René Richard Cyr

René Richard Cyr (born September 27, 1958) is a Canadian actor, playwright and theatre director from Montreal, Quebec. He is most noted for his roles as barber Méo Bellemare in the films Babine and Ésimésac and as a drag queen Veronica Sinclair in Cover Girl, and as the stage director of many theatrical plays by Michel Tremblay.

Born in Montreal, he is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. 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 directed Sisters and Neighbors! (Nos belles-sœurs), the 2024 film adaptation of Tremblay's play Les Belles-sœurs.

He is out as gay.

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