Kad Merad is a French-Algerian filmmaker, screenwriter, film director and actor who’s known for his prolific acting skills on stage and on screen.
Kad Merad was born in Siddi Bel Abbes, Algeria, on 27th March 1964 to a French mother and an Algerian father.
Kad Merad paled drums and sang with rock bands during his youthful days and in 1990, had his big break when he was hired by Oui FM, a Paris rock station and had the opportunity to meet Olivier Baroux and together, formed the duet Kad & Oliver. Together, they started their own show, Rock’n Roll Circus and its success led them to meet Jean-Luc Delarue who ensured that their act found its way onto TV.
Kad Merad TV Shows
In 1999, Kad Merad and Olivier Baroux began appearing on the Satellite TV Channel, Comedie + on their own show, dubbed La Grosse Emission.
Kad Merad Net Worth
Kad Merad has a net worth of $190 million. Between December 2019 and December 2020, Kad Merad earned $50 million.
Kad Merad owes his fortune to smart stock investments, substantial property holdings, as well as lucrative endorsement deals with CoverGirl cosmetics.
Kad Merad also owns; (the “Fat Merad Burger” chain) in Paris, a Football Team (the “Sidi-bel-Abbès Angels”), his own brand of Vodka (Pure Wondermerad – France), and is tackling the juniors market with a top-selling perfume (With Love from Kad) and a fashion line called “Kad Merad Seduction”.
Kad Merad Height
Kad Merad’s height is 1.83 m.
Kad Merad Wife
Kad Merad’s wife is Emmanuelle Cosso and they got married in 2012. Together, they have a child, called Kalil Merad.
Kad Merad Movies
| Year | Title | Role |
| 1991 | Tribunal | Ahmed Ben Mabrouk |
| 1992 | La Cavale des fous | A cop |
| 1992-96 | Rock’n Roll Circus | Host |
| 1995 | Dialogue au sommet | Igor |
| 1996 | Jour de chance au bâtiment C | |
| 1998 | Les trente dernières minutes | Darius Perrini |
| 1999 | Jeu de vilains | Monsieur Tosca |
| Blague à part | Maxwell | |
| 1999-2001 | La Grosse émission | Host |
| 2001 | La stratégie de l’échec | Mr. Golden |
| La grande vie ! | The biker | |
| Faute de grive | The man | |
| Un gars, une fille | The guy | |
| La cape et l’épée | Yaziz | |
| Camera Cafe | Various | |
| 2002 | Les tombales | Gustave |
| Visite guidée | Gérard Lanza | |
| 2003 | The Car Keys | Himself |
| Mais Qui a tue Pamela Rose? | Richard Bullit | |
| Rien que du Bonheur | Pierre | |
| Le pharmacien de garde | The jurist | |
| La beuze | The artistic director | |
| Bloody Christmas | The man | |
| Samedi soir en direct | Various | |
| Brother Bear | Tuke | |
| Soyez prudents… | ||
| 2004 | The Chorus | Chabert |
| Les Dalton | The Mexican | |
| Monde extérieur | Bertrand | |
| 2005 | Iznogoud | Ouzmoutousouloubouloubombê |
| Propriété commune | Martin | |
| Toilet Zone | Various | |
| 2006 | Don’t Worry, I’m Fine | Paul Tellier |
| Beyond The Ocean | Tango’s uncle | |
| Un Ticket pour l’espace | Cardoux | |
| Essaye-moi | Vincent | |
| J’invente rien | Paul Thalman | |
| Les irréductibles | Gérard Mathieu | |
| Star Trek… ou Presque | ||
| Brother Bear 2 | Tuke | |
| Happy Feet | Ramón | |
| 2007 | Could This Be Love? | Rachid |
| 3 amis | Baptiste ‘Titi’ Capla | |
| Pur week-end | Frédéric ‘Fred’ Alvaro | |
| La tête de maman | Jacques Charlot | |
| Ce soir, je dors chez toi | Jacques | |
| 2008 | Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis | Philippe Abrams |
| Paris 36 | Jacky | |
| Modern Love | Olivier | |
| Mes stars et moi | Robert Pelage | |
| 2009 | Little Nicholas | Nicolas’s father |
| Safari | Richard Dacier | |
| R.T.T. | Arthur Lepage | |
| 2010 | 22 Bullets | Tony Zacchia |
| Protéger & servir | Michel Boudriau | |
| L’Italien | Mourad Ben Saoud / Dino Fabrizzi | |
| Megamind | Megamind | |
| 2011 | The Well-Digger’s Daughter | Félipe Rambert |
| Monsieur Papa | Robert Pique | |
| La nouvelle guerre des boutons | Father Lebrac | |
| Les Tuche | The fishmonger | |
| JC comme Jésus Christ | Himself | |
| Happy Feet Two | Ramon | |
| 2012 | Superstar | Martin Kazinski |
| Mais Qui a tue Pamela Rose? | Richard Bullit | |
| 2013 | The Big Bad Wolf | Louis Delcroix |
| Des gens qui s’embrassent | Roni Melkowich | |
| 2014 | Supercondriaque | Dr. Dimitri Zvenka |
| Nicholas on Holiday | Nicolas’s father | |
| On a marché sur Bangkok | Serge Renart | |
| Disparue en hiver | Daniel Vernant | |
| 2015 | Bis | Patrice Olesky |
| On voulait tout casser | Kiki | |
| Hotel Transylvannia 2 | Count Dracula | |
| Peplum | Timo | |
| 2016 | Marseille | Paolo |
| La folle histoire de Max et Leon | The actor | |
| 2016-20 | Republican Gangstars | Philippe Rickwaert |
| 2017 | Alibi.com | Monsieur Godet |
| La Mélodie | Simon | |
| Comme des rois | ||
| 2018 | Brilliantissime | Doctor Steinman |
| Le Doudou | ||
| 2019 | Just a Gigolo | Alex |
| 2019 | La part au soupçon | Thomas Kertez |
Kad Merad Awards
In 2007, Kad Merad received the Cesar Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Je Vais Bien and was also inducted as the Godfather of Telethon.
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