MenuFLIXANO
Start Your Free Trial
Search
Kad Merad

Kad Merad

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 Ouï FM, the Paris Rock genre station where he met Olivier Baroux. The duet most known as Kad & Olivier began working together and started their own show, the Rock'n Roll Circus, introducing some of their most famous sketches (Pamela Rose, Teddy Porc Fidèle...). The early success of the show allowed them to meet Jean-Luc 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 box-office success with Mais Qui a tué Pamela Rose?, co-written with Baroux.

Sign up to watch Free Kad Merad Movies

Movies Starring Kad Merad (113)

Honeymoon Crasher (2025)

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. ...

Watch Now

Last Breath (2025)

In a kind of philosophical dialogue, Doctor Augustin Masset and renowned writer Fabrice Toussaint discuss life and death… A whirlwind of encounters in which the doctor is the guide and the writer, his passenger, led to confront his own fears and anxietie ...

Watch Now

Les Boules de Noël (2024)

Every year, Christmas Eve turns into a nightmare for Nathalie and Antonin's family. Convinced that she is the victim of a curse, Nathalie makes a radical decision: this year we won't be celebrating! But Antonin and his children take matters into their own ...

Watch Now

40 (2024)

Primetime special to celebrate 40 years of CANAL+. ...

Watch Now

At The End Of The Day (2024)

In an increasingly crazy world, Lino, who has decided to leave everything behind, will come to realise that, at the end of the day, everything that happens to us is for our own good! ...

Watch Now

King of My Castle (2024)

Rich hotel owner hires director to create 18th-century village set, drugs and kidnaps spoiled son, leaving him to believe he time-traveled as punishment, hoping to teach humility by living as a peasant under surveillance. ...

Watch Now

Florent Pagny : un homme libre (2023)

This exceptional documentary, rich in anecdotes and revelations thanks to the rare testimonies of his family (his wife, his sister...) and his closest friends (such as Patrick Bruel, Kad Mérad or Pascal Obispo), you will discover all the secrets of the ma ...

Watch Now

Life For Real (2023)

Tridan Lagache has spent his whole life at Club Med, changing friends every 8 days. At 50, he resigns from the vacation spot where he was born, determined to track down his great mini-club childhood love, Violette. He shows up in Paris, naïve and lost bu ...

Watch Now

Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours (2023)

In January 2023, the Enfoirés performed at La Halle Tony Garnier in Lyon. True to the caused started by Coluche in 1985, forty-seven renowned artists responded, in a festive and warm atmosphere. The Enfoirés are back with the public after two years of ab ...

Watch Now

Les 10 ans de Studio Bagel (2023)

A look back at the French Internet collective as they celebrate their 10th year anniversary. ...

Watch Now

Benjamin Biolay - Christmas Show (2022)

Musical Christmas Special hosted by Benjamin Biolay. ...

Watch Now

Citoyen d'honneur (2022)

Samir Amin is a fulfilled writer, Nobel Prize for Literature, who lives in Paris, far from his native country, Algeria.He systematically refuses all the invitations made to him. Until the day when he decides to accept to be made "Honorary Citizen" of Sidi ...

Watch Now

Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 ans déjà : de succès en excès (2022)

Dark suit, white shirt, earpiece and wooden plate ..., his style remains anchored in the collective memory. Favorite host́ of the French during the 2000s, ideal son-in-law successful producer, his rank of star and flayed́ alive have caused him to burn hi ...

Watch Now

The Year of the Shark (2022)

A small coastal town in the south-west of France is on high alert after a surfer disappeared - Soon the incredible truth is revealed : a shark is prowling in the harbor. ...

Watch Now

Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans (2022)

The Marrakech du Rire is back in 2022 for its tenth edition, an opportunity to celebrate 10 years of laughter, madness, and outrageous sketches at the Badii Palace. To celebrate this anniversary, Jamel is offering an exceptional gala with even more surpris ...

Watch Now

Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï (2022)

Imagine a world where the worst behaviour you could ever have is to forget your store's loyalty card in your other trousers...that's what happens to Adrien. This serious misconduct forces him to go into hiding, as both police and media hunt him down. ...

