Notable Alumni of Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography [Sorted List]

1. Marcel Roșca

1943-. (aged 83)

opera singer sport shooter

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...

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2. Zaharia Bârsan

1878-1948 (aged 70)

poet writer

Zaharia Bârsan was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian playwright, poet and actor.

3. Manole Marcus

1928-1994 (aged 66)

film director

Manole Marcus was a Romanian film director and screenwriter. Many of the actors who starred in his films won awards for their performances.

4. Henriette Yvonne Stahl

1900-1984 (aged 84)

translator writer

Henriette Yvonne Stahl was a Romanian novelist, short story writer and translator.

5. Dan Deșliu

1927-1992 (aged 65)

diarist politician writer actor poet

Dan Deșliu was a Romanian poet.

6. Mircea Mureșan

1928-2020 (aged 92)

film director screenwriter

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.

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7. Melania Ursu

1940-2016 (aged 76)

stage actor film actor

Melania Ursu was a Romanian stage and film actress.

8. Mișu Fotino

1930-2014 (aged 84)

actor

Mihai Fotino was a prolific Romanian actor who has appeared in theatre, film, television, and radio, in a career spanning 70 years.

9. Claudia Millian

1887-1961 (aged 74)

writer playwright poet opinion journalist

Claudia Millian was a Romanian poet.

10. Iosif Demian

1941-. (aged 85)

screenwriter film director cinematographer director

Iosif Demian is a Romanian cinematographer and film director. His 1980 film A Girl's Tears was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.

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11. Ludovic Antal

1924-1970 (aged 46)

film actor actor stage actor

Ludovic Antal was a Romanian actor, primarily noted for his voice acting and his activity as a cultural promoter. Born to Csángó parents in Western Moldavia, he was initially destined for a career as a priest in the Roman Catholic Church, but left to study acting in the late 1940s, graduating from the OMEC conservatoire. After making his stage debut...

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12. Gheorghe Vitanidis

1929-1994 (aged 65)

film director screenwriter

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.

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13. Mircea Veroiu

1941-1997 (aged 56)

actor screenwriter film director

Mircea Veroiu was a Romanian film director and screenwriter.

14. Ioana Crăciunescu

1950-. (aged 76)

actor poet writer

Ioana Crăciunescu is a Romanian actress and poet. She has published six volumes of collected poetry, beginning in 1980, and was awarded the Writers' Union of Romania Prize in 1981. In 2009, she received the Nichita Stănescu National Poetry Award from the Romanian Ministry of Culture. She is also known for her performance as Ana Baciu in the 1979 film...

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15. George Piștereanu

1990-. (aged 36)

actor film actor

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...

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16. Călin Peter Netzer

1975-. (aged 51)

film producer screenwriter film director

Călin Peter Netzer is a Romanian film director who won the Golden Bear at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.

17. Tudor Giurgiu

1972-. (aged 54)

screenwriter film director film screenwriter film producer

Tudor Giurgiu is a Romanian film director. Giurgiu graduated from Bucharest Film Academy in 1995. 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...

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18. Rozina Cambos

1951-2012 (aged 61)

film actor television actor stage actor

Rozina Cambos was an Israeli actress who distinguished herself as a performer in both Israel and her native Romania.

19. Radu Gabrea

1937-2017 (aged 80)

screenwriter film director film producer university teacher

Radu Bartolomeu 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.

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20. Eusebiu Ștefănescu

1944-2015 (aged 71)

actor

Eusebiu Ștefănescu was a Romanian actor.

21. Georges Banu

1943-2023 (aged 80)

playwright pedagogue university teacher theatre critic writer

Georges Banu was a Romanian-born French writer, theatre critic, and academic.

22. Ioan Fiscuteanu

1937-2007 (aged 70)

film actor actor stage actor

Ioan Fiscuteanu was a Romanian theater and film actor. He last worked at the National Theater in Târgu Mureș.

23. Valentin Uritescu

1941-2022 (aged 81)

actor television actor

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.

24. Valentin Teodosiu

1953-. (aged 73)

actor

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.

25. Silviu Stănculescu

1932-1998 (aged 66)

actor

Silviu Stănculescu was a Romanian stage and screen actor. He appeared in more than forty films from 1960 to 1998.

26. Tudor Istodor

1984-. (aged 42)

actor

Tudor Aaron Istodor is a Romanian actor. He played Dinu Caragea in the Romanian police drama Băieți buni.

