Biography
Gad Elmaleh (born April 19, 1971) is a French-Moroccan stand-up comedian and actor. He has starred in several feature films, including Coco, Hors de prix, and La Doublure. He is known for his stand-up comedy specials Décalages (1997), La Vie normale (2000), L'autre c'est moi (2005), Papa est en haut (2007), Sans tambour (2013), 20 ans de scène (2015), Oh My Gad (2015), Gad Elmaleh part en live (2016), American Dream (2017), D’Ailleurs (2022).
Known For
Complete Filmography

TPMP ! Toute la vérité
2025
as Self
Cyril Hanouna invites viewers to a special show where he answers their questions.

Redouane Bougheraba - Du Panier à l'Orange Vélodrome
2025

Michel Denisot n'aime pas les anniversaires
2024
as Self
He may not like birthdays, but Michel Denisot celebrates LGJ's 20th, CANAL+'s 40th, and his own 80th!

C'est Montreux bébé ! (De Pagnol à Jul)
2024

L'Olympia, du rêve à la scène
2023
as Self

Kev Adams : De l'autre côté du miroir
2023
as Self

Gad Elmaleh : D'ailleurs
2023
After Sans tambour and an international tour with Oh My Gad! performed in English in more than fifteen countries, Gad Elmaleh is back with a new one-m...

Alibi.com 2
2023
as Hafid
After closing his agency Alibi.com and promising Flo that he would never lie to her again, Greg's new life became quiet, too quiet... Not for long! Wh...

Stay With Us
2022
as Gad
Gad Elmaleh decides to leave New York and move back to Paris, to get baptized and become a Catholic. Despite his attempt to hide the truth from his Je...

Stay With Us
2022
Screenplay, Director
Gad Elmaleh decides to leave New York and move back to Paris, to get baptized and become a Catholic. Despite his attempt to hide the truth from his Je...

Drôles de familles
2022
as Self
When comedians draw on the family to make people laugh, everyone is concerned. This documentary looks at everything that is horrifying or hilarious in...

Le gala de Paul Mirabel (avec de l'aide)
2021
as Self

Enrico Macias, l'inattendu
2021
as Self
Enrico Macias is best known for his songs and his commitment to peace. He is less known for his self-mockery, his humor and his fantasy. Talents that ...

Flashback
2021
as Maximilien de Robespierre
A female lawyer travels back in time and crosses paths with other women in history who fought for women's rights.

Les seigneurs du château
2021
as Self

Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime
2021
as Self
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...

Calvi Comedy Festival
2021
as Self

Purplemind
2021
as Arthur Trimbaldi
Sally aka Purplemind, a telepath who once founded a superhero collective, now lives in a retirement home. Interviewed by a journalist who wants to wri...

CamKev Comedy & Songs
2021
as Self
Camille Lellouche and Kev Adams are hosting a live special with some of their comedians and musicians friends.

Kevgad & Friends au Fridge Comedy
2021
as Self

Les 60 ans du one-man-show
2020
as Self (archive footage)

L'Invitation
2020
as Daniel

La famille, ça me fait bien rire !
2018
as Self

Gad Elmaleh: American Dream
2018
as Self
In his first English-language special, comedian Gad Elmaleh gleefully digs into America's food obsessions, dating culture, slang, and more.

Gad Elmaleh: American Dream
2018
Writer
In his first English-language special, comedian Gad Elmaleh gleefully digs into America's food obsessions, dating culture, slang, and more.

Voulez-vous rire avec moi ce soir?
2018
as Self
French humorist Yacine Belhousse tours the world to explore how stand-up comedians make audiences laugh across cultures.

Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2017
2017
as Self

Gad Gone Wild
2017
as Himself
French comic Gad Elmaleh regales a Montreal crowd with tales of awkward mix-ups and baffling customs he's encountered since moving to the U.S.

Juste pour rire fait son show
2016
as Self

Kev Adams & Gad Elmaleh - Kev Gad, Tout est possible
2016
as Self

Jeff Panacloc, l'extraordinaire aventure
2016
as Self

The Midnight Orchestra
2016
as Rabbi Moshe
After leaving Morocco amidst racial tensions spurred by the Yom Kippur war, the son of a once famous Jewish musician travels to his home country to bu...

Good Guys Go to Heaven, Bad Guys Go to Pattaya
2016
as Le Marocain
Franky and Krimo dream of leaving the grey grime of their neighborhood behind and of traveling to the famous and diabolical Thai beach resort of Patta...

Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2015
2015
as Self

Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !
2015
as Self

Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !
2015
Writer

Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show
2015
as Self

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014

Gad Elmaleh : Sans tambour
2014
as Gad Elmaleh

Gad Elmaleh : Sans tambour
2014
Writer

Gad Elmaleh: 20 Ans sur Scène
2014

Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés
2013
Show recorded at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy on January 27 and 28, 2013 for the benefit of the Restos du Coeur.

Welcome to China
2013
Gad Elmaleh has agreed to be the guest star for the opening of a karaoke in China but the date doesn't suit him. He asks his brother Arie to stand in ...

Mood Indigo
2013
as Chick
A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.

Départ immédiat
2012
as Self

Capital
2012
as Marc Tourneuil
The head of a giant European investment bank desperately clings to power when an American hedge fund company tries to buy them out.

The Dream Team
2012
as Rayane Ziani
A former footballer living in Brittany enlists his old teammates to help the local fisherman to win some games in order to raise money and save jobs.

Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2012
2012
as Self
Marrakech du Rire is an annual international festival of humor that has been held since 2011 in Marrakech, Morocco. Created by comedian Jamel Debbouze...

Happiness Never Comes Alone
2012
as Sacha Keller
Sacha is a real seducer, a man with no ties or emotional or professional. Charlotte is a modern and independent woman, but barely has time to care for...

The Dictator
2012
as Demonstrator in Wadiya (uncredited)
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

Tout sur Jamel
2011
as Self

Jack and Jill
2011
as Xavier
Jack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit ...

The Adventures of Tintin
2011
as Ben Salaad (voice)
Intrepid young reporter, Tintin, and his loyal dog, Snowy, are thrust into a world of high adventure when they discover a ship carrying an explosive s...

A Monster in Paris
2011
as Raoul (voice)
Paris, 1910. Emile, a shy movie projectionist, and Raoul, a colourful inventor, find themselves embarked on the hunt for a monster terrorizing citizen...

Marrakech du rire
2011
as Self
From June 8 to 12, 2011, Jamel Debbouze organized the first Marrakech Laughter Festival. For this major event, Jamel invited his friends from the worl...

Midnight in Paris
2011
as Détective Tisserant
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.

Gad Elmaleh - La dernière de Papa est en haut
2011
as Self

Gad Elmaleh - La dernière de Papa est en haut
2011
Writer, Director

Made in Jamel
2010
as Self
Pour cette nouvelle aventure, Jamel a invité des artistes, à participer à plus d’une douzaine de courts-métrages originaux créés par lui-même et son é...

The Round Up
2010
as Schmuel Weismann
A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.

Coco
2009
as Coco
Coco is a French comedy released in 2009 and produced by Gad Elmaleh. This is the first embodiment of the actor, adapted from a sketch in the show La ...

Coco
2009
Writer, Director
Coco is a French comedy released in 2009 and produced by Gad Elmaleh. This is the first embodiment of the actor, adapted from a sketch in the show La ...

Gad Elmaleh - Papa est en haut
2008
as Self
Dans ce spectacle, mis en scène par sa soeur Judith Elmaleh, il parle de son enfance, de son fils et de son père ; 750 000 places seront vendus.

Gad Elmaleh - Papa est en haut
2008
Writer
Dans ce spectacle, mis en scène par sa soeur Judith Elmaleh, il parle de son enfance, de son fils et de son père ; 750 000 places seront vendus.

Comme ton père
2007
as Félix
1968. La famille Maïmon : Félix, Mireille et leurs deux enfants, Eric et Michel, débarquent à Marseille. Quelques années plus tard, à peine installé à...

Priceless
2006
as Jean
A beautiful young gold-digger mistakes a lowly hotel clerk as a rich and therefore worthwhile catch.

Les Galas Juste Pour Rire: Un monde sans femme
2006
as Self

The Valet
2006
as François Pignon
Caught by tabloid paparazzi with his mistress Elena, a famous and beautiful fashion model, billionaire Pierre Levasseur tries to avoid a divorce by in...

Olé !
2005
as Ramon
Ramon Holgado is the driver of a big boss, as well as his confidant, his golf partner, and the alibi of his escapades. His wife, Carmen, dreams of ret...

Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
2005

Gad Elmaleh - L’autre c’est moi
2005
as Himself
L'Autre c'est moi est le troisième spectacle de l'humoriste Gad Elmaleh, en 2005.

