Bachir Skiredj (26 May 1939 – 28 January 2021) was a Moroccan actor, filmmaker, comedian, and screenwriter. A popular entertainer for decades, he was best known for his role in Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi's '' À la recherche du mari de ma femme,'' a box office success.

Controversies

In a 2014 commercial for real estate agency Addoha, Skiredj was criticized for playing the role of a polygamist seeking to separate his "four punishments", which he refuses to see living under the same roof. The commercial, deemed sexist, was withdrawn after 2M yielded to pressure. In 2018, two individuals were sentenced to two years in prison after leaking a video of an intoxicated Skiredj insulting the royal family.

Death

Following a long battle with COVID-19, Skiredj died at his

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, home on 28 January 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Florida.

Partial filmography

As director

* 2007: '' Il était une fois, il était deux fois''

As actor

* 1977: '' Une brèche dans le mur'' * 1988: '' Une porte sur le ciel'' * 1988: '' Badis'' * 1993: '' À la recherche du mari de ma femme (In Search of My Wife's Husband)'' * 2001: '' Les Amours de Haj Mokhtar Soldi (The Loves of Haj Mokhtar Soldi)''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Skiredj, Bachir 1939 births 2021 deaths Moroccan film directors 20th-century Moroccan male actors People from Tangier Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Florida