74 Notable Alumni of Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography

Ana Ularu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1985-.. (age 39)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Ana Ularu is a Romanian actress and model.

Maia Morgenstern

Born in: Romania
Years: 1962-.. (age 62)
Occupations: film actorstage actor
Biography: Maia Emilia Ninel 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 best known for portraying the Blessed Virgin Mary in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. In Romania, she has been nationally known since her 1992 role as Nela in Balanța, a film known in the United States as The Oak, set during the waning days of Communist Romania. She received a star on the Romanian Walk of Fame in Bucharest on 1 May 2011.

Florin Piersic

Born in: Romania
Years: 1936-.. (age 88)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: Studied in 1957
Occupations: stage actortelevision actorfilm actorsinger
Biography: Florin Piersic is a well-known Romanian actor and TV personality. He is particularly famous for his leading roles in The White Moor and the Margelatu series films. He has a reputation, often parodied in popular culture, as a raconteur.

Prince Radu, Prince of Romania

Born in: Romania
Years: 1960-.. (age 64)
Occupations: politicianactor
Biography: Prince Radu of Romania is the husband of Margareta of Romania, who is the head of the House of Romania and a disputed pretender to the former Romanian throne. On 1 January 1999, he was given the name, not title, of "Prince of Hohenzollern-Veringen" by Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern, the head of the Sigmaringen branch of the Hohenzollern family. He has also called himself "Radu Hohenzollern-Veringen-Duda". Since 2007, when he had his legal name changed from "Radu Duda" to "Radu al României Duda", Radu no longer uses the name of Hohenzollern. The Fundamental Rules of the Romanian Royal Family, proclaimed by former King Michael I on 30 December 2007, gave Radu the title of "Prince of Romania", with the style of "Royal Highness", which King Michael had given him earlier on 5 January 2005.

Stela Popescu

Born in: Moldova
Years: 1935-2017 (aged 82)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Stela Popescu was a Romanian actress and TV personality considered the greatest comedy actress and one of best female actresses of all time in Romania. With Ștefan Bănică and Alexandru Arșinel she was successively half of two famous romantic partnerships.

Cristian Mungiu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1968-.. (age 56)
Occupations: film directorscreenwriterradio personalityfilm producerjournalist
Biography: Cristian Mungiu is a Romanian filmmaker. He won the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival for his film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, which he wrote and directed. He has also won the awards for Best Screenplay and Best Director, at the 2012 and 2016 Cannes Film Festivals, for his films Beyond the Hills and Graduation.

Marcel Iureș

Born in: Romania
Years: 1951-.. (age 73)
Occupations: film actorstage actor
Biography: Marcel Iureș is a Romanian actor. He is one of Romania's most acclaimed stage and film actors. He has acted in films and on stage both in Romania and internationally, and has played at least ten roles on Romanian and British television. His work includes voiceovers for Disney and computer games. Iureș is the president and a judge of the Anonimul International Film Festival and also the president of Ideo Ideis Festival (an annual national theatre festival for teenagers).

Toma Caragiu

Born in: Greece
Years: 1925-1977 (aged 52)
Occupations: actorfilm actorstage actor
Biography: Toma Caragiu was a Romanian theatre, television and film actor.

Ion Caramitru

Born in: Romania
Years: 1942-2021 (aged 79)
Occupations: actorpoliticiantheatrical director
Biography: Ion Horia Leonida Caramitru, OBE was a Romanian stage and film actor, stage director, and political figure. He was Minister of Culture between 1996 and 2000, in the Romanian Democratic Convention (CDR) cabinets of Victor Ciorbea, Gavril Dejeu, Radu Vasile, Alexandru Athanasiu, and Mugur Isărescu. He was married to actress Micaela Caracaș and had three sons: Ștefan, Andrei, and Matei Caramitru. He was a relevant figure of the Aromanian community of Romania.

Sebastian Papaiani

Born in: Romania
Years: 1936-2016 (aged 80)
Occupations: film actorstage actortelevision actor
Biography: Sebastian Papaiani was a Romanian film and television actor.

