Gad Elmaleh

Gad Elmaleh

Comedian and actor · b. 1971

Sephardi · EstablishedIsrael & the Diaspora Today

Raised in a Sephardic family in Casablanca, he became one of France's most popular comedians, voted the funniest person in France, and starred in the Netflix series Huge in France. He has spoken proudly of being both Moroccan-born and Jewish.

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