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.
Known For

Asphalt Tango

Love Sick

The Prophet, the Gold, and the Transylvanians

Oil

Philanthropy

Reach for the Sky

Sequences...

Starting Over
All Movies (61)
- To Paris with the Identity Card2015 · as Drăgan Niță
- In-laws2014 · as Ştefan Vrânceanu
- A Love Story, Lindenfeld2014
- Poker2010 · as Calabrezu
- Kino Caravan2009 · as Tanasie
- One-Day Adventures2008
- Ticăloșii2007 · as Mircea Prejbeanu
- Tache2007 · as Tache
- Happy End2006
- The Way I Spent the End of the World2006 · as Grigore Matei
- Love Sick2006 · as Mr. Dragnea
- Toma Caragiu - Momente de aur2003
- Philanthropy2002 · as Ovidiu Gorea
- The Firemen's Choir2000
- Fii cu ochii pe fericire1999 · as Titi
- Asphalt Tango1996 · as Andrei
- Dănilă Prepeleac1996 · as Dănilă Prepeleac
- The Telephone1992 · as Radu
- Videograms of a Revolution1992 · as himself (archive footage)
- Reach for the Sky1990 · as Mircea
- Happenings with Alexandra1989
- The Secret of the Secret Weapon1988 · as Zmeul Zmeilor
- O vară cu Mara1988 · as Ilieș Calancea
- Flames Over Treasures1988 · as Barkeeper
- A Smile Of The Sun1987 · as Împăratul
- Starting Over1987 · as Mircea
- Repeated Wedding1985 · as Radu Petrescu
- Promisses1985 · as Petruș
- Horea1984 · as Candrea Alexa Kendy
- O lumină la etajul zece1984 · as zidarul Trică
- Un petic de cer1984 · as Ion Panait
- Căruța cu mere1983 · as Garofiță
- Sequences...1982 · as motel keeper
- Bucharest Identity Card1982 · as Radu Petrescu
- Waiting for a Train1982 · as Zarzalin
- The Computer Testifies1982 · as V. Vișan
- The End of the Night1982 · as Prosecutor Matei
- Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica?1981 · as Iordache
- The Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians1981 · as Romulus Brad
- The Sign of the Serpent1981 · as Flondor
- Fox Hunting1980 · as Pătru cel scurt
- The House Between the Fields1980 · as Ilarie
- Poor Ioanide1980 · as milițian
- Tragic Vacation1979 · as Sandu
- The Actress, the Dollars and the Transylvanians1978 · as Romulus Brad
- Together Again1978 · as Bănuță
- Before the Silence1978 · as Pvt. Dumitru
- This Above All1978
- The Prophet, the Gold, and the Transylvanians1978 · as Romulus Brad
- Operation 'The Bus'1978
- Shootings Under the Moonlight1977 · as Sgt. Marin Văduva
- A Lost Letter1977 · as Iordache Branzovenescu
- Oil1977 · as Grigore
- A Summer Tale1976
- Red Apples1976 · as Dr. Irod
- Filip the Kind1975 · as absolventul de liceu Filip
- The Actor and the Savages1975 · as Radu Toma
- The Trap1974 · as Oarca
- The Poseidon Explosion1973
- The Stone Wedding1973 · as dezertorul
- Farewell, Dear Nela!1972 · as Bibi