A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Kev' Adams
Kevin Smadja
Кев Адамс
Birthplace:
Paris, France
Born:
July 1, 1991
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. Source: Article "Kev Adams" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Author:
2011 Kev Adams - The Young Man Show
Co-Director:
2011 Kev Adams - The Young Man Show
2021 Haters
Director:
2011 Kev Adams - The Young Man Show
2019 Kev Adams : La Dernière en direct
2021 Haters
Idea:
2011 Kev Adams - The Young Man Show
2019 Kev Adams : La Dernière en direct
2021 Haters
2022 Retirement Home
Producer:
2011 Kev Adams - The Young Man Show
2017 All That Divides Us
2017 To the Top
2018 Love Addict
2019 Kev Adams : La Dernière en direct
2020 The Morning After
2021 Haters
2022 Retirement Home
2024 Oldies But Goodies
Scenario Writer:
2011 Kev Adams - The Young Man Show
2014 Soda : Un trop long week-end
2017 All That Divides Us
2017 To the Top
2018 Love Addict
2019 Kev Adams : La Dernière en direct
2020 The Morning After
2021 Haters
2022 Retirement Home
2024 Oldies But Goodies
Screenplay:
2011 Kev Adams - The Young Man Show
2014 Soda : Un trop long week-end
2016 Public Friends
2017 All That Divides Us
2017 To the Top
2018 Love Addict
2019 Kev Adams : La Dernière en direct
2020 The Morning After
2021 Haters
2022 Retirement Home
2024 Oldies But Goodies
???? Hank
Stage Director:
2011 Kev Adams - The Young Man Show
2014 Soda : Un trop long week-end
2016 Public Friends
2017 All That Divides Us
2017 To the Top
2018 Love Addict
2019 Kev Adams : La Dernière en direct
2020 The Morning After
2021 Haters
2022 Retirement Home
2023 Kev Adams : Miroir
2024 Oldies But Goodies
???? Hank
Writer:
2011 Kev Adams - The Young Man Show
2014 Soda : Un trop long week-end
2016 Public Friends
2017 All That Divides Us
2017 To the Top
2018 Love Addict
2019 Kev Adams : La Dernière en direct
2020 The Morning After
2021 Haters
2022 Kev Adams: The Real Me
2022 Retirement Home
2023 Kev Adams : Miroir
2024 Oldies But Goodies
???? Hank
???? Kid Paddle
Creator:
2011 Soda
2018 Le Monde selon Kev
2023 Avenir
2024 Laugh on the Beach
Original Series Creator:
2011 Soda
2015 MED
2018 Le Monde selon Kev
2023 Avenir
2024 Laugh on the Beach
Scenario Writer:
2011 Soda
2015 MED
2017 SuperHigh
2018 Le Monde selon Kev
2023 Avenir
2024 Laugh on the Beach
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