Watch Now

Kad Merad on Stage (2021)

French comedian Kad Merad is now a singer for one night only! ...

Watch Now

Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime (2021)

Thirty-four years ago, Johnny Hallyday performed for the first time on the Bercy stage. He remains the artist who played the venue the greatest number of times. For the inauguration of the Esplanade Johnny-Hallyday, his unique voice will once again fill th ...

Watch Now

Amis (2021)

A comedy about friendship that has many surprises in store for us! How can we find the perfect friend? By connecting to Amitic, the friendly version of Meetic. Pierre, a snobbish Parisian banker, one day sees Serge Brown who claims to be... his best friend ...

Watch Now

Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous (2021)

Les Enfoirés "À côté de toi" is the 31st album/show by Les Enfoirés, recorded from January 14 to 17, 20211 at Lyon's Halle Tony-Garnier. The show was recorded without an audience due to the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

Watch Now

The Big Hit (2020)

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 convi ...

Watch Now

Queens of The Field (2020)

After its football team is disqualified for insulting a referee during a major game, a small country town risks losing its funding along with its field. To avoid this disaster, there is only one solution: creating a new team made up exclusively of women to ...

Watch Now

Sixty (2019)

60 comedians in 60 minutes, that's what Kyan Khojandi has to offer tonight. ...

Watch Now

Just a Gigolo (2019)

How to live happy and rich without working? To be Gigolo. But after 25 years of living with Denise, Alex the "gigolo" gets fired without notice and finds himself on the street. Forced to move to his sister and his nephew of 10 years, he then has an obsessi ...

Watch Now

A Wolf's Journey (2019)

Cast out by his pack, a young wolf has to face his destiny alone and try to survive in a world reigned over by Man. From the forests of Romania to the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean, he heads off in search of a new territory, a new pack and a new family. ...

Watch Now

Dad Friend (2018)

Stéphane defers his frustration at not having had a son on his sons-in-law. So when her younger daughter decides to leave a rugby player than the idolatrous father for a doctor he can not stand, he will do everything to get his son-in-law back. His daught ...

Watch Now

L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc (2018)

Alongside his impertinent puppet, ventriloquist Jeff Panacloc celebrates Christmas with humour, surrounded by personalities from music, cinema and TV hosts. ...

Watch Now

Looking for Teddy (2018)

A father enlists the help of an airport employee on a quest to find his daughter's teddy. ...

Watch Now

Kings for a Day (2018)

A wannabe actor must chose between his passion and his father, a crook. ...

Watch Now

Family Is Family (2018)

Valentin D is a hot designer architect who claims to be an orphan because he is too ashamed to admit he is the son of working-class scrap metal merchants from the north of France. ...

Watch Now

Brillantissime (2018)

After getting dumped on Christmas Eve, Angela must rebuild her life surrounded by her rebellious teenager, her tyrannical mother, her hysterical best friend, and a weird psychologist. ...

Watch Now

Orchestra Class (2017)

A violinist looks to inspire his students at a challenging music school. ...

Watch Now

Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés (2017)

In January 2017, Les Enfoirés set the Zénith in Toulouse alight with seven exceptional concerts. Faithful to the cause started by Coluche in 1985, thirty-seven renowned artists answered his call, in a festive and warm atmosphere. This year, Les Enfoiré ...

Watch Now

Alibi.com (2017)

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 ...

Watch Now

Max & Leon (2016)

In this WW2 epic comedy – in the vein of "La Grande Vadrouille" – our two heroes, Max and Léon, two lazy and partier pals, will try by all possible means to avoid going in the battle zone… This will lead the duo to demented and wild adventures. ...

Watch Now

Marseille (2016)

Faced with the insistence of his brother Joseph, whom he has not seen for 25 years, Paolo resolves to give up his calm and harmonious life in Canada, to return to Marseilles at the bedside of his rugged father. He left, therefore, with his son under his ar ...

Watch Now

We Were Young (2015)

Five long-term pals confront ageing and mortality as they enjoy their last weeks together before taking different paths. ...

Watch Now

The Parisian Bitch (2015)

Thirty-year-old Camilla, realizes that she doesn't have the life she deserves and decides that the only destiny worthy of her is that of a royal princess. ...

