Gad Elmaleh is a French, Moroccan and Canadian 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.