Kad Merad
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| Born | Kaddour Merad March 27, 1964 |
| Occupation | actor, screenwriter, director, producer |
| Years active | 1992 - present |
Kad Merad, real name Kaddour Merad, (born March 27, 1964 in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria) is a French-Algerian actor who has acted both on stage and on screen.
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Biography
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 is hired by Ouï FM, the Paris Rock specialized 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 allows them to meet Jean-Luc Delarue who inserts them in the TV stage.
In 1999, they enters the French Satellite TV channel Comédie+ and got their own show, La Grosse Emission. In Parallel, Merad starts his Cinema carrier 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 Nation's consecration by receiving 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 current joke between the two of them.
On the same year, he makes his first appearance with Les Enfoirés music troop and he is still one of its members. He was also inducted as the Godfather of the Telethon.
The next year, he stars as Phillipe Abrams in the French movie Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis. Even though the movie wasn't supposed to hit the charts, it scored a phenomenal success in France and Europe, becoming the Best-selling Movie ever made in France with 21 million spectators.
Filmography
As actor
- 1999 born in the USA
- 2001: La Grande Vie ! - le motard
- 2003: Bloody Christmas - l'homme
- 2003: Le Pharmacien de garde - le médecin légiste
- 2003: La Beuze - le directeur de Pacific Recordings
- 2003: Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? - Richard Bullit
- 2003: Rien que du bonheur - Pierre
- 2003: Les Clefs de bagnole, directed by Laurent Baffie - un comédien qui refuse de tourner avec Laurent (cameo)
- 2004: Les Choristes - Chabert
- 2004: Monde extérieur - Bertrand
- 2004: Les Dalton, directed by Philippe Haïm - prisonnier mexicain
- 2005: Iznogoud, directed by Patrick Braoudé - le génie Ouzmoutousouloubouloubombê
- 2005: Propriété commune - Martin
- 2005: Les Oiseaux du ciel - oncle de Tango
- 2006: Un ticket pour l'espace - Cardoux
- 2006: Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas, directed by Philippe Lioret - Paul
- 2006: J'invente rien - Paul Thalman
- 2006: Les Irréductibles - Gérard Mathieu
- 2006: Essaye-moi - Vincent
- 2007: Je crois que je l'aime - Rachid
- 2007: La Tête de maman - Jacques
- 2007: Pur week-end - Frédéric Alvaro
- 2007: 3 amis - Baptiste 'Titi' Capla
- 2007: Ce soir je dors chez toi - Jacques
- 2008: Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis - Phillipe Abrams
- 2008: Le petit Nicolas - le père de Nicolas
- 2008: Faubourg 36 - Jacky
- 2009: L'italien
- 2010: 22 Bullets - Tony Zacchia
- 2011: La fille du puisatier - Daniel Auteuil
Short
- 1995: Dialogue au sommet, directed by Xavier Giannoli - Igor
- 1996: Jour de chance au bâtiment C, directed by Lionel Gedèbe
- 1999: Jeu de vilains, directed by Hervé Eparvier - M. Tosca
- 2001: Faute de grive, directed by Patrick Bosso
- 2001: Les Tombales, directed by Christophe Barratier - Gustave
- 2002: Visite guidée, directed by Caroline Roucoux and Hervé Thébault - Gérard Lanza, l'agent immobilier
- 2002: Bloody Christmas, directed by Michel Leray
- 2011: monsieur papa comedy directed by kad merad
Voice actor
- 2003: Frère des ours (Brother bear), directed by Aaron Blaise and Bob Walker - Truc, l'un des élans avec Muche
Scriptwriter
- 2003: Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? - Richard Bullit
- 2006: Un ticket pour l'espace - Cardoux
Award
César Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Je vais Bien, ne t'en fais pas"
External links
- Kad Merad at the Internet Movie Database
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