List of Romanian actors
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This is a list of Romanian actors, actresses, playwrights, and directors, whether on stage or in film. Most of these people made at least a significant portion of their career in Romanian-language theater, although some are merely of Romanian origin.
- George Calboreanu, actor, composer
- Şerban CantacuzinoȘerban Cantacuzino (actor)Prince Şerban Cantacuzino was a Romanian prince and actor, who appeared in more than a dozen television, film and musical roles during his career...
, actor - Geo Saizescu, actor
- Jean ConstantinJean ConstantinJean Constantin was a well known Romanian comedianof Greek ethnicity.Constantin was born in Techirghiol and died in Constanţa.-Filmography:*Poker *Supravieţuitorul .... Limba*Roming ......
, actor - Andra Petru, actress
- Mircea AlbulescuMircea AlbulescuMircea Albulescu is a Romanian actor, university professor , journalist, poet, writer of prose, member of the Writers' Union of Romania . He was born as Iorgu Constantin V. Albulescu, in Bucharest, on October 4, 1934...
, actor - Leopoldina BălănuţăLeopoldina Balanuta-Biography:She was a 1958 graduate of the Bucharest Institute of Theater and Cinematographic Art .Her father was an Orthodox priest in Focşani. She was married to actor Mitică Popescu....
, actress - Ştefan Bănică, Sr.Stefan Banica, Sr.Ștefan Constantin Bănică was a Romanian actor and singer, of Romani ethnicity, from Călărași. Aside from starring in multiple films, he is also known for his interpretation of songs such as "Îmi acordați un dans", "Cum am ajuns să te iubesc", "Gioconda se mărită", "Hei, coșar, coșar" and "Astă...
, actor - Claudiu BleonţClaudiu BleontClaudiu Bleonţ is a Romanian film and theatre actor. He is known in Romania not only by his acting ability, but also for his improvisational talent.-Life & career:...
, actor - Ion Brezeanu, actor
- George Calboreanu, actor
- I.L. Caragiale, playwright
- Toma CaragiuToma CaragiuToma Caragiu was a prolific Romanian theatre, television and film actor.He was born in an Aromanian family, in the Greek village of Aetomilitsa, in the region of Epirus on August the 21st 1925. Toma Caragiu was one of the best Romanian actors, with a rich activity in both film and theatre...
, actor - Ion CaramitruIon CaramitruIon Caramitru is a Romanian stage and film actor, stage director, as well as a political figure. He was Minister of Culture between 1996 and 2000, in the Romanian Democratic Convention cabinets of Victor Ciorbea, Gavril Dejeu, Radu Vasile, Alexandru Athanasiu, and Mugur Isărescu.-Early life and...
, actor - Liviu CiuleiLiviu CiuleiLiviu Ciulei was a Romanian theater and film director, film writer, actor, architect, educator, costume and set designer. During a career spanning over 50 years, he was described by Newsweek as "one of the boldest and most challenging figures on the international scene".-Biography:Born in...
, director, actor - Aristide Demetriade, actor, film director
- Luminiţa GheorghiuLuminita GheorghiuLuminiţa Gheorghiu is an actress at Teatrul Bulandra in Bucharest, Romania one of the most respected theater actresses in East Central Europe. She has also appeared in a number of films, mostly in Romanian, but also in French....
, actress - Alexandru GiugaruAlexandru GiugaruAlexandru Giugaru was a Romanian stage and film actor.Born in Huși, Fălciu , Romania, Giugaru began his stage career in 1916 after graduating from school in Cuza Voda and studying at the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Bucharest, Romania...
, actor - John HousemanJohn HousemanJohn Houseman was a Romanian-born British-American actor and film producer who became known for his highly publicized collaboration with director Orson Welles from their days in the Federal Theatre Project through to the production of Citizen Kane...
, actor (born in Romania to a FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
-born Jewish father and an EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
mother, made his career in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
as an English-language film and television actor) - Marcel IureşMarcel IuresMarcel Iureş is a Romanian stage and screen actor.Iureş was born 2 August 1951 in Băileşti, Romania and is one of Romania's most acclaimed stage and film actors. Iureş entered the Institutul de Arta Teatrala si Cinematografica in Bucharest in 1974 and graduated in 1978...