27. Valeria Gagealov

1931-2021 (aged 90)

actor

Valeria Gagealov was a Romanian film, radio, theater, television and voice actress.

28. Dan Condurache

1952-. (aged 74)

actor

Dan Condurache is a Romanian film actor. He has appeared in more than fifty films since 1976.

29. Aimée Iacobescu

1946-2018 (aged 72)

actor

Aimée Iacobescu was a Romanian actress. She appeared in seventeen films and television shows between 1967 and 2009.

30. Geo Saizescu

1932-2013 (aged 81)

actor screenwriter film director

Geo Saizescu was a Romanian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He appeared in 22 films between 1963 and 2009 and directed 16 films between 1956 and 2012.

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31. Mircea Drăgan

1932-2017 (aged 85)

film director screenwriter

Mircea Drăgan was a Romanian film director. He directed 23 films between 1955 and 1992. His 1961 film Thirst was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize. Two years later, his film Lupeni 29 was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival and it also won the Silver Prize. He was a...

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32. Andi Vasluianu

1974-. (aged 52)

actor

Andi Vasluianu is a Romanian film actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 2000.

33. Cristina Stamate

1946-2017 (aged 71)

actor film actor

Cristina Stamate was a Romanian actress.

34. Gheorghe Cozorici

1933-1993 (aged 60)

stage actor film actor

Gheorghe Cozorici was a Romanian film and theatre actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1956 to 1989.

35. Margareta Pogonat

1933-2014 (aged 81)

film actor actor stage actor

Margareta-Caliopi Pogonat was a Romanian theatre and film actress.

36. Șerban Pavlu

1975-. (aged 51)

actor

Șerban Pavlu is a Romanian actor. He has appeared in more than thirty films since 1995. He is well known for the successful TV series Umbre broadcast on HBO, his role in the soap opera "Fetele Marinarului" and in the television format "În puii mei", which aired on Antena1.

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37. George Motoi (1970–1997)

1936-2015 (aged 79)

actor theatrical director

George Motoi was a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1962 to 2005.

38. Luminița Gheorghiu

1949-2021 (aged 72)

film actor actor stage actor

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.

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39. Ioana Bulcă

1936-2025 (aged 89)

stage actor film actor

Ioana Sălciana Bulcă was a Romanian film actress, who appeared in 20 films between 1955 and 2007. She died on 9 July 2025, aged 89.

40. Nae Caranfil

1960-. (aged 66)

actor screenwriter film director

Nae Caranfil is a Romanian film director and screenwriter.

41. Claudiu Bleonț

1959-. (aged 67)

actor

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.

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42. Cosmina Stratan

1984-. (aged 42)

film actor actor journalist

Cosmina Stratan is a Romanian film actress. She is best known for her performance as Voichița in Beyond the Hills.

43. Dan Pița

1938-. (aged 88)

film director screenwriter

Dan Pița is a Romanian film director and screenwriter.

44. Tora Vasilescu

1951-. (aged 75)

actor

Tora Vasilescu is a Romanian actress.

45. Marin Moraru

1937-2016 (aged 79)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Marin Moraru was a Romanian stage, film and television actor.

46. Adrian Pintea

1954-2007 (aged 53)

stage actor film actor

Adrian Virgil Pintea was a Romanian actor.

47. Dorel Vișan

1937-. (aged 89)

poet actor

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.

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48. Ștefan Iordache

1941-2008 (aged 67)

actor

Ștefan Iordache was a Romanian actor.

49. George Mihăiță

1948-. (aged 78)

actor film director

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.

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50. Corneliu Porumboiu

1975-. (aged 51)

film producer screenwriter film director

Corneliu Porumboiu is a Romanian New Wave filmmaker, screenwriter, and film producer. He is most known for his films 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006) and The Whistlers (2019).

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51. Leopoldina Bălănuță

1934-1998 (aged 64)

actor

Leopoldina Bălănuță was a Romanian actress.

52. Emil Rengle

1990-. (aged 36)

soloist choreographer composer dancer songwriter

Emil Rengle is a composer, choreographer, dancer, film director, and soloist from Romania. He is the winner of the eighth season of Romania's Got Talent and the first dancer in the show's history to win the grand prize.

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53. Catrinel Dumitrescu

1956-. (aged 70)

actor

Catrinel Dumitrescu is a Romanian film and theater actress.

54. Manuela Hărăbor

1968-. (aged 58)

actor

Manuela Hărăbor is a Romanian actress.

55. Violeta Andrei

1941-. (aged 85)

actor

Violeta Andrei is a Romanian theater and film actress.