Tamara Buciuceanu

Born in: Moldova
Years: 1929-2019 (aged 90)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Tamara Buciuceanu-Botez was a Romanian stage, screen and television actress, as well a known TV personality. She was one of the most successful Romanian actresses of the 1960s–2000s who worked at Odeon Theatre, known for Liceenii (1986), Liceenii Rock 'n' Roll (1992), Silent Wedding (2008) and Everybody in Our Family (2012).

Tudor Gheorghe

Born in: Romania
Years: 1945-.. (age 79)
Occupations: singerpoetactorrecording artistcomposer
Biography: Tudor Gheorghe is a Romanian musician, actor, and poet known primarily for his politically charged musical career and his collaborations with well-known figures of late 20th-century Romanian poetry. His recording work is sometimes associated with anti communist activism and has received much critical acclaim over the years. The son of an Iron Guard member, he was banned from performing and recording in 1987 after a concert at Sala Palatului in Bucharest, following a number of run-ins with Romania's communist authorities throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

Victor Rebengiuc

Born in: Romania
Years: 1933-.. (age 91)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: Studied in 1952-1956
Occupations: actorfilm actorstage actor
Biography: Victor Rebengiuc is a Romanian film and stage actor, also known as a civil society activist.

Draga Olteanu Matei

Born in: Romania
Years: 1933-2020 (aged 87)
Occupations: screenwriteractor
Biography: Draga Olteanu Matei was a Romanian actress. She performed in more than thirty films from 1967 to 2006.

Medeea Marinescu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1974-.. (age 50)
Occupations: actorfilm actorstage actor
Biography: Medeea Ana-Maria Marinescu is a Romanian film actress. She played the role of Elena in the French films "Je vous trouve très beau"(2006) and Silvia in "Donnant Donnant" (2010)

Mircea Diaconu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1949-.. (age 75)
Occupations: stage actorpoliticianfilm actoractor
Biography: Mircea Diaconu 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.

Radu Jude

Born in: Romania
Years: 1977-.. (age 47)
Occupations: film directordirectorscreenwriter
Biography: Radu Jude is a Romanian film director and screenwriter.

Ilarion Ciobanu

Born in: Moldova
Years: 1931-2008 (aged 77)
Occupations: actorfilm actorrugby union player
Biography: Ilarion Ciobanu was a Romanian actor. He has been described as "a legend" in the press and the last true Romanian comic.

Dragoș Bucur

Born in: Romania
Years: 1977-.. (age 47)
Occupations: television actoractor
Biography: Dragoș Bucur is a Romanian actor, ambassador for the program Youth of the Move involved by the European Commission, and TV presenter for the show Visuri la cheie broadcast on Pro TV.

Horațiu Mălăele

Born in: Romania
Years: 1952-.. (age 72)
Occupations: actorfilm directorscreenwriter
Biography: Horațiu-Valentin Mălăele is a Romanian actor, cartoonist, writer, and theater and film director. In this last capacity he is often associated with the Romanian New Wave.

Ion Dichiseanu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1933-2021 (aged 88)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: Studied in 1959
Occupations: actorwriter
Biography: Ion Dichiseanu was a Romanian actor. He was known, among other things, for playing in Kampf um Rom, Titanic Waltz and Mofturi 1900. Dichiseanu died in the Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest on 20 May 2021, aged 87, after having stayed months hospitalized there. The cause of his death was a bacterial infection that caused a pneumonia.

Mitică Popescu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1936-2023 (aged 87)
Occupations: actorstage actorpolitical prisoner
Biography: Mitică Popescu was a Romanian actor.

Mircea Albulescu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1934-2016 (aged 82)
Occupations: film actorwritertelevision actorjournaliststage actor
Biography: Iorgu Constantin Albulescu, known professionally as Mircea Albulescu ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmirtʃe̯a albuˈlesku]), was a Romanian actor, university professor, journalist, poet, writer, and member of the Writers' Union of Romania (Uniunea Scriitorilor).

