Roland Trebicka(1947-2013)

Roland Trebicka was born in Korçë, southern Albania. He pursued his secondary studies at the Raqi Qirinxhi, in his birthplace. After he finished his school, he started to work as actor at the professional Estrada (a variety show troupe) of the Cultural Center of the Armed Forces of Albania, also known as Estrada of the Soldier. During those years, he was in various shows of Estrada in different cities with many actors, Aleko Prodani, Koço Devole, Zef Deda, Mehdi Male, Behar Mera etc, who later would become famous. In 1971 Trebicka joined the National Theatre of Albania. He worked in the theatre until 1999. After a period of three years at the "Publimedia" company, Trebicka came back to the National Theatre.

He peaked with the comedy Pallati 176 and his role of Jovan Bregu. The show has appeared over 500 times, and has had a record of spectators, although it can be often seen on TV. In addition, Trebicka had the roles of Gennarino for the "Big Magic", Sganarel in Don Juan, Khlestakov in The Government Inspector.

The career of Trebicka in feature film started with role of Kosta in the famous Albanian movie Debatik in 1961, when he was still a child. Other notable movies where he has participated are Ëndërr për një karrige (Vaska) dhe and Koncert në vitin 1936 (Nasi).

In 2011 Trebicka had a lung cancer which forced him to stay away from the scene for two years and played in the show Endrra e Ismail Qemalit (The dream of Ismail Qemali), of Spiro Duni. He came back for some more performances in early 2013, but died eventually from lung cancer in March 6, 2013