Kad Merad

Kad Merad is the sort of multi-hyphenate I genuinely enjoy. Screenwriter, director, radio personality, and actor, he refuses to be boxed into a single craft. Born in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria, and rising to win the 2007 César for Best Supporting Actor and a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, he embodies a French-Algerian story of talent crossing borders to reach the very top. What I value most is the range; he can carry broad comedy and quiet drama with equal ease, and beneath the lightness there is always a hint of lived-in melancholy. For anyone exploring French cinema, he is essential viewing.

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Name (English)

Kad Merad

Name (Japanese)

カド・メラッド

Reading

かど・めらっど

Born

March 27, 1964 (age 62)

Origin

Sidi Bel Abbès, Sidi Bel Abbès Province, Algeria

Occupation

screenwriter / film director / radio personality / film actor / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Dragon

Awards & achievements

• 2007 César Award for Best Supporting Actor
• 2009 Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/merad.kad/
• Xhttps://x.com/KadMerad
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kad%20Merad
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q983159

Tags

• Sidi Bel Abbès Province
• screenwriter
• film director
• radio personality

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.