Biography: life and films
Kad Merad is a French actor and film director whose birth name is Kaddour Merad. He was born in Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria on 27th March 1964.His best films as an actor include Pierre Jolivet's comedy Je crois que je l'aime (2007), Carine Tardieu's La Tête de maman (2007), Dany Boon's Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis (2008), Daniel Auteuil's La Fille du puisatier (2011) and Xavier Giannoli's Superstar (2012), and whose best work as a film director include Monsieur Papa (2011) and Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose? (2012).
Kad Merad has so far appeared in 46 films, scripted 3 films and directed 2 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Olivier Baroux (4 films), Christophe Barratier (4), Xavier Giannoli (2), Michel Leray (2), Eric Lavaine (2) and Eric Lartigau (2).
His most frequent genres include: comedy (27 films), comedy-drama (7), drama (6), comedy-romance (6), crime-thriller (3) and Thriller (3).
Our average rating for Kad Merad over all films is: 2.6
Filmography
Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer
La Grande vie! (2001) [a]
La Beuze (2003) [a]
Le Pharmacien de garde (2003) [a]
Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose? (2003) [a,w]
Rien que du bonheur (2003) [a]
Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas (2006) [a]
Les Oiseaux du ciel (2006) [a]
Un ticket pour l'espace (2006) [a,w]
3 amis (2007) [a]
Ce soir, je dors chez toi (2007) [a]
Je crois que je l'aime (2007) [a]
Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis (2008) [a]
R.T.T. (2009) [a]
Safari (2009) [a]
L'Italien (2010) [a]
La Fille du puisatier (2011) [a]
La Nouvelle guerre des boutons (2011) [a]
Monsieur Papa (2011) [a,d]
JC comme Jésus-Christ (2012) [a]
Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose? (2012) [a,d]
Superstar (2012) [a]
Des gens qui s'embrassent (2013) [a]
Le Grand méchant loup (2013) [a]
Les Vacances du petit Nicolas (2014) [a]
On a marché sur Bangkok (2014) [a]
Bis (2015) [a]
Connasse, princesse des coeurs (2015) [a]
On voulait tout casser (2015) [a]
La Folle histoire de Max et Léon (2016) [a]
Marseille (2016) [a,d,w]
Alibi.com (2017) [a]
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