About
Gad Elmaleh, born April 19, 1971 in Casablanca, is a Moroccan-Canadian comedian and actor of Sephardic Jewish heritage. He moved to Montreal in 1988, then to Paris in 1992, where he trained at the Cours Florent. He achieved success with his one-man shows 'Décalages' (1996) and 'La Vie Normale' (1999). He was the first French-speaking comedian to tour the United States with 'L'autre c'est moi' (2005). In film, he appeared in 'La Vérité si je mens! 2' (2000), 'Chouchou' (2002), 'Midnight in Paris' (2011), and directed 'Coco' (2009) and 'Reste un peu' (2022). He was named Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters in 2006 and Knight of the National Order of Quebec in 2017.
* 1971-04-19
Major works
- Décalages (1996)one-man show
- La Vie Normale (1999)one-man show
- Chouchou (2002)film
- Coco (2009)film
- Reste un peu (2022)film
Key milestones
- 2006Appointed Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture.
- 2017Appointed Knight of the National Order of Quebec.
- 2019Release of the semi-autobiographical series 'Huge in France' on Netflix.
Themes
cultural identityimmigrationfamilylanguage and communicationcultural differences
Sources: id.loc.gov · data.bnf.fr