Actor

Date and place of birth: 20.11.1930, Craiova

No specialized studies

Jeanot, as his colleagues called him, was the concrete expression that the "institute" does not give you talent, perseverance, total dedication, or work power - a confirmation of the slander expressed by Dem Rădulescu Bibanu: "Students leave the institute as they entered: with talent, or without talent!" Coming from Craiova, with the return of director Radu Penciulescu, he installed himself at the head of all the casts, taking on the burden of most of the performances. Demanding of himself and his colleagues, he worked "hard", even at the most banal rehearsal, and in performances he "pulled" them after him, without allowing himself the slightest relaxation. In all the roles he was praised by the critics. "He was stunning in "The Man Who Brings Rain" (by R. Nash) - an impostor and a dreamer: Ion Marinescu. He brings hope and confidence... This actor is admirable...". In "Cyrano" (by Edmond Rostand), "a brilliant performer" - in an intelligent performance full of ideas and meanings, exemplary in its homogeneity" (directed by Valeriu Moisescu). 

He left for Bucharest, also after Radu Penciulescu, when he thought he could stay "there" on his own. And he did: at the Regional Theater, the Small Theater, and then at the National Theater, becoming one of the country's leading actors. He also directed, proved to be a good reciter (on stage and on TV), had an "elephant" memory, appeared in several television shows and in numerous films. Perhaps, if not certainly, he is the most representative personality who has played, not just as a passenger, on the stage of the Oradea Theater.

(Presentation by Eugen Ţugulea)

Artistic sheet – Oradea State Theatre

• The Inquisitor in THE LITTLE BITCH by Jean Anouilh, 1958, directed by Radu Penciulescu
• Mircea Cavafu in THE RUINED LAMB by Aurel Baranga, 1958, directed by Valeriu Grama
• Performer in POETS OF THE WORLD SING PEACE AND FREEDOM, 1958, directed by Radu Penciulescu
• Iancu in MOMENTS AND SKETCHES OF IL CARAGIALE – Situation, Charged Atmosphere and Five o'clock, 1958, directed by Dorel Urlăţeanu and Radu Penciulescu
• Kostea-Captain in ARISTOCRACIES by Nikolai Pogodin, 1959, directed by Radu Penciulescu
• I am looking for JOURNALISTS by Al.Mirodan, 1959, directed by Dan Alecsandrescu
• Artistic direction for NOTA ZERO LA PORTARE by Virgil Stoenescu and Octavian Sava, 1959
• Astrov in UNCLE VANEA by A.P. Chekhov, 1959, dir. Dan Alecsandrescu
• Izquerdo in MONTSERRAT by Emmanuel Roblės, 1959, director Radu Penciulescu
• The Shepherd in the SMALL STATION by Dan Tărchilă, 1959, directed by Ion Marinescu
• Artistic direction at GARA MICĂ by Dan Tărchilă, 1959
• Mihail Iarovoi in LIUBOV IAROVAIA by K. Treniov, 1959, dir. Dan Alecsandrescu
• Artistic direction and Engineer Sava in THE LION'S PART by Constantin Teodoru, 1960
• Cyrano in CYRANO DE BERGERAC by Edmond Rostand, 1960, directed by Valeriu Moisescu
• Starbuck in THE MAN WHO BROKE RAIN by R.Nash, 1960, directed by Valeriu Moisescu
• Artistic direction of A MONTH OF COMFORT by Ştefan Iureş and Ben Dumitrescu, 1961
• Barabás in the LAST TRAIN by Eugen Mirea and Kovács György, 1961, director Dan Alecsandrescu
• Victor in TALES FROM IRKUTSK by Alexei Arbuzov, 1961, dir. Valeriu Moisescu