Ahmed Kadri (Krikèche)

Acting

Ahmed Kadri, known by the stage name "Krikèche", is an Algerian actor, humorist and author. Although he was born on December 18, 1934 in La Casbah of Algiers, he spent his childhood in Tizi-Ouzou, where his parents and grandparents were from. Ahmed "Krikèche" Kadri initially worked in several professions, selling cigarettes on the street, cafe owner, administrative officer at the Algiers prefecture, nurse in a hospital, etc. Making people laugh is in his blood. Even when he worked in the hospital, as a nurse, he couldn't help but play pranks, even in the morgue, pretending to be a dead man...