Vlad Rădescu (; born 18 November 1952 in Bucharest) is a

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n actor, theatre director and scholar.

Biography

Radescu was born on November 18, 1952 in

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. He attended

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High School and the twelfth grade at

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High School, both in Bucharest, where he graduated in 1971. He wanted to become a sailor, physician, journalist and archaeologist, but in the end chose theatre and graduated from the Institute of Theatre and Film Arts (IATC), Theatre Department, in 1975, having studied under Sanda Manu and Geta Angheluţă. He was assigned to Targu Mures in 1975 where he remained until 1994. During this period his theater and film career continued to prosper. He had the chance to travel a few times in Europe.

Acting career

He was spotted by director

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while still in his freshman year. Vitanidis gave him the leading role of the title character in the film ''Ciprian Porumbescu'', which was a great success. In 1980 he played

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in the historical epic ''

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''. A few years later he played Avram Iancu, the main character in the films ''Munții în flăcări'' (Mountains on Fire) and ''La răscrucea marilor furtuni'' (The Crossings of Stormy Seas) (1980), this time directed by Mircea Moldovan. In foreign television productions, he has played the roles of

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in 1996, and

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in 2007, 2008 and 2009. He has performed in many domestic and foreign film productions. Also present important roles in popular TV series and telenovelas. He founded the international theater festival "Întâlnirile Școlilor și Academiilor europene de teatru", which ran for four years, the first two in Targu Mures (1993, 1994) and the last two in Targoviste (1995, 1996). He was also the initiator - in 1998 - of the hit show "Suits" directed by Dan Puric, which highlighted over 100 theatrical costumes created by Irina Solomon and Dragos Buhagiar, winning more than 10 awards in various theaters in the capital and country. In early 2009, at the request of the leadership of the Ministry of Culture, he returned to the National Theatre in Targu Mures occupying the position of interim CEO until October 2010, when he was dismissed by

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(Minister in office, then, President UDMR). He was restored to his post in March 2011, after a judicial decision which concluded that Hunor had acted improperly. Rădescu has mounted alumni performances with a good many of his students, such as Octavian Strunilă, Diana Croitoru, Ștefania Dumitru,Ștefania Dumitru la Gala HOP
/ref> Florina Anghel, Adriana Bordeanu, Michael Bobonete, Michael Rait, Andreea Grama, Cornel Bulai) awards at film festivals: HOP Gala Festival Hyperion Improvisation Championship.

Administrative career

From 1990 to 1994 he served as deputy executive director of the National Theatre in Targu Mures. In 1994, he returned to Bucharest and to work at the Little Theatre in Bucharest. CEO gets contest Theatre Nottara (1996 - 2000) in Bucharest. Between 1987 and 1994, he was associate professor at the University of Theatre in Targu Mures. From 1996 to 2002, he taught acting and cultural management at the Ecological University of Bucharest. From 2002 he has been director of the European Foundation Cultural Centre. His is also Associate Professor PhD., and Head of Department at the Faculty of Theatre of the University "Spiru Haret" University of Bucharest.

Filmography

* Ciprian Porumbescu (1973) -

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(1980) * Catfish Island (1994) * The enemy of my enemy (1999) * Eva (2010) - Doctor * Brancusi (2011) * Marco D'Aviano (2011) * Wild Daffodil (Serial TV) (2011) * The Glass House (2010) * Students ... in 53 hours or so (2010) * Barbarossa (2009) * Gloves Red (2009) * Oli's Wedding (2009) * Ashes and Blood (2008) * Cherubs (Serial TV) (2008) * Gruber's Journey (2008) *

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(2008) (as

, Chancellor of the German Empire) * A step forward (Serial TV) (2007) * Decisions (Serial TV) (2007) * Beheaded Rooster (2007) * Love like in the movies (Serial TV) (2007) * Primo Carnera (2007) * Mafalda di Savoy (2006) *

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(2006) * Only Love (TV) (2005) * The Cave - The Cave (2005) * Vlad Immortal (2000) * Une mère fait comme on n'en plus (1997) * Day Man (1997) * Long train journey (1997) * Eyes not seen (1994) * Ábel rengetegben (1994) * Sing Cowboy Sing! (1981) * Mountains in Flames (1980) * At the crossroads of major storms (1980) * Last frontier of death (1979) * Independence War (TV) (1977) * Vlad the Impaler (1976) * Here they do not go (1975) * Dimitrie Cantemir (1973)

References

Sources

Astăzi e ziua ta: Vlad Rădescu
17 noiembrie 2011, Loreta Popa, ''Jurnalul Național''

author: Raluca Alexandrescu,''Observator Cultural''

Interviu din "Bună Ziua Făgăraș"

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Radescu, Vlad 1952 births Living people Theatre people from Bucharest Romanian male actors