Gad Elmaleh - L’autre c’est moi
2005
Writer
L'Autre c'est moi est le troisième spectacle de l'humoriste Gad Elmaleh, en 2005.

La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia
2004
as Self

The 11 Commandments
2004
as Gad
After an evening of drinking, six men find themselves in front of The God of the Joke. Distressed to find that people aren't laughing anymore, He give...

The Car Keys
2003
as Gad Elmaleh
Who would think losing car keys could lead us that far ? Be careful, adventure is on every street corner...

Chouchou
2003
as Choukri, alias Chouchou
Choukri, alias Chouchou, a transvestite Maghrebi with clear eyes, comes illegally to Paris to find his nephew. Hired as an assistant by a psychotherap...

Chouchou
2003
Scenario Writer
Choukri, alias Chouchou, a transvestite Maghrebi with clear eyes, comes illegally to Paris to find his nephew. Hired as an assistant by a psychotherap...

The Dope
2003
as Le spécialiste des Stups
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 ...

A+ Pollux
2002
as Halvard Sanz
Halvard Sanz believes in the principle according to which we always meet people who really interest us twice. It’s written in the tables of how the wo...

Would I Lie to You? 2
2001
as Dove
Eddie, Dov, and Yvan are back, still working in Paris' Sentier textile district, This time they're confronting the high-stakes world of large distribu...

À bicyclette
2001
as Night watchman
During the winter of 1995, while a transport strike paralyses the Ile de France, Anne and Patrice go to work by bicycle. Their meeting at a traffic li...

Gad Elmaleh - La Vie normale
2001
as David
La Vie normale est un spectacle de Gad Elmaleh sorti en 2001 où sont dépeints les caractères de plusieurs personnages et où il joue son propre rôle.

Gad Elmaleh - La Vie normale
2001
Writer
La Vie normale est un spectacle de Gad Elmaleh sorti en 2001 où sont dépeints les caractères de plusieurs personnages et où il joue son propre rôle.

People in Swimsuits Aren't (Necessarily) Shallow
2001
as Jimmy
A week on St-Martin with vacationing Parisians. Camille surprises her lover Philippe, who's with his wife and children. Lonely Laurette, a secretary, ...

Second life
2000
as Lionel
Vansan is 30 years old, but he never learned to make decisions. Whatever it is. Should he marry his girlfriend, should he start a business with his fr...

Jamel Debbouze - Le très très bien de Jamel
2000
as Self

On fait comme on a dit
2000
as Terry
One fine day, at about 10 am, in a suburban house, three men, in their thirties are waiting for a fourth buddy. When he arrives, they plan to hold up ...

Jamel Show
1999
as Self
Jamel is given carte blanche at CANAL+ for an hour, the comedian took this opportinity to gather friends and guests for a comedy special to celebrate ...
Les Petits Souliers
1999
as Samuel Azoulay

Train of Life
1998
as Manzatou
In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to P...

Man Is a Woman
1998
as David Eskenazi
Simon Eskenazy is a gay Parisian clarinet player who lives his single life to the fullest. One day, he receives a very tempting offer from his homopho...

Les soeurs Hamlet
1998
as Malo
At long last, the two Hamlet sisters are allowed to go to Paris by themselves, and the discotheque they have heard about beckons. When the driver for ...

Christmas at Bunny's
1997
as Boîte à Souhaits segment
Santa Claus is depressed and refuses to give away gifts as he usually does. Bugs Bunny is charged with finding him and cheering him up back into his j...

XXL
1997
as Samy
Tunisian-Jewish businessman Alain Berrebi (Michel Boujenah) courts Ashkenazi princess Arlette Stern (Elsa Zylberstein). Her father David (Maurice Chev...

Long Live the Republic
1997
as Yannick
A group of young unemployed people from Le Mans (France) decide to create a new political party.

Gad Elmaleh - Décalages
1997
as Self
"Décalages" is Gad Elmaleh's first show, where he humorously tells the story of his arrival in France and his cultural shocks. Blending stand-up and c...

Gad Elmaleh - Décalages
1997
Writer
"Décalages" is Gad Elmaleh's first show, where he humorously tells the story of his arrival in France and his cultural shocks. Blending stand-up and c...

Salut cousin !
1996
as Alilo
The comedy in this lively film barely conceals its darker, more serious undertones as it chronicles a young Algerian's eye-opening introduction to the...

Qui Veut Gagner de l'Argent en Masse
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