# Kad Merad

Kad Merad (born Kaddour Merad, Arabic: قدور ميراد; 27 March 1964) is a French-Algerian writer and actor.

## Life and career

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
### As actor

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 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 |
| 1999 | 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 | |
| 2001 | La grande vie ! | The biker | Philippe Dajoux | |
| 2001 | Faute de grive | The man | Patrick Bosso | Short |
| 2001 | Un gars, une fille | The guy | Francis Duquet | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2001 | La cape et l'épée | Yaziz | Bernard Faroux | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2001 | Caméra Café | Various | Francis Duquet (2) | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2002 | Les tombales | Gustave | Christophe Barratier | Short |
| 2002 | Visite guidée | Gérard Lanza | Caroline Roucoux & Hervé Thébault | Short |
| 2003 | The Car Keys | Himself | Laurent Baffie | |
| 2003 | Mais Qui a tué Pamela Rose? | Richard Bullit | Éric Lartigau | Also writer |
| 2003 | Rien que du bonheur | Pierre | Denis Parent | |
| 2003 | Le pharmacien de garde | The jurist | Jean Veber | |
| 2003 | La beuze | The artistic director | François Desagnat & Thomas Sorriaux | |
| 2003 | Bloody Christmas | The man | Michel Leray | Short |
| 2003 | Samedi soir en direct | Various | Several | TV show Also writer |
| 2003 | Brother Bear | Tuke | Aaron Blaise & Robert Walker | French voice |
| 2003 | Soyez prudents... | | Lionel Gédébé (2) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2004 | The Chorus | Chabert | Christophe Barratier (2) | |
| 2004 | Les Dalton | The Mexican | Philippe Haïm | |
| 2004 | Monde extérieur | Bertrand | David Rault | Short |
| 2005 | Iznogoud | Ouzmoutousouloubouloubombê | Patrick Braoudé | |
| 2005 | Propriété commune | Martin | Michel Leray (2) | Short |
| 2005 | 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 |
| 2006 | Beyond the Ocean | Tango's uncle | Éliane de Latour | |
| 2006 | Un ticket pour l'espace | Cardoux | Éric Lartigau (2) | Also writer |
| 2006 | Essaye-moi | Vincent | Pierre-François Martin-Laval | |
| 2006 | J'invente rien | Paul Thalman | Michel Leclerc | |
| 2006 | Les irréductibles | Gérard Mathieu | Renaud Bertrand | |
| 2006 | Star Trek... ou presque | | Romain Protat | TV movie Also writer |
| 2006 | Brother Bear 2 | Tuke | Ben Gluck | French voice |
| 2006 | Happy Feet | Ramón | George Miller | French voice |
| 2007 | Could This Be Love? | Rachid | Pierre Jolivet | |
| 2007 | 3 amis | Baptiste 'Titi' Capla | Michel Boujenah | |
| 2007 | Pur week-end | Frédéric 'Fred' Alvaro | Olivier Doran | |
| 2007 | La tête de maman | Jacques Charlot | Carine Tardieu | |
| 2007 | 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 |
| 2008 | Paris 36 | Jacky | Christophe Barratier (3) | |
| 2008 | Modern Love | Olivier | Stéphane Kazandjian | |
| 2008 | Mes stars et moi | Robert Pelage | Laetitia Colombani | |
| 2009 | Little Nicholas | Nicolas's father | Laurent Tirard | |
| 2009 | Safari | Richard Dacier | Olivier Baroux (3) | |
| 2009 | R.T.T. | Arthur Lepage | Frédéric Berthe | |
| 2010 | 22 Bullets | Tony Zacchia | Richard Berry | |
| 2010 | Protéger & servir | Michel Boudriau | Éric Lavaine | |
| 2010 | L'Italien | Mourad Ben Saoud / Dino Fabrizzi | Olivier Baroux (4) | |
| 2010 | Megamind | Megamind | Tom McGrath | French voice |
| 2011 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | Félipe Rambert | Daniel Auteuil | |
| 2011 | Monsieur Papa | Robert Pique | Kad Merad | |
| 2011 | La nouvelle guerre des boutons | Father Lebrac | Christophe Barratier (4) | |
| 2011 | Les Tuche | The fishmonger | Olivier Baroux (5) | |
| 2011 | JC comme Jésus Christ | Himself | Jonathan Zaccaï | |
| 2011 | Happy Feet Two | Ramon | George Miller (2) | French voice |
| 2012 | Superstar | Martin Kazinski | Xavier Giannoli (2) | |
| 2012 | Mais Qui a re-tué Pamela Rose? | Richard Bullit | Kad Merad (2) & Olivier Baroux (6) | |
| 2013 | The Big Bad Wolf | Louis Delcroix | Nicolas & Bruno | |
| 2013 | Des gens qui s'embrassent | Roni Melkowich | Danièle Thompson | |
| 2014 | Supercondriaque | Dr. Dimitri Zvenka | Dany Boon (2) | |
| 2014 | Nicholas on Holiday | Nicolas's father | Laurent Tirard (2) | |
| 2014 | On a marché sur Bangkok | Serge Renart | Olivier Baroux (7) | |
| 2014 | Disparue en hiver | Daniel Vernant | Christophe Lamotte | |
| 2015 | Bis | Patrice Olesky | Dominique Farrugia (2) | |
| 2015 | On voulait tout casser | Kiki | Philippe Guillard | |
| 2015 | Hotel Transylvania 2 | Count Dracula | Genndy Tartakovsky | French voice |
| 2015 | Peplum | Timo | Philippe Lefebvre | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2016 | Marseille | Paolo | Kad Merad (3) | |
| 2016 | La folle histoire de Max et Léon | The actor | Jonathan Barré | |
| 2016-20 | Republican Gangsters (Baron Noir) | 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 | |
| 2017 | La Mélodie | Simon | Rachid Hami | |
| 2017 | Comme des rois | | Xabi Molia | |
| 2018 | Brillantissime | Doctor Steinman | Michèle Laroque | |
| 2018 | 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

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

## Theater

| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
| 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 | |