Kev Adams
Kev Adams or Kev' Adams (born Kevin Smadja; 1 July 1991) is a French comedian, actor, humorist, screenwriter and film producer.
Adams was born in 1991 in the 16th district of Paris. His father is a real estate agent of Algerian Jewish descent and his mother, of Tunisian Jewish descent, works in finance. He has two younger brothers, Noam and Lirone. He began taking theater classes at the age of seven. In 2009, Adams completed his French Baccalaureate in literature, and enrolled in law at the University of Paris X-Nanterre while simultaneously pursuing his acting career. He claimed that it was, "extremely difficult, nearly impossible, to balance both."
In 2009, Adams was spotted by Elisa Soussan, Anne Roumanoff's producer, who invited him to perform at her Carte Blanche show at the Olympia (Paris). This stage performance was broadcast on Paris Première. Following this event, Adams was offered to be the opening act of a Gad Elmaleh show at the Palais des Sports. His first one-man show, The Young Man Show, first ran in Paris in 2009 at the Théâtre Le Temple and then continued at the Palais des Glaces before touring France. The tour ended in Switzerland on July 22, 2012, during the Paléo Festival de Nyon. He then performed a show called Test… Voilà, Voilà! at the Bataclan from November 27 to December 31, 2013.
As of May 2014, Adams has more than 3 million fans on Facebook and more than 1 million followers on Twitter and in 2017 more 4 million followers on instagram.
From September 2010 to February 2011, Adams was a contestant on the TV program On n'demande qu'à en rire ("We just want to laugh at it", literally "We ask only to laugh at it") hosted by Laurent Ruquier. He left the show voluntarily to dedicate himself to the Soda television series, in which he plays a major role. Soda depicts the daily life of three boys and includes guest stars such as La Fouine and Amel Bent. Since the summer of 2011, the series has been broadcast on M6, and on W9 in 2012. Season three close the series in 2015.
The same year he has his biggest box office successes with Serial Teachers, as the almost-school dropout and his adventures with the worst teachers of France, and The New Adventures of Aladdin, as one of the thieves caught by the children in the midst of a robbery on Christmas Eve.
In 2018, he created the animated series Kev's World ("Le Monde selon Kev"). He also voiced himself in the original French version.
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Movies (75)
La Maison de nos rêves
2026 · Benjamin, Screenplay
The Desert Child
2026 · Christian
Ilyes Djadel : en vrai de vrai
2026 · Self : Guest
Montreux Fashion Show by Nino Arial
2026 · Self : Guest
G-Day
2025 · Porte
Certains l'aiment chauve
2025 · Zacharie
Oldies But Goodies
2024 · Milann Rousseau, Writer, Producer
Comme par magie
2023 · Victor
Kev Adams : De l'autre côté du miroir
2023 · Self
Kev Adams : Miroir
2023 · Stage Director
Anniversaire surprise chez les Bodin's
2023 · Self
1h30 Max
2022 · Kevin
Stuck with You
2022 · Gaël
Kev Adams: The Real Me
2022 · Self, Writer
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans
2022 · Self
Retirement Home
2022 · Milann Rousseau, Producer, Idea, Screenplay
Love Is Better Than Life
2022 · Kev Prat
Le Bêtisier du 31
2021 · Self
Haters
2021 · Thomas Le Lama, Co-Director
Les seigneurs du château
2021 · Self
La clique de Roman Frayssinet
2021 · Self
One Night in Paris
2021 · Self
Match des héros
2021 · Self
Calvi Comedy Festival
2021 · Self
Purplemind
2021 · Shock / Nino
CamKev Comedy & Songs
2021 · Self
Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous
2021
Kevgad & Friends au Fridge Comedy
2021 · Self
Belmondo l'influenceur
2020 · Self
Incision
2020 · Chase
The Morning After
2020 · Producer
Polaroid
2020 · Producer
Les 60 ans du one-man-show
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Kev Adams : La Dernière en direct
2019 · Lui-même, Director
Sixty
2019 · Self - Comedian
Montreux Comedy Festival 2019 - Montreux fête ses 30 ans
2019 · Himself - Host
Todo Incluido
2019 · L'homme à l'aéroport
Festival International du Rire de Liège 2018 - Carte Blanche Aux Chevaliers Du Fiel
2019 · Self
The Brand New Adventures of Aladdin
2018 · Aladin / Sam
Mi ex es un espía
2018 · Bitteauto Driver Lukas
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2018
2018 · Self
Love Addict
2018 · Gabriel, Producer
To the Top
2017 · Scott Ferret, Producer
Tall Tales
2017 · Loulou (voice)
All That Divides Us
2017 · Producer
Super High
2017 · David
Loue-moi !
2017 · Sébastien, Producer
Gangsterdam
2017 · Ruben
Rock'n Roll
2017 · Kev Adams
A Bag of Marbles
2017 · Ferdinand
Kev Adams & Gad Elmaleh - Kev Gad, tout est possible
2016 · Self
Public Friends
2016 · Léo, Screenplay
SODA: le rêve américain
2015 · Adam Fontella
The New Adventures of Aladdin
2015 · Aladin / Sam
Serial Teachers 2
2015 · Boulard
Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show
2015 · Self
Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !
2015 · Self
Kev Adams - Voilà Voilà
2014
Soda : Un trop long week-end
2014 · Adam Fontella, Scenario Writer
Junior
2014 · Alex
Kidon
2013 · Facebook
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2013
2013 · Self
Serial Teachers
2013 · Boulard
Carte Blanche à Anne Roumanoff
2011 · Self
Marrakech du rire
2011 · Self
Kev Adams - The Young Man Show
2011 · Kev Adams, Author
Anne Roumanoff : Crise de rire ou rire de crise ?
2009
LOL (Laughing Out Loud)
2009 · An extra
Les Écrans de l'humour
2008 · self
Dad on the Run
2000 · Paco as a child
Hank
· Max, Screenplay
Captain Courage
Selfie
· Michalis
Kid Paddle
· Kid Paddle, Writer
Untitled Kev Adams / Samy Naceri Movie
TV shows (35)
The Nursing Home, the TV series
2026 · Milann, Director, Scenario Writer, Producer, Creator
Chez Ruquier
2025 · Self
Laugh on the Beach
2024 · Self, Creator
En Bande Organisée
2023 · Self - Guest
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023 · Self - Guest
Improbox
2023 · Self - Guest
LEGEND
2023
Chemins de Traverse
2023 · Self
Past Forward
2023 · Eliott Martin, Scenario Writer, Creator
Cannes Comedy Show
2023 · Self
Quelle époque !
2022 · Self - Guest
Visual Suspect
2022 · Self - Guest
La Grande Incruste
2020
District Z
2020 · Self
We're Live
2020 · Self
Le Morning Night
2020 · Self - Guest
Kemps
2019 · Self
Mask Singer
2019 · Self - Panelist
The Secret Song
2018 · Self
Kev's World
2018 · Kev, Creator
SuperHigh
2017 · David, Scenario Writer
Face the Classroom
2017 · Self - Guest
Le Saturday Night Live
2017 · Self
Trait d'humour
2016 · Self
MED
2015 · Original Series Creator
Le Dézapping du Before
2013
The Unexpected Getaway
2012 · Self
Vendredi, tout est permis
2011 · Self
Soda
2011 · Adam Fontella, Creator
C à vous
2009 · Self - Guest
Rendez-vous in an Unknown Land
2004 · Self
Star Academy
2001 · Self
Who Wants to Win Millions?
2000 · Self - Contestant
Téléthon
1987 · Self
Une Famille en Or
1986 · Self - Guest