Gad Elmaleh

Acting

Gad Elmaleh

Born April 19, 1971 · Casablanca, Morocco (age 55)

Gad Elmaleh (born April 19, 1971) is a French-Moroccan stand-up comedian and actor. He has starred in several feature films, including Coco, Hors de prix, and La Doublure. He is known for his stand-up comedy specials Décalages (1997), La Vie normale (2000), L'autre c'est moi (2005), Papa est en haut (2007), Sans tambour (2013), 20 ans de scène (2015), Oh My Gad (2015), Gad Elmaleh part en live (2…

Known For

The DictatorThe Dictator · 2012
The Dictator
★ 6.32012
MovieComedy
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
The Adventures of TintinThe Adventures of Tintin · 2011
The Adventures of Tintin
★ 6.92011
MovieAdventureAnimation
Intrepid young reporter, Tintin, and his loyal dog, Snowy, are thrust into a world of high adventure when they discover a ship carrying an explosive secret. As Tintin is drawn into a centuries-old mystery, Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine suspects him of stealing a priceless treasure. Tintin and Snowy, with the help of salty, cantankerous Captain Haddock and bumbling detectives, Thompson and Thomson, travel half the world, one step ahead of their enemies, as Tintin endeavors to find the Unicorn, a sunken ship that may hold a vast fortune, but also an ancient curse.
Midnight in ParisMidnight in Paris · 2011
Midnight in Paris
★ 7.52011
MovieFantasyComedy
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
Jack and JillJack and Jill · 2011
Jack and Jill
★ 4.42011
MovieComedyFamily
Jack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his twin sister Jill. Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, turning his normally tranquil life upside down.
A Monster in ParisA Monster in Paris · 2011
A Monster in Paris
★ 6.92011
MovieAdventureAnimation
Paris, 1910. Emile, a shy movie projectionist, and Raoul, a colourful inventor, find themselves embarked on the hunt for a monster terrorizing citizens. They join forces with Lucille, the big-hearted star of the Bird of Paradise cabaret, an eccentric scientist and his irascible monkey to save the monster, who turns out to be an oversized but harmless flea, from the city's ruthlessly ambitious police chief.
The ValetThe Valet · 2006
The Valet
★ 6.02006
MovieComedy
Caught by tabloid paparazzi with his mistress Elena, a famous and beautiful fashion model, billionaire Pierre Levasseur tries to avoid a divorce by inventing a preposterous lie. He uses the presence of a passerby in the photo to claim to his wife that it's not him Elena is seeing but the other man, one François Pignon. Pignon is a modest little man who works as a parking valet. To make the story convincing, Elena has to move in with Pignon.
Mood IndigoMood Indigo · 2013
Mood Indigo
★ 6.12013
MovieDramaFantasy
A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.
PricelessPriceless · 2006
Priceless
★ 6.42006
MovieDramaComedy
A beautiful young gold-digger mistakes a lowly hotel clerk as a rich and therefore worthwhile catch.

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XXLXXL · 1997
XXL
★ 4.61997
MovieComedy
Tunisian-Jewish businessman Alain Berrebi (Michel Boujenah) courts Ashkenazi princess Arlette Stern (Elsa Zylberstein). Her father David (Maurice Chevit) learns of the death of a rural Auvergne peasant who once hid David and his cousin Nathan (Felix Fibich) from the Nazis. Nathan is now a NYC diamond dealer on West 47th Street. David, Nathan, Arlette, and Berrebi head for the funeral in Auvergne. There they encounter the deceased peasant's son, Jean Bourdalou (Gerard Depardieu), who operates the family's restaurants in Paris. Arlette does a romantic take on Bourdalou, which sends the distraught Berrebi off to cry on the shoulder of his mother Gaby (Gina Lollobrigida). Back in Paris, Bourdalou and Berrebi make plans to open a trendy fashion restaurant in Manhattan.

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The A TalksThe A Talks · 2022
The A Talks
★ 7.02022
SeriesDocumentaryTalk
In each episode, one of the Nation’s most popular celebrities (actor/actress, singer, TV host, athlete) faces a group of 30 atypical journalists, all with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). All have very different personalities, but one thing in common: a disarming naturalness that is full of truth! Through surprising, unpredictable, sometimes funny or poignant questions, viewers discover celebrities as they have never seen them before! In these questions: no calculations, no traps, but also no taboos and no filters. Faced with these very special interviewers, the guests naturally drop the masks and each meeting becomes a magical moment, out of time, filled with emotion, laughter, poetry and impertinence. The show is also nourished by various artistic sequences (music, poetry, drawing…) delivered by journalists endowed with an unsuspected talent.