Pedro Reyes (8 May 1961 – 25 March 2015) was a Spanish comedian, humorist, actor and television presenter. He was known for his
surreal humour and collaboration with in the 1980s.
Biography
Reyes was born in
Tangier
Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the cap ...
,
Morocco
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, in 1961 but early on moved with his family to
Huelva, Spain, the birth city of his mother.
[ In 1977 he joined the theatre group Centuria. During the 1980s together with Pablo Carbonell, he formed the comedy duo Pedro y Pablo, working first out of Sevilla and later, in 1982, Madrid. The duo was discovered in the ]Buen Retiro Park
The Buen Retiro Park (Spanish: ''Parque del Buen Retiro'', literally "Good retirement park"), Retiro Park or simply El Retiro is one of the largest parks of the city of Madrid, Spain. The park belonged to the Spanish Monarchy until the late 19th ...
in Madrid by an El País
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It is the second most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . ''El Pa ...
journalist, and soon afterwards they became recurring characters in the television show ''La Bola de Cristal
''La Bola de Cristal'' ( en, The Crystal Ball) was a Spanish television show that was broadcast on La Primera Cadena of Televisión Española from 1984 to 1988.
The show was the brainchild of Spanish writer Dolores Rico Oliver (better known for ...
''.[
In 1989 Reyes became co-host of the television show . Apart from his work in television and comedy he also appeared in movies and directed two theatre plays in 2013.][
Apart from his ]Andalusia
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n accent Reyes was known for his appearance: long, bald with spiky hair and a mustache.Valencia
Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...
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1961 births
2015 deaths
People from Tangier
Spanish comedians
Spanish humorists
Spanish male actors
Spanish surrealist artists
Surreal comedy
Spanish stand-up comedians