56. Marga Barbu

1929-2009 (aged 80)

actor

Margareta-Yvonne Barbu also known as Marga Barbu born Margareta-Yvonne Butuc was a Romanian actress.

57. Irina Petrescu

1941-2013 (aged 72)

actor film actor

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.

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58. Iurie Darie

1929-2012 (aged 83)

stage actor theatrical director illustrator actor film actor

Iurie Darie was a Romanian actor.

59. Chris Avram

1931-1989 (aged 58)

actor film actor

Chris Avram was a Romanian-Italian film actor.

60. Horațiu Mălăele

1952-. (aged 74)

actor screenwriter film director

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.

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61. Ion Dichiseanu

1933-2021 (aged 88)

writer actor

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.

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62. Mircea Albulescu

1934-2016 (aged 82)

television actor writer film actor dub actor stage actor

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).

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63. Mitică Popescu

1936-2023 (aged 87)

actor political prisoner stage actor

Mitică Popescu was a Romanian actor.

64. Gheorghe Visu

1951-. (aged 75)

actor

Gheorghe Visu is a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1974.

65. Victor Rebengiuc

1933-. (aged 93)

film actor actor stage actor

Victor Rebengiuc is a Romanian film and stage actor, also known as a civil society activist.

66. Mircea Diaconu

1949-2024 (aged 75)

stage actor actor film actor politician

Mircea Diaconu was 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...

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67. Medeea Marinescu

1974-. (aged 52)

film actor actor stage actor

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)

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68. Sebastian Papaiani

1936-2016 (aged 80)

film actor television actor stage actor

Sebastian Papaiani was a Romanian film and television actor.

69. Tudor Gheorghe

1945-. (aged 81)

singer composer recording artist actor poet

Tudor Gheorghe KSR 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...

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70. Tamara Buciuceanu

1929-2019 (aged 90)

actor

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).

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71. Draga Olteanu Matei

1933-2020 (aged 87)

actor screenwriter

Draga Olteanu Matei was a Romanian actress. She performed in more than thirty films from 1967 to 2006.

72. Alexandru Arșinel

1939-2022 (aged 83)

actor

Alexandru Ioan Arșinel was a Romanian comedian and actor. He was born in Dolhasca, Kingdom of Romania.

73. Ilarion Ciobanu

1931-2008 (aged 77)

film actor actor rugby union player

Ilarion Ciobanu was a Romanian actor. He has been described as "a legend" in the press and the last true Romanian comic.

74. Dragoș Bucur

1977-. (aged 49)

actor television actor

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.

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75. Radu Jude

1977-. (aged 49)

screenwriter director film director

Radu Jude is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. He is most known for his Golden Bear winner film Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (2021).

76. Ana Ularu

1985-. (aged 41)

actor

Ana Ularu is a Romanian actress based in Germany.

77. Florin Piersic

1936-. (aged 90)

television actor stage actor singer film actor

Florin Piersic is a well-known Romanian actor and TV personality. He is particularly noted for his leading roles in The White Moor and the Mărgelatu series films. He has a reputation, often parodied in popular culture, as a raconteur.

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78. Marcel Iureș

1951-. (aged 75)

stage actor film actor

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...

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79. Radu, Prince Consort of Romania

1960-. (aged 66)

actor politician

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....

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80. Cristian Mungiu

1968-. (aged 58)

screenwriter film director journalist film producer radio personality

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.

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81. Stela Popescu

1935-2017 (aged 82)

actor

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.

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82. Toma Caragiu

1925-1977 (aged 52)

film actor actor stage actor

Toma Caragiu was a Romanian theatre, television and film actor.

83. Florin Călinescu

1956-. (aged 70)

actor

Florin Călinescu is a Romanian politician, former leader of the Green Party of Romania (PV), actor, theatre director, and television host.

84. Ion Caramitru

1942-2021 (aged 79)

theatrical director director actor politician

Ion Horia Leonida Caramitru 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....

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85. Maia Morgenstern

1962-. (aged 64)

stage actor film actor

Maia Emilia Ninel Morgenstern is a Romanian film and stage actress. Internationally, 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 role as Nela in the 1992 film Balanța, known in the United States as The Oak, set during the waning days...

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86. Zoltán Szilágyi Varga

1951-. (aged 75)

graphic designer director film director

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.

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87. Attila Demény

1955-2021 (aged 66)

composer theatrical director

Attila Demény was a Romanian composer and theatre director.