Mircea Diaconu
Biography
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.
Personal Details
Movies (50)
To Paris with the Identity Card
as Drăgan Niță
2015
In-laws
as Ştefan Vrânceanu
2014
A Love Story, Lindenfeld
2014
Poker
as Calabrezu
2010
Kino Caravan
as Tanasie
2009
One-Day Adventures
2008
Ticăloșii
as Mircea Prejbeanu
2007
Tache
as Tache
2007
Happy End
2006
The Way I Spent the End of the World
as Grigore Matei
2006
Love Sick
as Mr. Dragnea
2006
Toma Caragiu - Momente de aur
2003
Philanthropy
as Ovidiu Gorea
2002
The Firemen's Choir
2000
Fii cu ochii pe fericire
as Titi
1999
Asphalt Tango
as Andrei
1996
Dănilă Prepeleac
as Dănilă Prepeleac
1996
The Telephone
as Radu
1992
Videograms of a Revolution
as himself (archive footage)
1992
Reach for the Sky
as Mircea
1990
Happenings with Alexandra
1989
The Secret of the Secret Weapon
as Zmeul Zmeilor
1988
O vară cu Mara
as Ilieș Calancea
1988
Flames Over Treasures
as Barkeeper
1988
A Smile Of The Sun
as Împăratul
1987
Starting Over
as Mircea
1987
Repeated Wedding
as Radu Petrescu
1985
Promisses
as Petruș
1985
The Kid
Writer (Writing)
1985
Horea
as Candrea Alexa Kendy
1984
O lumină la etajul zece
as zidarul Trică
1984
Un petic de cer
as Ion Panait
1984
Căruța cu mere
as Garofiță
1983
Sequences
as motel keeper
1982
Bucharest Identity Card
as Radu Petrescu
1982
Waiting for a Train
as Zarzalin
1982
The Computer Testifies
as V. Vișan
1982
The End of the Night
as Prosecutor Matei
1982
Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica?
as Iordache
1981
The Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians
as Romulus Brad
1981
The Sign of the Serpent
as Flondor
1981
Fox Hunting
as Pătru cel scurt
1980
The House Between the Fields
as Ilarie
1980
Poor Ioanide
as milițian
1980
Tragic Vacation
as Sandu
1979
The Actress, the Dollars and the Transylvanians
as Romulus Brad
1978
Together Again
as Bănuță
1978
Before the Silence
as Pvt. Dumitru
1978
The Prophet, the Gold, and the Transylvanians
as Romulus Brad
1978
Operation 'The Bus'
1978