Bachir Skiredj (26 May 1939 – 28 January 2021)[1] was a Moroccan actor,[2] filmmaker,[3] comedian,[4] and screenwriter.
A popular entertainer for decades,[5] he was best known for his role in Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi's À la recherche du mari de ma femme, a box office success.
[6][7][8][9][10][11] 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The commercial, deemed sexist, was withdrawn after 2M yielded to pressure.
[12][13] In 2018, two individuals were sentenced to two years in prison after leaking a video of an intoxicated Skiredj insulting the royal family.