George Piștereanu (born 13 November 1990) is a Romanian actor. He lives in

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, California. His major role was Silviu in " If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle" – a

Florin Șerban Florin Șerban (; born 21 January 1975 in Reșița) is a Romanian film director whose film ''If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle'' won the Jury Grand Prix and the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, 2010 Berlin Film festi ...

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 a nomination for the European Best Actor at the European Film Awards in 2011. After graduation from the

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in 2012, he was an actor at the

National Theatre Bucharest The National Theatre Bucharest () is one of the national theatres of Romania, located in the capital city of Bucharest. Founding It was founded as the ''Teatrul cel Mare din București'' ("Grand Theatre of Bucharest") in 1852, its first director ...

in drama and comedy plays – Mozart in the Amadeus play (2015) as well as other plays in the company of some of Romania's best known actors:

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, Victoria Cocias. His career continued to ascend through movie roles: Luca main role in "Loverboy" (2011), Tibor in " You're Ugly Too" drama nominated for the Generation K-Plus at the

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2014, Alex in "The Whistler" (2018) drama nominated for the Cannes Official Selection 2019, Vali in "The Asset" (2021) and Carlos in "The Contractor" (2022). Piștereanu's acting career extends in many

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series, playing Tibor in "Vlad", a popular television drama.

Selected filmography

References

External links

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1990 births Living people Male actors from Bucharest Romanian male film actors Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film alumni Romanian male television actors {{Romania-actor-stub