List of Romanian actors

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.

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Mircea Albulescu Mircea Anca Violeta Andrei Kristaq Antoniu Alexandru Arșinel

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Marga Barbu (born Butuc), actress Leopoldina Bălănuță, actress Ștefan Bănică, Sr., actor Dana Andronie and Dana Cobuz, , Jurnalul Național, May 1, 2007 Radu Beligan, actor, director Ion Besoiu, actor Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic Claudiu Bleonț, actor Olga Bucătaru, film and stage actress Tamara Buciuceanu, actress

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George Calboreanu, actor, composer Șerban Cantacuzino, actor I.L. Caragiale, playwrightEric D. Tappe. Ion Luca Caragiale. Twayne Publishers Inc., NY, 1974. () Toma Caragiu, actor"Toma Caragiu" Theatre in Ploiești Ion Caramitru, actor "Caramitru se cere afară din PPCD" ("Caramitru Demands to be Registered as out of the PPCD") , in Evenimentul Zilei Florin Călinescu, actor Liviu Ciulei, director, actorTheater History at the Guthrie Theater site Constantin Codrescu, actor Roxana Condurache"Actrița româncă Roxana Condurache, nominalizată la premiile Genie, din Canada". RTV Romania, February 18, 2012. Geo Costiniu, actor Octavian Cotescu, actor Gheorghe Cozorici, actor

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Iurie Darie, actor Gheorghe Dinică, actor Mircea Diaconu, actor

E Fory Etterle, actor

F Alex Floroiu, actor

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Vladimir Găitan, actor Luminița Gheorghiu, actressLuminița Gheorghiu on Teatrul Bulandra site Bunica Gherghina, TikToker and actress Alexandru Giugaru, actor

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Kira Hagi, actress and daughter of famous footballer Gheorghe Hagi Manuela Hărăbor, actress Emil Hossu, actor John Houseman, actor (born in Romania to a French-born Jewish father and an English mother, made his career in the United States as an English-language film and television actor)Encyclopædia Britannica: John Houseman

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Aimée Iacobescu, actress Șerban Ionescu, actor Ștefan Iordache, actor Marcel Iureș, actor

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Jean Constantin, actor

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Ernest Maftei, actor Alexandra Maria Lara (born Plătăreanu), actress Interview with Alexandra Maria Lara Nicolae Massim, director Teatrul de Nord Satu Mare: Ion Tifor Horațiu Mălăele, actor Ștefan Mihăilescu-Brăila, actor George Mihăiță, actor Matei Millo, stage actorNational Theatre in Jassy Mihaela Mitrache, actress Marin Moraru, actor Maia MorgensternMarco R. della Cava, J.C., 'morning star' and Mel Gibson, USA Today, posted 2/22/2004 9:39 PM, updated 2/23/2004 11:21 AM; retrieved March 1, 2005. Florentina Mosora George Motoi, actor

N Jean Negulescu, film director, Oscar nomineeJean Negulesco, at The New York Times

O Draga Olteanu Matei, actress

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Sebastian Papaiani, actor Oana Pellea, actress Irina Petrescu, actress Florin Piersic, actor Adrian Pintea, actor Margareta Pogonat, actress Elvira Popescu, actress Dana Ciobanu, "Sinucidere pentru Elvira Popescu" , Jurnalul Național, March 1, 2004Constantin Roman, "Blouse Roumaine", 2001-2002 "Elvira Popescu" , at Mari Români"Families of Jules and Théodore Porgès" "Elvire Popesco" , at CinéArtistes Lucian Pop, "Conace boierești pentru cei care vor să se simtă moșieri", at Muse Imobiliare, July 20, 2005 "Marigny – Salle Popesco" at Theatre online Ion Popescu-Gopo, directorION POPESCU-GOPO Mitică Popescu, actor Rodica Popescu Bitănescu, actress Stela Popescu, actress

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Dem Rădulescu, actor Colea Răutu, actor Victor Rebengiuc, actorBiography at Bulandra Theatre page (Romanian) Duncan Renaldo, actor (Romanian-born, achieved fame in America as The Cisco Kid, a hero to children of the 1950s) Alexandru Repan, actor Edward G. Robinson, actor (Romanian-born Jew, made career in United States as an English-language film actor)Sabin, Arthur J. In Calmer Times: The Supreme Court and Red Monday, p. 35. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. Aristizza Romanescu, actressO SCURTĂ ISTORIE A FILMULUI ROMÂNESC

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Geo Saizescu, actor Alec Secăreanu, actor Sebastian Stan, actor, naturalized American citizen Silviu Stănculescu, actor Carmen Stănescu, actress

T Constantin Tănase, cabaretist Constantin Tănase: A căzut cortina! ("Constantin Tănase: The Curtain Dropped!") , Jurnalul Național, January 15, 2007 (accessed on March 28, 2007). The newspaper does not give its source, but this information has been available online as private communication as early as in 2003:Karpatenwillis Guestbook

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Tora Vasilescu, actress Grigore Vasiliu Birlic, actor Birlic, a perfect actor Mihai Verbițchi, actor Mircea Veroiu, actor, director, screenwriter Dorel Vișan, actor

W Johnny Weissmuller, actor (born in what is now Timișoara, Romania, ethnically German, made career in United States as an English-language film actor)This interview of his son, taken in Timisoara in 2004 confirms he was born in Romania (as well in his book Tarzan, My Father by Johnny Weissmuller, Jr)

Z Florin Zamfirescu, actor

See also List of Romanian actresses

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