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Gad Elmaleh

Gad Elmaleh is a Moroccan-Canadian stand-up comedian and actor who achieved fame in France, Morocco and the United States. He is best known in the French-speaking world and more recently in the United States. He has starred in several feature films, including Coco, Priceless, La Doublure and Midnight in Paris. Voted the funniest person in France, he was named knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the Minister of Culture; he was also named knight of the National Order of Quebec. In 2015 and 2018, Elmaleh did national comedy tours across the United States. In 2019, he starred in the Netflix series Huge in France.

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A Monster in Paris

2011
as Raoul (voice)

Midnight in Paris

2011
as Detective Tisserant

La Rafle

2010
as Schmuel Weismann

Coco

2009
as Coco

Pattaya

2016
as Le Marocain

Les 11 Commandements

2004
as Lui-même

Salut cousin!

1996
as Alilo

Les Clefs de bagnole

2003
as Gad Elmaleh

La Beuze

2003
as le spécialiste des Stups

Capital

2012
as Marc Tourneuil

Comme ton père

2007
as Félix

Chouchou

2003
as Choukri, alias Chouchou

Hors de prix

2006
as Jean

La Doublure

2006
as François Pignon

A+ Pollux

2002
as Halvard Sanz

Les Petits Souliers

1999
as Samuel Azoulay

Deuxième vie

2000
as Lionel

Olé !

2005
as Ramon

The Dream Team

2012
as Rayane Ziani

Train de vie

1998
as Manzatou

Bab el web

2005
as Habibi

Welcome to China

2013
as Gad Elmaleh

Director

Movie Coco 2009
Movie Reste un peu 2022

Writer

Movie Coco 2009
Movie Chouchou 2003
Movie Gad Elmaleh : Sans tambour 2014
Movie Gad Elmaleh: American Dream 2018