Iznogoud | Ouzmoutousouloubouloubombê  | Patrick Braoudé |
Propriété commune | Martin  | Michel Leray (2)  | Short
Toilet Zone | Various  | Olivier Baroux | TV show
Also writer
2006  | Don't Worry, I'm Fine | Paul Tellier  | Philippe Lioret | César Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated - Étoiles d'Or for Best Male Newcomer
Beyond the Ocean | Tango's uncle  | Éliane de Latour  |
Un ticket pour l'espace | Cardoux  | Éric Lartigau (2)  | Also writer
Essaye-moi | Vincent  | Pierre-François Martin-Laval |
J'invente rien | Paul Thalman  | Michel Leclerc |
Les irréductibles | Gérard Mathieu  | Renaud Bertrand  |
Star Trek... ou presque |  | Romain Protat  | TV movie
Also writer
Brother Bear 2 | Tuke  | Ben Gluck  | French voice
Happy Feet | Ramón  | George Miller | French voice
2007  | Could This Be Love? | Rachid  | Pierre Jolivet |
3 amis | Baptiste 'Titi' Capla  | Michel Boujenah |
Pur week-end | Frédéric 'Fred' Alvaro  | Olivier Doran  |
La tête de maman | Jacques Charlot  | Carine Tardieu  |
Ce soir, je dors chez toi | Jacques  | Olivier Baroux (2)  |
2008  | Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis | Philippe Abrams  | Dany Boon | Nominated - Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor
Paris 36 | Jacky  | Christophe Barratier (3)  |
Modern Love | Olivier  | Stéphane Kazandjian  |
Mes stars et moi | Robert Pelage  | Laetitia Colombani |
2009  | Little Nicholas | Nicolas's father  | Laurent Tirard |
Safari | Richard Dacier  | Olivier Baroux (3)  |
R.T.T. | Arthur Lepage  | Frédéric Berthe  |
2010  | 22 Bullets | Tony Zacchia  | Richard Berry |
Protéger & servir | Michel Boudriau  | Éric Lavaine |
L'Italien | Mourad Ben Saoud / Dino Fabrizzi  | Olivier Baroux (4)  |
Megamind | Megamind  | Tom McGrath | French voice
2011  | The Well-Digger's Daughter | Félipe Rambert  | Daniel Auteuil |
Monsieur Papa | Robert Pique  | Kad Merad  |
La nouvelle guerre des boutons | Father Lebrac  | Christophe Barratier (4)  |
Les Tuche | The fishmonger  | Olivier Baroux (5)  |
JC comme Jésus Christ | Himself  | Jonathan Zaccaï |
Happy Feet Two | Ramon  | George Miller (2)  | French voice
2012  | Superstar | Martin Kazinski  | Xavier Giannoli (2)  |
Mais Qui a re-tué Pamela Rose? | Richard Bullit  | Kad Merad (2) & Olivier Baroux (6)  |
2013  | The Big Bad Wolf | Louis Delcroix  | Nicolas & Bruno |
Des gens qui s'embrassent | Roni Melkowich  | Danièle Thompson |
2014  | Supercondriaque | Dr. Dimitri Zvenka  | Dany Boon (2)  |
Nicholas on Holiday | Nicolas's father  | Laurent Tirard (2)  |
On a marché sur Bangkok | Serge Renart  | Olivier Baroux (7)  |
Disparue en hiver | Daniel Vernant  | Christophe Lamotte  |
2015  | Bis | Patrice Olesky  | Dominique Farrugia (2)  |
On voulait tout casser | Kiki  | Philippe Guillard  |
Hotel Transylvania 2 | Count Dracula | Genndy Tartakovsky | French voice
Peplum | Timo  | Philippe Lefebvre | TV series (1 episode)
2016  | Marseille | Paolo  | Kad Merad (3)  |
La folle histoire de Max et Léon | The actor  | Jonathan Barré  |
2016-20  | Republican Gangsters | Philippe Rickwaert  | Ziad Doueiri | TV series (24 episodes)
ACS Award for Best Actor (2016)
Nominated - ACS Award for Best Actor (2018)
2017  | Alibi.com | Monsieur Godet  | Philippe Lacheau |
La Mélodie | Simon  | Rachid Hami  |
Comme des rois |  | Xabi Molia  |
2018  | Brillantissime | Doctor Steinman  | Michèle Laroque |
Le Doudou |  | Philippe Mechelen & Julien Hervé  |
2019  | Just a Gigolo | Alex  | Olivier Baroux (8)  |
2019  | La part au soupçon | Thomas Kertez  | Christophe Lamotte  | TV series (2 episodes)
2020  | The Big Hit | Etienne Carboni  |  |
2022  | Oussekine | Antoine Chevrollier | Georges Kiejman  |
2023  | Life for Real | Louis  | Dany Boon (3)  |
2024  | Finalement | Lino  |  |

### Director / Writer

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2011  | Monsieur Papa |
2012  | Mais Qui a tué Pamela Rose? |
2016  | Marseille |

## Theater

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1992  | Histoires Camiques | Sylvian Bruchon  | Michel Feder  | Théâtre le Funambule
2010  | The Shop at the Corner of the Street | Miklós László | Jean-Luc Revol  | Théâtre de Paris
2016-17  | Acting | Xavier Durringer  | Xavier Durringer  |

## References

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1. ^ "Kad Merad". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-02-13.

## External links

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Films directed by Kad Merad

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* Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose? (2012)
* Marseille (2016)

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César Award for Best Supporting Actor

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* 1977 Claude Brasseur
* 1978 Jacques Dufilho
* 1979 Jacques Villeret
* 1980 Jean Bouise
* 1981 Jacques Dufilho
* 1982 Guy Marchand
* 1983 Jean Carmet
* 1984 Richard Anconina
* 1985 Richard Bohringer
* 1986 Michel Boujenah
* 1987 Pierre Arditi
* 1988 Jean-Claude Brialy
* 1989 Patrick Chesnais
* 1990 Robert Hirsch
* 1991 Jacques Weber
* 1992 Jean Carmet
* 1993 André Dussollier
* 1994 Fabrice Luchini
* 1995 Jean-Hugues Anglade
* 1996 Eddy Mitchell
* 1997 Jean-Pierre Darroussin
* 1998 Jean-Pierre Bacri
* 1999 Daniel Prévost
* 2000 François Berléand
* 2001 Gérard Lanvin
* 2002 André Dussollier
* 2003 Bernard Le Coq
* 2004 Darry Cowl
* 2005 Clovis Cornillac
* 2006 Niels Arestrup
* 2007 Kad Merad
* 2008 Sami Bouajila
* 2009 Jean-Paul Roussillon
* 2010 Niels Arestrup
* 2011 Michael Lonsdale
* 2012 Michel Blanc
* 2013 Guillaume de Tonquédec
* 2014 Niels Arestrup
* 2015 Reda Kateb
* 2016 Benoît Magimel
* 2017 James Thiérrée
* 2018 Antoine Reinartz
* 2019 Philippe Katerine
* 2020 Swann Arlaud
* 2021 Nicolas Marié
* 2022 Vincent Lacoste
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