Kad Merad

Kad Merad at the premiere of his film Le Petit Nicolas (2009)

Kaddour "Kad" Merad (born March 27, 1964 in Sidi bel Abbès , Algeria ) is a French film actor and screenwriter .

Life

Kad Merad's father is Algerian and his mother is French. He has two brothers and a sister. After starting out as an entertainer at Club Med and as an actor at the theater, Merad joined the Paris radio station Ouï FM in 1991, where he met Olivier Baroux . The two formed the comedy duo Kad et Olivier and together made several successful radio formats and TV shows.

After several small roles, Mais qui a tué brought Pamela Rose? , for which he also wrote the screenplay with Baroux, his breakthrough in the film business in 2003. This was followed by roles in various dramas and comedies such as The Children of Monsieur Mathieu , Birds of the Sky and Can That Be Love? In 2007 he was awarded for his performance in the film Do not worry, I'm fine to César for Best Supporting Actor. The comedy Willkommen bei den Sch'tis , in which Merad played a leading role, became the most successful French film of all time with over 20 million viewers.

Filmography (selection)

As an actor

• 1996: Summit talk (Dialogue au sommet)
• 2003: Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose?
• 2003: The children of Monsieur Mathieu (Les choristes)
• 2003: Les clefs de bagnole
• 2005: Isnogud - The Evil Grand Vizier (Iznogud)
• 2005: Birds of the Sky (Les oiseaux du ciel)
• 2006: Don't worry, I'm fine (Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas)
• 2006: (World) All Inclusive (Un ticket pour l'espace)
• 2007: can that be love? (Je crois que je l'aime)
• 2008: Welcome to the Sch'tis (Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis)
• 2008: Paris, Paris - Monsieur Pigoil on the way to happiness (Faubourg 36)
• 2009: Safari (Safari)
• 2009: Little Nick (Le petit Nicolas)
• 2010: 22 Bullets (L'immortel)
• 2010: Fasting in Italian (L'Italien)
• 2010: Nothing to arrest (Protéger & servir)
• 2011: The Tuschs - With Karacho to Monaco! (Les cloths)
• 2011: War of the Buttons (La nouvelle guerre des boutons)
• 2011: La fille du puisatier
• 2012: FBI (Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose?)
• 2012: superstar
• 2013: A wedding and other obstacles (Des gens qui s'embrassent)
• 2013: Le grand méchant loup
• 2014: Super-Hypochondriac (Supercondriaque)
• 2014: Little Nick is on vacation (Les vacances du petit Nicolas)
• 2015: suddenly young again - back to the 80s (bis)
• 2015: On voulait tout casser
• 2016: Baron Noir
• 2017: Alibi.com
• 2017: La Mélodie - The Sound of Paris
• 2018: The Sch'tis in Paris - A family on the wrong track

As a screenwriter

• 2006: (World) All Inclusive (Un ticket pour l'espace)
• 2012: FBI - Female Body Inspectors ( Mais qui a re – tué Pamela Rose?)

As a director

• 2011: Monsieur Papa
• 2012: FBI - Female Body Inspectors ( Mais qui a re – tué Pamela Rose?)

Awards

• 2007: César for Don't worry, I'm fine ( Best Supporting Actor )
• 2007: Étoile d'Or for Don't worry, I'm fine (nomination for Best Male Newcomer)
• 2009: Globe de Cristal for Willkommen bei den Sch'tis (nomination for Best Actor)

Web links

Commons : Kad Merad  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Kad Merad in the Internet Movie Database (English)