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Mircea Diaconu

Politician / Actor | * 12/24/1949 (74) | Vlădești, Argeș (Romania)
Mircea Diaconu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmirtʃe̯a diˈakonu]; born 24 December 1949) is a Romanian actor, writer, and politician. First appearing on stage in 1970, and on screen two years later, Diaconu pursued a lengthy career in both formats, working with a series of prominent directors. He acted in some sixty films through the 2000s, and continued to act in theatre during the ensuing decade. He took part in the Romanian Revolution of 1989. In 2008, he entered electoral politics, becoming a senator, and subsequently serving a term as a Member of the European Parliament. In 2019, he ran for president, placing fourth. ()
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Born in Vlădești, Argeș County, he graduated high school in Câmpulung in 1967 and Bucharest's Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in 1971. He made his theatrical debut a year before graduating, at the Bulandra Theater, in Truman Capote's The Grass Harp. His screen debut came in Dan Pița's Nunta de piatră (1972); he would later appear in the same director's Filip cel Bun (1975). Other directors with whom he has worked include Alexandru Tatos (Mere roșii, 1975; Secvențe, 1982; and Secretul armei secrete, 1988), Virgil Calotescu (Buletin de București, 1982; and Căsătorie cu repetiție, 1985), Nae Caranfil (Asfalt Tango, 1996; and Filantropica, 2002) and Cătălin Mitulescu (The Way I Spent the End of the World, 2006). In all, he has appeared in more than sixty films.Diaconu worked with Lucian Pintilie both in film (the 1981 De ce trag clopotele, Mitică?) and in theater: Gogol's The Government Inspector at Bulandra, and Shakespeare's As You Like It at the Nottara Theater. Liviu Ciulei hired him at Bulandra in 1972, and he remained there for a decade, before moving on to Nottara. At Bulandra, he appeared in Twelfth Night and The Tempest, both under Ciulei's direction; and in Marin Sorescu's Răceala, directed by Dan Micu. At Nottara, he appeared in Alexander Ostrovsky's The Forest; Ultimul bal, after Liviu Rebreanu's Forest of the Hanged; and Mihai Ispirescu's Într-o dimineață. He became the director of Nottara Theater in 2004, working as such until his resignation in 2011.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Action

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Movies with Mircea Diaconu as Actor(58)

as Drăgan Niță2015 To Paris with the Identity Card
as Ştefan Vrânceanu2014 In-laws
as Calabrezu2010 Poker
as Tanasie2009 Kino Caravan
as Tache2007 Tache
as Mircea Prejbeanu2007 Ticăloșii
as Mr. Dragnea2006 Love Sick
as Ovidiu Gorea2002 Philanthropy
as Andrei1996 Asphalt Tango
as Dănilă Prepeleac1996 Dănilă Prepeleac
as Radu1992 The Telephone
as Mircea1990 Reach for the Sky
as Zmeul Zmeilor1988 The Secret of the Secret Weapon
as Barkeeper1988 Flames Over Treasures
as Ilieș Calancea1988 O vară cu Mara
as Mircea1987 Starting Over
as Împăratul1987 A Smile Of The Sun
as Radu Petrescu1985 Repeated Wedding
as Petruș1985 Promisses
as Candrea Alexa Kendy1984 Horea
as Ion Panait1984 Un petic de cer
as zidarul Trică1984 O lumină la etajul zece
as Garofiță1983 Căruța cu mere
as Zarzalin1982 Waiting for a Train
as Radu Petrescu1982 Bucharest Identity Card
as motel keeper1982 Sequences
as V. Vișan1982 The Computer Testifies
as Prosecutor Matei1982 The End of the Night
as Pătru cel scurt1980 Fox Hunting
as milițian1980 Bietul Ioanide
as Sandu1979 Tragic Vacation
as Bănuță1978 Together Again
as Pvt. Dumitru1978 Before the Silence
as Sgt. Marin Văduva1977 Shootings Under the Moonlight
as Iordache Branzovenescu1977 A Lost Letter
as Grigore1977 Oil
as Dr. Irod1976 Red Apples
as Radu Toma1975 The Actor and the Savages
as absolventul de liceu Filip1975 Filip the Kind
as Oarca1974 The Trap
as dezertorul1973 The Stone Wedding

Movies with Mircea Diaconu as Crew(1)

Writing/Writer1985 The Kid

Full Name: Mircea Diaconu
Citizenship: Romania
Born: Saturday, 12/24 1949 (December) in Vlădești, Argeș (Romania) (current age: 74 years + 95 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: Romanian (RO)
Educated at: Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film
Spouses (current/former): Diana Lupescu
Mircea Diaconu frequently works together with these people:
Gheorghe Dinică (10x, Actor)
Florin Zamfirescu (10x, Actor)
Mitică Popescu (10x, Actor)
Costel Constantin (10x, Actor)
Mircea Albulescu (10x, Actor)
Octavian Cotescu (10x, Actor)
Victor Rebengiuc (9x, Actor)
Dorel Vișan (9x, Actor)
Jean Constantin (8x, Actor)
Carmen Galin (8x, Actress)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1002048, Added: 11/28/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024