Gheorghe Visu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1951-.. (age 73)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Gheorghe Visu is a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1974.

Violeta Andrei

Born in: Romania
Years: 1941-.. (age 83)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Violeta Andrei is a Romanian theater and film actress.

Marga Barbu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1929-2009 (aged 80)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Margareta-Yvonne Barbu also known as Marga Barbu born Margareta-Yvonne Butuc was a Romanian actress.

Irina Petrescu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1941-2013 (aged 72)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: Studied in 1963
Occupations: film actoractor
Biography: Irina Carmen Petrescu was a Romanian film actress. She appeared in 29 films between 1959 and 2010. She won the award for Best Actress at the 6th Moscow International Film Festival for her role in the 1969 film A Woman for a Season.

Marin Moraru

Born in: Romania
Years: 1937-2016 (aged 79)
Occupations: stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
Biography: Marin Moraru was a Romanian stage, film and television actor.

Chris Avram

Born in: Romania
Years: 1931-1989 (aged 58)
Occupations: film actoractor
Biography: Chris Avram was a Romanian-Italian film actor.

Tora Vasilescu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1951-.. (age 73)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Tora Vasilescu is a Romanian actress.

Dorel Vișan

Born in: Romania
Years: 1937-.. (age 87)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: Studied in 1965
Occupations: actorpoet
Biography: Dorel Vișan is a Romanian actor. He has appeared in 65 films since 1974. He was nominated for the award of Best Actor at the 1988 European Film Awards.

Corneliu Porumboiu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1975-.. (age 49)
Occupations: film producerfilm directorscreenwriter
Biography: Corneliu Porumboiu is a Romanian film director, screenwriter, and film producer.

George Mihăiță

Born in: Romania
Years: 1948-.. (age 76)
Occupations: film directoractor
Biography: George Mihăiță is a Romanian actor, director and philanthropist. Renowned for his distinctive voice, Mihăiță has appeared in over 70 films and is regarded as a Romanian film icon.

Leopoldina Bălănuță

Born in: Romania
Years: 1934-1998 (aged 64)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Leopoldina Bălănuță was a Romanian actress.

Catrinel Dumitrescu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1956-.. (age 68)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Catrinel Dumitrescu is a Romanian film and theater actress.

Margareta Pogonat

Born in: Romania
Years: 1933-2014 (aged 81)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: Studied in 1959
Occupations: actorfilm actorstage actor
Biography: Margareta-Caliopi Pogonat was a Romanian theatre and film actress.

Gheorghe Cozorici

Born in: Romania
Years: 1933-1993 (aged 60)
Occupations: film actorstage actor
Biography: Gheorghe Cozorici was a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1956 to 1989.

George Motoi

Born in: Bulgaria
Years: 1936-2015 (aged 79)
Occupations: theatrical directoractor
Biography: George Motoi was a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1962 to 2005.

Manuela Hărăbor

Born in: Romania
Years: 1968-.. (age 56)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Manuela Hărăbor is a Romanian actress. She debuted in 1972 as a 4-years old girl in the film Veronica. She became popular after playing the role of Simina in the film The Forest Woman (Pădureanca, 1987). Manuela Hărăbor graduated from the Bucharest Academy of Theatre and Film in 1991.

Nae Caranfil

Born in: Romania
Years: 1960-.. (age 64)
Occupations: actorfilm directorscreenwriter
Biography: Nae Caranfil is a Romanian film director and screenwriter.

Luminița Gheorghiu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1949-2021 (aged 72)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: Studied in 1972
Occupations: actorfilm actorstage actor
Biography: Luminița Gheorghiu was a Romanian film and stage actress and artistic performer in East Central Europe. She achieved international recognition for her roles in The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2006) and Child's Pose (2013). Gheorghiu's roles were mostly in Romanian and French, including that in Code Unknown with Juliette Binoche.

