Mehdi Bousaidan

Mehdi Bousaidan, born in Alger in 1991, is a Quebec humorist, improviser and screenwriter of Algerian origin. A graduate of the Ecole nationale de l'humour in Montreal and a finalist in the contest "En route vers mon premier gala Juste pour rire", he became known by playing the main character of the television series Med on VRAK TV from January 2015 to 2018. He arrived in Quebec at the age of five. A student of communication and media at the College Montmorency in Laval, he launched and hosted the Momo Comedie Club in 2009. In 2012 he made some appearances at the Couscous Comedy Show, then graduated from the Ecole nationale de l'humour in humour creation in 2013.

An improviser in several leagues of the Montreal region, Bousaidan was noticed in Europe during his participation in the Mondial d'improvisation 2013 in Belgium, where the Quebec team became world champion. After appearing at the Theatre de Dix heures in Paris, the Festival du Rire de Cavaillon and the Kings of Comedy Club in Brussels, he had to decline invitations to Alge'Rire and the Jamel Comedy Club due to scheduling conflicts. In 2014, he was a finalist in the televised contest "En route vers mon premier gala Juste pour rire", then presented a first one-hour show at the Zoofest in Montreal. From 2015 to 2018, he was the protagonist of the television series Med on VRAK TV, a Quebec adaptation of the French series Soda, alongside Pier-Luc Funk and Theodore Pellerin.

In 2017, he took part in the film De pere en flic 2, playing Akim, a young father in a relationship with Elissa, played by Mariana Mazza. Accustomed to comedies, he obtained his first dramatic role in 2020, playing Raid Bouhidel in the series Mon fils. In 2024 he married the content creator Waka Fe. In 2025 he began the tour of his one-man show: Le garcons et la fenetre. In 2026, Mehdi Bousaidan took part in the 4th edition of LOL : Qui rira le dernier?.