Gad Elmaleh

Gad Elmaleh

1971-04-19 Casablanca, Morocco 99 Credits

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).

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TPMP ! Toute la vérité

TPMP ! Toute la vérité

2025

as Self

Acting

Cyril Hanouna invites viewers to a special show where he answers their questions.

Redouane Bougheraba - Du Panier à l'Orange Vélodrome

Redouane Bougheraba - Du Panier à l'Orange Vélodrome

2025

3.8
Acting
Michel Denisot n'aime pas les anniversaires

Michel Denisot n'aime pas les anniversaires

2024

as Self

Acting

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)

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

2024

7.2
Acting
L'Olympia, du rêve à la scène

L'Olympia, du rêve à la scène

2023

as Self

Acting
Kev Adams : De l'autre côté du miroir

Kev Adams : De l'autre côté du miroir

2023

as Self

6.0
Acting
Gad Elmaleh : D'ailleurs

Gad Elmaleh : D'ailleurs

2023

7.0
Acting

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

Alibi.com 2

2023

as Hafid

6.5
Acting

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

Stay With Us

2022

as Gad

5.7
Acting

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

Stay With Us

2022

Screenplay, Director

5.7
Writing Directing

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

Drôles de familles

2022

as Self

Acting

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)

Le gala de Paul Mirabel (avec de l'aide)

2021

as Self

5.2
Acting
Enrico Macias, l'inattendu

Enrico Macias, l'inattendu

2021

as Self

6.0
Acting

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

Flashback

2021

as Maximilien de Robespierre

6.0
Acting

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

Les seigneurs du château

2021

as Self

6.0
Acting
Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime

Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime

2021

as Self

6.7
Acting

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

Calvi Comedy Festival

2021

as Self

Acting
Purplemind

Purplemind

2021

as Arthur Trimbaldi

7.0
Acting

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

CamKev Comedy & Songs

2021

as Self

Acting

Camille Lellouche and Kev Adams are hosting a live special with some of their comedians and musicians friends.

Kevgad & Friends au Fridge Comedy

Kevgad & Friends au Fridge Comedy

2021

as Self

Acting
Les 60 ans du one-man-show

Les 60 ans du one-man-show

2020

as Self (archive footage)

5.0
Acting
L'Invitation

L'Invitation

2020

as Daniel

6.8
Acting
La famille, ça me fait bien rire !

La famille, ça me fait bien rire !

2018

as Self

6.0
Acting
Gad Elmaleh: American Dream

Gad Elmaleh: American Dream

2018

as Self

6.6
Acting

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

Gad Elmaleh: American Dream

2018

Writer

6.6
Writing

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?

Voulez-vous rire avec moi ce soir?

2018

as Self

6.0
Acting

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

Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2017

2017

as Self

7.7
Acting
Gad Gone Wild

Gad Gone Wild

2017

as Himself

6.8
Acting

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

Juste pour rire fait son show

2016

as Self

6.0
Acting
Kev Adams & Gad Elmaleh - Kev Gad, Tout est possible

Kev Adams & Gad Elmaleh - Kev Gad, Tout est possible

2016

as Self

5.9
Acting
Jeff Panacloc, l'extraordinaire aventure

Jeff Panacloc, l'extraordinaire aventure

2016

as Self

7.0
Acting
The Midnight Orchestra

The Midnight Orchestra

2016

as Rabbi Moshe

5.0
Acting

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

Good Guys Go to Heaven, Bad Guys Go to Pattaya

2016

as Le Marocain

5.0
Acting

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

Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2015

2015

as Self

7.0
Acting
Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !

Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !

2015

as Self

7.3
Acting
Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !

Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !

2015

Writer

7.3
Writing
Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show

Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show

2015

as Self

6.6
Acting
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

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

2014

8.0
Acting
Gad Elmaleh : Sans tambour

Gad Elmaleh : Sans tambour

2014

as Gad Elmaleh

6.8
Acting
Gad Elmaleh : Sans tambour

Gad Elmaleh : Sans tambour

2014

Writer

6.8
Writing
Gad Elmaleh: 20 Ans sur Scène

Gad Elmaleh: 20 Ans sur Scène

2014

9.0
Acting
Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés

2013

6.9
Acting

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

Welcome to China

2013

7.0
Acting

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

Mood Indigo

2013

as Chick

6.1
Acting

A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.