Watch Now

Bis (2015)

Éric and Patrice have been friends since high school. Over the years, they have both taken very different paths: Éric has become a hedonist, has a string of girlfriends and is always on the look out for a new one; Patrice has become a monogamous father w ...

Watch Now

Disappeared in Winter (2015)

Daniel is a former police officer turned debt collector. Now in his late fifties, he goes about his "dirty job" without emotion or sympathy. One winter's day, he stops at a roadside parking lot and is approached by Laura, an 18-year-old young woman who ask ...

Watch Now

Bangkok, We Have A Problem! (2014)

Serge Renart, a television journalist who's now a has-been, and Natacha Bison, a war reporter who has been laid off because she posed too much of a danger to her colleagues, find themselves forced to investigate a story together, which will take them to Th ...

Watch Now

Nicholas on Holiday (2014)

It's the end of the school year. The long-awaited moment of the holidays is arrive. The little Nicolas, her parents and Grandma take the road towards the sea, and settle in for some time at the Hotel Beau-Rivage. ...

Watch Now

Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés (2014)

Show recorded at the Zénith in Strasbourg on January 19 and 20, 2014 for the benefit of the Restos du Coeur. ...

Watch Now

Superchondriac (2014)

Romain Faubert is a 39 year old, single, medical photographer... and a raging hypochondriac. His doctor and only friend Dr. Dimitri Zvenka thinks he knows the cure for Romain: dating! But with the arrival of freedom fighter Anton Miroslav, everyone might g ...

Watch Now

The Big Bad Wolf (2013)

Once upon a time in 2012, three brothers lived happily. One day their mom fell into a coma. So Henri, Philippe, and Louis suddenly started wondering about the meaning of their lives and were swamped by a wave of existential doubts. An entirely new situatio ...

Watch Now

It Happened in Saint-Tropez (2013)

Zef's stormy relationship with his brother Roni is further aggravated when Roni marries his daughter just as he is attending to his wife's funeral. The two brothers have never got on with each other. One is faithful to his religion, the other lives only fo ...

Watch Now

Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ? (2012)

French filmmaker Eric Lartigau directs the anarchic buddy comedy Bullit and Riper, originally released as Mais qui a tue Pamela Rose? French comedic television stars Kad Merad and Olivier Barroux are both the protagonists and the screenwriters. As a parody ...

Watch Now

Superstar (2012)

An average guy who works in a recycling plant wakes up one morning to discover that he's become inexplicably famous. ...

Watch Now

Play It Like Godard (2012)

Jean-Christophe Kern, known as JC, is not a teenager like any other: he won the Palme d'Or at the age of 15, the Cesar at 16. This year, he is trying to graduate from high school. ...

Watch Now

War of the Buttons (2011)

Occupied France; Lebrac leads a play war between two rival kid gangs, but a girl he likes, who's Jewish, is in danger of being discovered by local Nazi sympathisers. Lebrac and the village must now respond to the reality of what's happening. ...

Watch Now

The Tuche Family (2011)

Everyone in the village of Bouzolles knows the Tuche family, who live by the philosophy "Man is not made to work." Despite their lack of money, they strive to be happy... that is, until their hand-to-mouth existence is turned on its head. After winning the ...

Watch Now

Father (2011)

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 a ...

Watch Now

The Well Digger's Daughter (2011)

It's the beginning of the WWII. South of France. Patricia, 18, is the oldest daughter of a well-digger, Pascal, who considers her a princess because of her moral qualities. She's kind, devoted. One day, she briefly meets a young man, Jacques, the son of Ma ...

Watch Now

Les Enfoirés 2011 - Dans l'oeil des Enfoirés (2011)

Dans l'œil des Enfoirés est le vingt-et-unième album des Enfoirés, enregistré lors de leurs sept concerts à l'Arena Montpellier du mercredi 26 janvier au lundi 31 janvier 2011. ...

Watch Now

Images of Women of the Social Corset (2011)

A man asks himself about the image of women who are offered for his gaze. A documentary about the image of women in fashion, film, and life. ...

