Renown Actor Passes Away at 73 Years of Age

Renown actor of the Albanian theater and cinematography, Pandi Siku has passed away this Tuesday morning, at the age of 73. 

News of the actor's death was announced by friends and relatives of the actor on the social networks. 

However, Siku was born on July 28, 1949 in Tirana. He graduated from the High Institute of Arts in Tirana, majoring in drama, and then in 1973 he joined the troupe of the People's Theater (today the National Theatre), interpreting many roles, mostly secondary roles. 

His activity spans the period from 1973 to 2001, while he made his debut in the theater in the drama "Toka e ?ona" and "Together with the dawn". 

Then we can mention many other theatrical performances such as: Adlin in "Dead River"; Halimi "After the last exam"; Arjani in "The life of another"; Shpendi in "Epoka before the trial" (1978), Bardhi in Furrnalta (1979), "Besa e madhe"; "Lobsters"; Rema in "Communiste" (1981), Merkusi in "Romeo and Juliet"; Valentine in "Two Gentlemen from Verona" (1990), "Twelfth Night; Lucencio in "The Taming of the Rebellion"; Constantine in "Who brought Doruntinen"; Rexhepi in "Besa"; Participant of the choir in "Quoa vadis"; Amnekofi in "Ancient Absurdity" etc. 

After 2001, he left the theater and for several years he emigrated to the U.S. where he lived with his family and occasionally works in the theater. 

He made his film debut when he was a student in 1971 at the age of 22, in "When the day dawned"; In 1973, he will be in the role of the protagonist in "Brazdat" with Adam, a role that will make him known to the audience. The last film was in 1999 in "Flete te bardha". 

He knew how to professionally build types and characters, sometimes explosive in interpretations with funny jokes, such as the peasant, the young patriot, the worker, the tractor driver, the driver, etc. 

In 2001, he left the theater and together with his family moved to the United States. in Illinois. From time to time he visited Albania and sometimes he could be present in the scenes of Tirana.