Départ immédiat

Départ immédiat

2012

as Self

Acting
Capital

Capital

2012

as Marc Tourneuil

6.1
Acting

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

The Dream Team

2012

as Rayane Ziani

5.0
Acting

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

Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2012

2012

as Self

7.8
Acting

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

Happiness Never Comes Alone

2012

as Sacha Keller

6.1
Acting

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

The Dictator

2012

as Demonstrator in Wadiya (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

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

Tout sur Jamel

2011

as Self

6.0
Acting
Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill

2011

as Xavier

4.4
Acting

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

The Adventures of Tintin

2011

as Ben Salaad (voice)

6.9
Acting

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

A Monster in Paris

2011

as Raoul (voice)

6.9
Acting

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

Marrakech du rire

2011

as Self

5.6
Acting

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

Midnight in Paris

2011

as Détective Tisserant

7.5
Acting

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

Gad Elmaleh - La dernière de Papa est en haut

2011

as Self

7.4
Acting
Gad Elmaleh - La dernière de Papa est en haut

Gad Elmaleh - La dernière de Papa est en haut

2011

Writer, Director

7.4
Writing Directing
Made in Jamel

Made in Jamel

2010

as Self

5.2
Acting

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

The Round Up

2010

as Schmuel Weismann

7.5
Acting

A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.

Coco

Coco

2009

as Coco

4.3
Acting

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

Coco

2009

Writer, Director

4.3
Writing Directing

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

Gad Elmaleh - Papa est en haut

2008

as Self

7.6
Acting

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

Gad Elmaleh - Papa est en haut

2008

Writer

7.6
Writing

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

Comme ton père

2007

as Félix

5.1
Acting

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

Priceless

2006

as Jean

6.4
Acting

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

Les Galas Juste Pour Rire: Un monde sans femme

2006

as Self

8.0
Acting
The Valet

The Valet

2006

as François Pignon

6.0
Acting

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 !

Olé !

2005

as Ramon

5.0
Acting

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

Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés

2005

8.0
Acting
Gad Elmaleh - L’autre c’est moi

Gad Elmaleh - L’autre c’est moi

2005

as Himself

7.7
Acting

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

Gad Elmaleh - L’autre c’est moi

Gad Elmaleh - L’autre c’est moi

2005

Writer

7.7
Writing

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

La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia

La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia

2004

as Self

Acting
The 11 Commandments

The 11 Commandments

2004

as Gad

5.2
Acting

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

The Car Keys

2003

as Gad Elmaleh

5.1
Acting

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

Chouchou

Chouchou

2003

as Choukri, alias Chouchou

5.3
Acting

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

Chouchou

2003

Scenario Writer

5.3
Writing

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

The Dope

2003

as Le spécialiste des Stups

4.6
Acting

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

A+ Pollux

2002

as Halvard Sanz

4.0
Acting

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

Would I Lie to You? 2

2001

as Dove

6.1
Acting

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

À bicyclette

2001

as Night watchman

Acting

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

Gad Elmaleh - La Vie normale

2001

as David

7.0
Acting

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

Gad Elmaleh - La Vie normale

2001

Writer

7.0
Writing

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

People in Swimsuits Aren't (Necessarily) Shallow

2001

as Jimmy

4.7
Acting

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

Second life

2000

as Lionel

5.2
Acting

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

Jamel Debbouze - Le très très bien de Jamel

2000

as Self

6.6
Acting
On fait comme on a dit

On fait comme on a dit

2000

as Terry

4.6
Acting

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

Jamel Show

1999

as Self

6.0
Acting

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

5.2
Acting
Train of Life

Train of Life

1998

as Manzatou

7.3
Acting

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

Man Is a Woman

1998

as David Eskenazi

5.7
Acting

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

Les soeurs Hamlet

1998

as Malo

2.0
Acting

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

Christmas at Bunny's

1997

as Boîte à Souhaits segment

Acting

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

XXL

1997

as Samy

4.0
Acting

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

Long Live the Republic

Long Live the Republic

1997

as Yannick

4.0
Acting

A group of young unemployed people from Le Mans (France) decide to create a new political party.

Gad Elmaleh - Décalages

Gad Elmaleh - Décalages

1997

as Self

6.3
Acting

"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

Gad Elmaleh - Décalages

1997

Writer

6.3
Writing

"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 !

Salut cousin !

1996

as Alilo

4.2
Acting

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

Qui Veut Gagner de l'Argent en Masse

N/A

6.0
Acting