, actor - Elena-Cristina MarchisanoElena-Cristina MarchisanoElena-Cristina Marchisano is a Romanian TV, theater and film actor living in Los Angeles.-Biography:Marchisano was born in Piatra Neamţ, Romania. She moved to Bucharest to study acting at the UNATC "I.L Caragiale" where her teacher was the actor and theater director Ion Cojar...
, theater, TV, and film actress - Alexandra Maria LaraAlexandra Maria LaraAlexandra Maria Lara is a Romanian-born German actress. She performs predominantly in leading roles in a variety of historical and crime films...
(born Plǎtǎreanu), actress - Nicolas Masson, director
- Nicolae MassimNicolae MassimNicolae Massim was a Romanian theater director. A graduate of the School of Liberal Arts and Philosophy of the University of Cluj, Romania, and of the Institute of Dramatic Arts and Cinematography of Bucharest, he made his directorial debut staging historical plays by the renowned historian...
, director - Matei Millo, stage actor
- Mihaela MitracheMihaela MitracheMihaela Mitrache was a Romanian movie and theatre actress. She graduated from Bucharest Movie and Theatre Institute in 1978, where she was a student in actor Marin Moraru's class....
, actress - Maia MorgensternMaia MorgensternMaia Morgenstern is a Romanian film and stage actress, described by Florin Mitu of AMOS News as "a symbol of Romanian theater and film". In the English-speaking world, she is probably best known for the role of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ...
- Florentina MosoraFlorentina MosoraFlorentina Ioana Mosora or Florentina Stan-Mosora was a Romanian and Belgian biophysicist. In her earlier years, before 1964, she was a film actress in the Romanian film industry.-Biography:...
- Jean Negulescu, film director, OscarAcademy AwardsAn Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
nominee - Constantin Nottara, actor
- Mihail Pascaly, stage actor
- Elvira PopescuElvira PopescuElvira Popescu was a Romanian-born French stage and movie actress and theatre director.-Life and career:Born in Bucharest, Popescu studied drama at the Conservatorul de Artă Dramatică, under the guidance of Constantin Nottara and Aristizza Romanescu. She made her debut at the National Theatre...
, actress - Ion Popescu-GopoIon Popescu-GopoIon Popescu-Gopo was a Romanian graphic artist and animator, but also writer, movie director and actor born in Bucharest, Romania. He was a prominent personality in the Romanian cinematography and the founder of the modern Romanian cartoon school. He was, together with Liviu Ciulei and Mirel...
, director - Victor RebengiucVictor RebengiucVictor Rebengiuc is an award-winning Romanian film and stage actor, also known as a civil society activist. Since 1957, he has been a member of the Bulandra Theater company, acting in more than 200 roles on that stage alone...
, actor - Edward G. RobinsonEdward G. RobinsonEdward G. Robinson was a Romanian-born American actor. A popular star during Hollywood's Golden Age, he is best remembered for his roles as gangsters, such as Rico in his star-making film Little Caesar and as Rocco in Key Largo...
, actor (Romanian-born Jew, made career in United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
as an English-language film actor) - Dem RădulescuDem RadulescuDem Rădulescu was a Romanian theatre, film and television actor and academic. He was also a professor at the Universitatea Naţională de Artă Teatrală şi Cinematografică – I.L. Caragiale, in Bucharest.-Personal life:...
, actor - Aristizza Romanescu, actress
- Constantin TănaseConstantin TanaseConstantin Tănase was a Romanian actor and writer for stage, a key figure in the revue style of theater in Romania.-Life:Born into a working-class family living in a peasant house in Vaslui, Romania...
, cabaretist - Grigore Vasiliu BirlicGrigore Vasiliu BirlicGrigore Vasiliu Birlic was one of the greatest Romanian actors, with a rich history in theatre, television and film. He was best known for comedy roles....
, actor - George Vraca, actor
- Johnny WeissmullerJohnny WeissmullerJohnny Weissmuller was an Austro-Hungarian-born American swimmer and actor best known for playing Tarzan in movies. Weissmuller was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal. He won fifty-two US National Championships and set sixty-seven...
, actor (born in what is now TimişoaraTimisoaraTimișoara is the capital city of Timiș County, in western Romania. One of the largest Romanian cities, with an estimated population of 311,586 inhabitants , and considered the informal capital city of the historical region of Banat, Timișoara is the main social, economic and cultural center in the...
, Romania, ethnically GermanGermansThe Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
, made career in United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
as an English-language film actor)