Cosmina Stratan

Born in: Romania
Years: 1984-.. (age 40)
Occupations: actorfilm actorjournalist
Biography: Cosmina Stratan is a Romanian film actress. She is best known for her performance as Voichița in Beyond the Hills.

Dan Pița

Born in: Romania
Years: 1938-.. (age 86)
Occupations: screenwriterfilm director
Biography: Dan Pița is a Romanian film director and screenwriter.

Dan Condurache

Born in: Romania
Years: 1952-.. (age 72)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Dan Condurache is a Romanian film actor. He has appeared in more than fifty films since 1976.

Cristina Stamate

Born in: Romania
Years: 1946-2017 (aged 71)
Occupations: film actoractor
Biography: Cristina Stamate was a Romanian actress.

Claudiu Bleonț

Born in: Romania
Years: 1959-.. (age 65)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Claudiu Bleonț is a Romanian film and theatre actor, comedian, television celebrity, and television presenter at TVR1, for the show Duminica în familie. He is known in Romania not only for acting, but also for his improvisation.

Andi Vasluianu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1974-.. (age 50)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Andi Vasluianu is a Romanian film actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 2000.

Ioana Bulcă

Born in: Romania
Years: 1936-.. (age 88)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Ioana Bulcă is a Romanian film actress. She appeared in 20 films between 1955 and 2007.

Valentin Uritescu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1941-2022 (aged 81)
Occupations: television actoractor
Biography: Valentin Uritescu was a Romanian film, television, and theatre actor. He is best known for his parts in The Conjugal Bed and The Last Assault.

Silviu Stănculescu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1932-1998 (aged 66)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Silviu Stănculescu was a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than forty films from 1960 to 1998.

Valentin Teodosiu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1953-.. (age 71)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Valentin Teodosiu is a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1977. He is well known as the voice of channel ProTV since 1995.

Tudor Istodor

Born in: Romania
Years: 1984-.. (age 40)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: 2004-2009 graduated with master's degree in theatre
Occupations: actor
Biography: Tudor Aaron Istodor is a Romanian actor. He played Dinu Caragea in the Romanian police drama Băieți buni.

Valeria Gagealov

Born in: Romania
Years: 1931-2021 (aged 90)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: Studied in 1950-1954
Occupations: actor
Biography: Valeria Gagealov was a Romanian film, radio, theater, television and voice actress.

Călin Peter Netzer

Born in: Romania
Years: 1975-.. (age 49)
Occupations: film producerfilm directorscreenwriter
Biography: Călin Peter Netzer is a Romanian film director who won the Golden Bear at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.

Mircea Veroiu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1941-1997 (aged 56)
Occupations: actorfilm directorscreenwriter
Biography: Mircea Veroiu was a Romanian film director and screenwriter. He directed 22 films between 1968 and 1997. He was a member of the jury at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.

George Piștereanu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1990-.. (age 34)
Occupations: film actoractor
Biography: George Piștereanu is a Romanian actor. He lives in Los Angeles, California. His major role was Silviu in "If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle" – a Florin Șerban drama which received the Silver Bear and Alfred Bauer awards at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival. This drama earned Piștereanu his first Best Actor Award at the Stockholm Film Festival and a nomination for the European Best Actor at the European Film Awards in 2011.

Ioana Crăciunescu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1950-.. (age 74)
Occupations: actorwriterpoet
Biography: Ioana Crăciunescu is a Romanian actress and poet.

Radu Gabrea

Born in: Romania
Years: 1937-2017 (aged 80)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: Studied in 1964-1968
Occupations: film directorscreenwriteruniversity teacherfilm producer
Biography: Radu Gabrea was a Romanian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than twenty films between 1969 and 2016. He showed his first film in the Locarno Festival.

Georges Banu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1943-2023 (aged 80)
Occupations: writertheatre criticuniversity teacherpedagogueplaywright
Biography: Georges Banu was a Romanian-born French writer, theatre critic, and academic.

