Kad Merad

Acting

Kad Merad

Born March 27, 1964 · Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria (age 62)

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 Ou…

Known For

The ChorusThe Chorus · 2004
The Chorus
★ 7.72004
MovieDramaComedy
In 1940s France, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys gives hope and inspiration.
22 Bullets22 Bullets · 2010
22 Bullets
★ 6.72010
MovieDramaCrime
A retired mobster goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body by his former childhood friend.
Alibi.comAlibi.com · 2017
Alibi.com
★ 6.52017
MovieComedyFamily
Greg founded a company called Alibi.com that creates any type of alibi. With his associate, Augustin, and Medhi his new employee, they devise unstoppable stratagems and stagings to cover their clients. But meeting Flo, a pretty blonde who hates men who lie, will complicate Greg's life, which begins by hiding the true nature of his activity. During the presentation to parents, Greg understands that Gérard, the father of Flo, is also one of their clients.
Welcome to the SticksWelcome to the Sticks · 2008
Welcome to the Sticks
★ 6.72008
MovieComedyDrama
Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrator, her husband, tries to obtain a transfer to a seaside town, on the French Riviera, at any cost. The trouble is that he is caught red-handed while trying to scam an inspector. Philippe is immediately banished to the distant unheard of town of Bergues, in the Far North of France...
The Big HitThe Big Hit · 2020
The Big Hit
★ 7.02020
MovieComedyDrama
Etienne, an often out of work but endearing actor, runs a theater workshop in a prison, where he brings together an unlikely troupe of prisoners to stage Samuel Beckett’s famous play Waiting for Godot. When he is allowed to take the colorful band of convicts on a tour outside of prison, Etienne finally has the chance to thrive.
Honeymoon CrasherHoneymoon Crasher · 2025
Honeymoon Crasher
★ 5.62025
MovieComedy
When his fiancée dumps him at the altar for her ex, a young man is left with no alternative but to go on his romantic honeymoon with his mother.
Lucky Luke and the DaltonsLucky Luke and the Daltons · 2004
Lucky Luke and the Daltons
★ 3.62004
MovieComedyWestern
Joe and Averell are the eldest and youngest of the four Dalton brothers, the worst outlaws in Wild West history...
A Family of BastardsA Family of Bastards · 2026
A Family of Bastards
★ 5.72026
MovieComedyCrime
After the death of his father, Mohamed discovers the living of a step-brother and a step-sister. Together, they must manage the suspicious bar they inherited of linked to criminality, drug traffic and prostitution.

Filmography

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Monsieur PapaMonsieur Papa · 2011
Monsieur Papa
★ 5.52011
MovieComedy
Monsieur Papa is a moving portrait of a modern family, centering around 12 year-old Marius Vallois. Born in a wealthy family, Marius is the son of Marie Vallois, a successful CEO. Marie loves her son unconditionally, but Marius has never known his father and suffers greatly from it. When Marius starts shoplifting and doing badly at school, Marie decides to recruit a father figure for him. One day in her office building, she meets Robert Pique. Robert is a peculiar man who has a background in finance, but makes ends meet ironing clothes for his neighbors. Reluctant at first, Robert agrees to be paid to meet Marius and pretends to be his father. Marius immediately understands that Robert is not his dad, but very quickly, a deep bond develops between them.

Director

PeplumPeplum · 2015
Peplum
★ 6.12015
SeriesComedy
Against the background of decline of the Roman Empire, "Peplum" takes us into the lives of Bravus, a former slave who became adviser to the tyrannical Emperor Maximus. Under pressure, stuck between a professional life stressful and chaotic family life, his days are not looking easy. Indeed, work side Bravus must wet the gown to slow a decline that has a tendency to accelerate under the leadership of the incompetent messy, cruel, capricious and narcissistic Maximus. Personal side, he must face every night his son Caius freshly converted to Christianity, his wife Octavia, foreign to the codes of good Roman society and daughter Lydia sassy which assimilates too well. "Peplum" or how to avoid the burn out in a declining society. The parallel with today can not be a coincidence.

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