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.
Acted in 57
2010s
- 2015
To Paris with the Identity Card
Drăgan Niță
- 2014
In-laws
Ştefan Vrânceanu
- 2010
Poker
Calabrezu
2000s
- 2009
- 2007
Ticăloșii
Mircea Prejbeanu
Tache
Tache
- 2006
Happy End
Movie
The Way I Spent the End of the World
Grigore Matei
- 2003
Toma Caragiu - Momente de aur
Movie
- 2002
Philanthropy
Ovidiu Gorea
- 2000
The Firemen's Choir
Movie
1990s
- 1999
Fii cu ochii pe fericire
Titi
- 1996
Asphalt Tango
Andrei
Dănilă Prepeleac
Dănilă Prepeleac
- 1992
The Telephone
Radu
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
Happenings with Alexandra
Movie
- 1988
The Secret of the Secret Weapon
Zmeul Zmeilor
O vară cu Mara
Ilieș Calancea
Flames Over Treasures
Barkeeper
- 1987
A Smile Of The Sun
Împăratul
Starting Over
Mircea
- 1985
Repeated Wedding
Radu Petrescu
Promisses
Petruș
- 1984
Horea
Candrea Alexa Kendy
A Light on the 10th Floor
zidarul Trică
- 1983
Căruța cu mere
Garofiță
- 1982
Sequences...
motel keeper
Bucharest Identity Card
Radu Petrescu
Waiting for a Train
Zarzalin
The Computer Testifies
V. Vișan
The End of the Night
Prosecutor Matei
- 1981
Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica?
Iordache
The Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians
Romulus Brad
The Sign of the Serpent
Flondor
- 1980
Fox Hunting
Pătru cel scurt
The House Between the Fields
Ilarie
Poor Ioanide
milițian
1970s
- 1979
Tragic Vacation
Sandu
- 1978
The Actress, the Dollars and the Transylvanians
Romulus Brad
Together Again
Bănuță
Before the Silence
Pvt. Dumitru
This Above All
Movie
Operation 'The Bus'
Movie
- 1977
Shootings Under the Moonlight
Sgt. Marin Văduva
A Lost Letter
Iordache Branzovenescu
Oil
Grigore
- 1976
A Summer Tale
Movie
Red Apples
Dr. Irod
- 1975
Filip the Kind
absolventul de liceu Filip
The Actor and the Savages
Radu Toma
- 1974
The Trap
Oarca
- 1973
The Poseidon Explosion
Movie
The Stone Wedding
dezertorul
- 1972
Farewell, Dear Nela!
Bibi
Wrote 1
1980s
- 1985
The Kid
Writer
Appearances1
1990s
- 1992
Videograms of a Revolution
himself (archive footage)