Watch Now

The Italian (2010)

Dino Fabrizzi is the number one seller of the Maserati dealership in Nice. At 42, he arrives at a turning point in his life, the position of director is openly proposed and his companion for a year, Helen, has the firm intention to marry her. For Dino, lif ...

Watch Now

22 Bullets (2010)

A retired mobster goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body by his former childhood friend. ...

Watch Now

Protect and Serve (2010)

A pair of bumbling French cops team up to take on the underworld. ...

Watch Now

RTT (2009)

When Florence, his companion of five years, shocks him with the news that she's leaving him, moving to Miami and marrying another man, Arthur loses it. He follows Florence to all the way to Florida with plans to stop the wedding, which is set to take plac ...

Watch Now

Little Nicholas (2009)

Nicolas has a happy existence, parents who love him, a great group of friends with whom he has great fun, and all he wants is that nothing changes. However, one day, he overhears a conversation that leads him to believe that his life might change forever, ...

Watch Now

Safari (2009)

Richard Dacier owns a tour agency specialized on organizing safaris for European tourists eager to confront the African wild life. Actually, he took the job after his father and never went into the savanna by himself. As he owes big money to some mobster, ...

Watch Now

My Stars (2008)

Robert, a fan of three French actresses is a bald-headed, potbellied man on the fifties, but fully devotes himself to them, and sometimes works for them without being recognized. But those star actresses find him a simple stalker fan and make fun of him, b ...

Watch Now

Paris 36 (2008)

A star is born in a time of both celebration and instability in this historical drama with music from director Christophe Barratier. In the spring of 1936, Paris is in a state of uncertainty; while the rise of the Third Reich in Germany worries many, a lef ...

Watch Now

Modern Love (2008)

Several couples break up and get back together. ...

Watch Now

Welcome to the Sticks (2008)

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 ...

Watch Now

Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours (2007)

Alex and Laetitia appear to make the perfect couple. But, as much as he loves his gorgeous fun-loving sweetheart, Alex isn't yet ready for her to move in with him. Laetitia has other ideas. She has already packed her bags and lets Alex know that she will b ...

Watch Now

3 Friends (2007)

Three childhood friends support each other through life's ups and downs in this comedy/drama. Each goes through a difficult time in their life, and is "helped" by the others - always well-intentioned, but not always with the intended results! Baptiste's (K ...

Watch Now

Pur week-end (2007)

Former school friends get together one weekend a year, this year in the mountains. ...

Watch Now

In Mom's Head (2007)

Lulu's mother is depressed and has been as far back as she can remember, Lulu is determined to discover the truth behind her listlessness. ...

Watch Now

Could This Be Love? (2007)

Lucas, a wealthy, 43 year-old divorced businessman, is irresistibly attracted to Elsa, a 38 year old renowned sculptor from whom he has commissioned a piece to decorate the reception at his office. ...

Watch Now

Don't Worry, I'm Fine (2006)

A 19-year-old searches for her twin brother after he runs away from home, following a fight with their father. ...

Watch Now

J'invente rien (2006)

Paul has no specific life goal, and Mathilde, who provides for their household, despairs that he can find one. If he continues like this, she may well drop him. So Paul thinks he's got to invent something. ...

Watch Now

Beyond the Ocean (2006)

Journey of an african migrant through Europe. ...

Watch Now

Les Irréductibles (2006)

On the day that his son fails his baccalaureate, Michel loses his job. He has been employed at the same factory for twenty years and now he has no job, no qualifications, no prospects. Michel soon realises that the only way he is going to get another job i ...

Watch Now

Try Me (2006)

When Yves-Marie, 9, asks Jacqueline, who is her age: "Marry me", she replies with a pirouette: "The day you go to the stars, I give you my hand. ...

Watch Now

A Ticket to Space (2006)

Face à l'incompréhension de la population française quant au montant des crédits alloués à la recherche spatiale, le gouvernement lance une vaste opération de communication. En partenariat avec le Centre spatial français, un grand jeu est organisé ...

Watch Now

Community Property (2005)

They are about to divorce, but can not agree how to share the community property. ...

Watch Now

Iznogoud (2005)

In Baghdad the Magnificent reigns Haroun al Plassid, who is the Caliph. There also dwells Iznogoud, who wants to be the Caliph. The irascible Grand Vizier hatches plot after plot to remove his ruler and take his place—melting Djinn, invisibility spell, c ...

