Adrian Virgil Pintea (; 9 October 1954 – 8 June 2007) was a Romanian actor.

Career

Pintea graduated from the Theatrical and Cinematographical Arts Institute in Bucharest. He appeared in the 2005 Romanian film '' Femeia visurilor'' directed by

Dan Pița Dan Pița (; born 11 October 1938 in Dorohoi, Botoșani County, Romania) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. Career Pița has directed several award-winning films since 1970, including the 1985 hit ''Pas în doi'', which won an Honourab ...

. Pintea made his last appearance in

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's 2007 film '' Youth Without Youth''. He died on 8 June 2007 from complications from cirrhosis, pulmonary and kidney

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, and was buried at Bellu Cemetery in Bucharest.

Selected filmography

Adrian Pintea (Teodor Diamant) and Julieta Szönyi (Catița Fanache) in Falansterul, 1979

* ' (1978), as the boy with the bird * ' (1977), as Ștefan Octavian Iosif * ' (1979), as George Praida * ' (1979), as Teodor Diamant * ' (1981), as Iancu Jianu * ' (1981), as Iancu Jianu * ' (1981), as

Nicolae Tonitza Nicolae Tonitza (; April 13, 1886 – February 27, 1940) was a Romanian painter, engraver, lithographer, journalist and art critic. Drawing inspiration from Post-impressionism and Expressionism, he had a major role in introducing modernist g ...

* ' (1985), as Lică * ' (1985), as the piano technician * ' (1987), as Iorgovan * ''

Those Who Pay With Their Lives ''Those Who Pay With Their Lives'' ( ro, Cei care plătesc cu viaţa) is a 1989 Romanian drama film directed by Șerban Marinescu, and based on novels by Camil Petrescu. The film was selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language F ...

'' (1989), as Gelu Ruscanu * ''

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'' (1989), as Vlad, the son of Mircea the Elder * ' (1990), as

Mihai Eminescu Mihai Eminescu (; born Mihail Eminovici; 15 January 1850 – 15 June 1889) was a Romanian Romantic poet from Moldavia, novelist, and journalist, generally regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active membe ...

* '' Duck Tales'' (1996), as Viking’s King (Romanian voice) * ''

Diplomatic Siege ''Diplomatic Siege'' is a 1999 American direct-to-video action thriller film directed by Gustavo Graef-Marino and starring Peter Weller, Daryl Hannah and Tom Berenger. Cast * Peter Weller as Steve Mitchell *Daryl Hannah as Erica Long *Tom Bere ...

'' (1999), as Goran Mladenov * '' Vlad'' (2003), as Iancu de Hunedoara * ''

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'' (2005), as Grapini

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* * 1954 births 2007 deaths People from Beiuș Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film alumni 21st-century Romanian male actors Romanian male film actors Romanian male stage actors Deaths from cirrhosis Deaths from hypertension Burials at Bellu Cemetery {{Romania-bio-stub