René Richard Cyr (born September 27, 1958) is a

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and theatre director from

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'', February 10, 2010. He is most noted for his roles as barber Méo Bellemare in the films ''

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'' and as drag queen Veronica Sinclair in ''

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'', January 8, 2005. and as the stage director of many theatrical plays by

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. Born in

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, he is a graduate of the

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. Although he has had film and television roles, he is most prominently a stage actor. As a playwright, his works have included ''Volte-face'', ''La Magnifique Aventure de Denis St-Onge'', ''Marco chaussait des dix'', ''Camille C.'', ''L'An de grâce'', ''L'Apprentissage des marais'' and ''Les Huit péchés capitaux (Éloges)''. He is out as

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."Ils l’ont dit dans Fugues"
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'', March 26, 2014.

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