Kad Merad

Kad Merad is a FrenchAlgerian 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 Ouï FM the Paris Rock genre station where he met Olivier Baroux The duet most known as Kad amp Olivier began working together and started their own show the Rockn Roll Circus introducing some of their most famous sketches Pamela Rose Teddy Porc Fidèle The early success of the show allowed them to meet JeanLuc 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 boxoffice success with Mais Qui a tué Pamela Rose cowritten with Baroux In 2007 Kad received the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Je vais Bien ne ten fais pas and appears in AaRONs film soundtrack video clip His best challenger was Dany Boon During the shooting of Bienvenue chez les Chtis 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 Chtis The film was a surprise and phenomenal success in France and Europe becoming the bestattended movie ever made in France with 21 million moviegoers