Kad Merad (born Kaddour Merad , Arabic: قدور ميراد ; 27 March 1964) is a French-Algerian filmmaker and actor who has acted both on stage and on screen.
5-554: Orchestra Class (French: La Melodie ) is a 2017 French film directed by Rachid Hami and starring Kad Merad . The film was screened at the Venice Film Festival and the Dubai International Film Festival . A critic from The Hollywood Reporter wrote that "But the film’s few, more lived-in moments often involve secondary characters with no story arc of their own, so they never feel properly integrated into
10-652: A French mother. During his teens, he played drums and sang with various rock bands. Soon afterwards, he started playing roles at Club Med alongside the Gigolo Brothers troupe. In 1990, he was hired by Ouï FM , the Paris rock radio 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
15-561: The César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Je vais Bien, ne t'en fais pas! and appears in AaRON 's film soundtrack video clip. His best challenger was Dany Boon . During the shooting of Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis , 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
20-533: The fabric of the otherwise very formatted plot". A critic from Screen International wrote that "The raucous energy that the youngsters offer gives Orchestra Class (La Melodie) a gritty sense of momentum". A critic from RFI wrote that "Alfred Renély is a touching and convincing young prodigy supported by a whole bunch of promising French film actors". Kad Merad Kad Merad was born in Sidi Bel Abbès , Algeria, on 27 March 1964 to an Algerian father and
25-475: 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. In 2007, Kad received
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