Rene Requiestas
Renato "Rene" Rabago Requiestas
(January 22, 1957 – July 24, 1993) \
was a Filipino actor and comedian. Requiestas was one of the top Filipino comedians of the late 1980s up to the early 1990s.
Requiestas was known for his sidekick roles alongside other comedy actors such as Joey de Leon and his pairing with Kris Aquino in romantic comedies, as well as his distinctive gaunt, toothless appearance.
Requiestas was known for his sidekick roles alongside other comedy actors such as Joey de Leon and his pairing with Kris Aquino in romantic comedies, as well as his distinctive gaunt, toothless appearance.
Requiestas died on July 24, 1993 at the age of 36.
A product of theater, his passport to fame was via the post-EDSa satire Sic O’clock News.
When Joey de Leon got him to play Chee-tae in the Starzanseries, Rene became a very popular comedic figure and eventually starred in his own movies.
Pido/Dida with Kris Aquino was a blockbuster hit.
When Joey de Leon got him to play Chee-tae in the Starzanseries, Rene became a very popular comedic figure and eventually starred in his own movies.
Pido/Dida with Kris Aquino was a blockbuster hit.
His toilet humor, of course, was denounced by the more proper sector of society. Rene merely laughed his way – toothless at that – to the bank.
He lived life to the fullest and in style – complete with a retinue of hangers-on. Eventually, he mismanaged his finances and got sick.
He died in the mid-’90s after enjoying half a decade of almost unequaled popularity.
He lived life to the fullest and in style – complete with a retinue of hangers-on. Eventually, he mismanaged his finances and got sick.
He died in the mid-’90s after enjoying half a decade of almost unequaled popularity.
