François Dyrek

François Dyrek ( born August 16, 1933, Pontoise, France; † 17 December 1999, Compiègne, France) was a French theater, film and television actor. His name appears occasionally in the different spellings François Dyreck or Francois Dyrex.

Life and work

After he had taken at the prestigious drama school Cours Simon in Paris acting classes, Dyrek first came to the Théâtre national populaire (TNP ) by Georges Wilson, then the Théâtre de l' Est Parisien (TEP ) by Guy retore. During the 1970s he belonged to the permanent staff of the café- théâtre Le Café de la Gare, which had been founded on June 12, 1969 by Romain Bouteille and Coluche. For workforce included other famous French actors such as Patrick Dewaere, Henri Guybet Miou - Miou or. Later younger colleagues were added, such as Claude man. After starring in the 1980s, among others, at the Théâtre des Boucles de la Marne in Champigny -sur- Marne, Dyrek worked in the 1990s jointly with Claude man on the project of a theater in Joinville -le- Pont, located at the precincts of Paris. Before he could complete his work, but he was torn from life, as he died of a heart attack in December 1999. Claude man led Dyreks continued work and renamed the theater he founded in 2001 after his late friend and colleague as Théâtre François- Dyrek.

In addition to his theatrical engagements Dyrek also appeared in numerous films, especially in the 1970s to the 1990s until shortly before his death. In the early 1970s he took in internationally well-known and successful film comedies a supporting roles. For example, in Themroc ( as a policeman ) or the crab louse, where he represented an amateur assassin whose attack got the wrong guy, who then talks around his neck and is being liquidated by a professional. In productions of the French television Dyrek took many perceive more serious roles.

François Dyreks son Gilles followed in the footsteps of his father and was also an actor, with a preference for comedy roles.