Watch Now

Lucky Luke and the Daltons (2004)

Joe and Averell are the eldest and youngest of the four Dalton brothers, the worst outlaws in Wild West history... ...

Watch Now

The Chorus (2004)

In 1940s France, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys gives hope and inspiration. ...

Watch Now

The Car Keys (2003)

Who would think losing car keys could lead us that far ? Be careful, adventure is on every street corner... ...

Watch Now

Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? (2003)

FBI Agents Bullit and Riper investigate the murder of a young dancer called Pamela Rose, found dead in her motel room in Bornsville, a small american town. Despite their differences, they must team up: the local police is hostile and they can only count on ...

Watch Now

Don't Worry, Be Happy (2003)

With his vitriolic pen, Désiré Loncle, does not make the life of filmmakers easy. But chickens come home to roost, don't they? As a matter of fact, Désiré gets his due punishment when Manu, his girlfriend, kicks him out of home. At a loss, he finds ref ...

Watch Now

Même pas Mal (2003)

A young woman with a vivid imagination breaks down a car in a forest... ...

Watch Now

The Dope (2003)

Alphonse Brown, who firmly believes he is the bastard son of James Brown, meets up with his best friend Scotch after Brown gets out of jail. On their way to Paris to begin careers as recording artists, the pair stumbles across a potent type of marijuana th ...

Watch Now

The Pharmacist (2003)

An ecological pharmacist uses ancient Celtic techniques to murder industrial magnates whose practices harm the planet. ...

Watch Now

The Tombs (2002)

At a mundane evening, Joseph recalls the strange love affair he lived with a young widow, met during a visit to Père-Lachaise. But was it really a love story? ...

Watch Now

Bloody Christmas (2002)

This Christmas Eve is going to be one the most pleasant that Gérard has ever spent. However it turns into a nightmare when the Christmas tree suddenly springs to life and attacks him with its balls and decorations... ...

Watch Now

The High Life (2001)

On a hospital bed, Marcello is plunged into a deep coma. His guardian angel asks the angel in charge of bringing him back to the afterlife to extend the contract of his protégé. ...

Watch Now

The Strategy of Failure (2001)

My various experiences in the field of failure have allowed me to highlight specific areas in which it is crucial to get disorganized and to recognize the steps to be taken to end in ineffective management. This sentence is totally incomprehensible. It's n ...

Watch Now

Movies Made By Kad Merad (9)

Amis (2021)

A comedy about friendship that has many surprises in store for us! How can we find the perfect friend? By connecting to Amitic, the friendly version of Meetic. Pierre, a snobbish Parisian banker, one day sees Serge Brown who claims to be... his best friend ...

Watch Now

Just a Gigolo (2019)

How to live happy and rich without working? To be Gigolo. But after 25 years of living with Denise, Alex the "gigolo" gets fired without notice and finds himself on the street. Forced to move to his sister and his nephew of 10 years, he then has an obsessi ...

Watch Now

Marseille (2016)

Faced with the insistence of his brother Joseph, whom he has not seen for 25 years, Paolo resolves to give up his calm and harmonious life in Canada, to return to Marseilles at the bedside of his rugged father. He left, therefore, with his son under his ar ...

Watch Now

Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ? (2012)

French filmmaker Eric Lartigau directs the anarchic buddy comedy Bullit and Riper, originally released as Mais qui a tue Pamela Rose? French comedic television stars Kad Merad and Olivier Barroux are both the protagonists and the screenwriters. As a parody ...

Watch Now

Father (2011)

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 a ...

Watch Now

A Ticket to Space (2006)

Face à l'incompréhension de la population française quant au montant des crédits alloués à la recherche spatiale, le gouvernement lance une vaste opération de communication. En partenariat avec le Centre spatial français, un grand jeu est organisé ...

Watch Now

Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? (2003)

FBI Agents Bullit and Riper investigate the murder of a young dancer called Pamela Rose, found dead in her motel room in Bornsville, a small american town. Despite their differences, they must team up: the local police is hostile and they can only count on ...

Watch Now