Gad Elmaleh

Gad Elmaleh (French pronunciation: ​[ɡad‿ɛlmalɛ]; born 19 April 1971) is a Moroccan-born French stand-up comedian and actor. He has starred in several feature films, including Coco, Priceless, La Doublure and Midnight in Paris. He has been voted the funniest person in France and 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. He is often referred to as the "Seinfeld of France". In 2015, Elmaleh did a national comedy tour across the United States. 2Early years Elmaleh was born in Casablanca, Morocco to David and Régine Elmaleh. Being a Moroccan Sephardic Jew, Gad Elmaleh was brought up in a culturally diverse environment, speaking Moroccan Arabic, Hebrew, English and French. As a child he would introduce his father, a mime, with a placard. He has a brother, Arié, actor and singer, and a sister, Judith, actress and stage director. He studied at Lycée Maïmonide and Lycée Lyautey in Casablanc