Gad Elmaleh is a French actor and comedian. He was born on April 19, 1971 in Casablanca, Morocco, where he spent his childhood. The boy has Jewish and Arab roots. Gad's father was a mime, and the boy from childhood dreamed of following in his footsteps and performing in public. In high school, the future actor studied Hebrew, and after school with his parents moved to Canada, where he entered the University of Quebec and became interested in political science. However, the guy did not give up his
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Gad Elmaleh is a French actor and comedian. He was born on April 19, 1971 in Casablanca, Morocco, where he spent his childhood. The boy has Jewish and Arab roots. Gad's father was a mime, and the boy from childhood dreamed of following in his footsteps and performing in public.
In high school, the future actor studied Hebrew, and after school with his parents moved to Canada, where he entered the University of Quebec and became interested in political science. However, the guy did not give up his dream and soon began to perform sketches in cabaret and on local radio stations.
At the age of twenty-one, the young man moved to Paris, where he studied acting for several years at the Florent Courses. The teacher of the young actor was the famous Isabel Nanti. It was she who helped Gad to put his first show Décalages, the script for which was based on the biography of the young man. The show had to the taste of the public, and three years later the light saw the next creation of the comedian “Normal Life”.
Since 1995, the stand-up comedian began to perform his own show at the Palais des glaces, and also performed with humorous sketches at the best concert venues in London, Paris, Miami, Casablanca, Geneva, Montreal and New York.
In the movie, the young actor made his debut in 1994 in the short film Manivelle, and two years later brilliantly played Alluash in the film Hello, Cousin!
Subsequently, the actor took part in the filming of such films as “XXL”, “Train to Life”, “Operation Bugs Bunny”, “Man as a Woman” and “Do as agreed”.
The turning point in his acting career was 2005, when Gad received the main role in the film “Ole!”. Partner on the set was the famous French actor Gerard Depardieu.
A year later, Elmaleh received one of the main roles in the comedy of Pierre Salvadori “Fatal Beauty”, where the actor played in a pair with the actor.
"Monster in Paris" "The Adventures of Tintin: The Mystery of the Unicorn"
Gad is currently working on a short film, Welcome to China.