Rozina Cambos

Born in: Romania
Years: 1951-2012 (aged 61)
Occupations: film actorstage actortelevision actor
Biography: Rozina Cambos was an Israeli actress who distinguished herself as a performer in both Israel and her native Romania.

Eusebiu Ștefănescu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1944-2015 (aged 71)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Eusebiu Ștefănescu was a Romanian actor.

Tudor Giurgiu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1972-.. (age 52)
Occupations: film directorscreenwriterfilm producerfilm screenwriter
Biography: Tudor Giurgiu is a Romanian film director. He was President of Romanian National Television (TVR) between 2005 and 2007. Tudor Giurgiu is also a director of music videos and has made documentaries. Giurgiu owns Librafilm, an independent production company and is the founder and president of Romanian Film Promotion, which puts on the Transilvania International Film Festival.

Gheorghe Vitanidis

Born in: Romania
Years: 1929-1994 (aged 65)
Occupations: screenwriterfilm director
Biography: Gheorghe Vitanidis was a Romanian film director. He directed 19 films between 1958 and 1987. His 1969 film A Woman for a Season was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1979 film The Moment was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.

Ioan Fiscuteanu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1937-2007 (aged 70)
Occupations: actorfilm actorstage actor
Biography: Ioan Fiscuteanu was a Romanian theater and film actor. He last worked at the National Theater in Târgu Mureș.

Manole Marcus

Born in: Romania
Years: 1928-1994 (aged 66)
Occupations: film director
Biography: Manole Marcus was a Romanian film director and screenwriter. Many of the actors who starred in his films won awards for their performances.

Henriette Yvonne Stahl

Born in: France
Years: 1900-1984 (aged 84)
Occupations: writertranslator
Biography: Henriette Yvonne Stahl was a Romanian novelist, short story writer and translator.

Dan Deșliu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1927-1992 (aged 65)
Occupations: writerpoliticiandiaristpoetactor
Biography: Dan Deșliu was a Romanian poet.

Melania Ursu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1940-2016 (aged 76)
Occupations: film actorstage actor
Biography: Melania Ursu was a Romanian stage and film actress.

Mircea Mureșan

Born in: Romania
Years: 1928-2020 (aged 92)
Occupations: screenwriterfilm director
Biography: Mircea Mureșan was a Romanian film director. He directed 22 films between 1961 and 2004. Mureșan won the prize for Best First Work at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival for the film Răscoala.

Mișu Fotino

Born in: Romania
Years: 1930-2014 (aged 84)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Mihai Fotino was a prolific Romanian actor who has appeared in theatre, film, television, and radio, in a career spanning 70 years.

Marcel Roșca

Born in: Romania
Years: 1943-.. (age 81)
Occupations: sport shooteropera singer
Biography: Marcel Roșca is a retired Romanian pistol shooter. He competed in the individual 25 m rapid-fire event at the 1964 (Tokyo) and 1968 (Mexico) Olympics and won a silver medal in 1968, placing sixth at the former. He also won three team medals at the World Championships in 1966, 1970, and 1974. In 1969 he won the silver medal at the European Championships in Plzen, Czechoslovakia, at 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men.

Zaharia Bârsan

Born in: Romania
Years: 1878-1948 (aged 70)
Occupations: writerpoet
Biography: Zaharia Bârsan was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian playwright, poet and actor.

Attila Demény

Born in: Romania
Years: 1955-2021 (aged 66)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: Studied in 1987
Occupations: theatrical directorcomposer
Biography: Attila Demény was a Romanian composer and theatre director.

Zoltán Szilágyi Varga

Born in: Romania
Years: 1951-.. (age 73)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: Studied in 1986
Occupations: graphic designerfilm directordirector
Biography: Zoltán Szilágyi Varga is a Hungarian graphic artist and animation director. He has received Béla Balázs Prize for his work, and has been honored at five separate Kecskemét Animation Film Festivals (KAFF), winning two memorial awards as well as prizes for Best Animation, Best Visual Language, and Best Script twice each.