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.
Movie | To Paris with the Identity Card | Drăgan Niță | 2015-05-15 |
Movie | A Love Story, Lindenfeld | 2014-06-20 | |
Movie | In-laws | Ştefan Vrânceanu | 2014-10-24 |
Movie | Poker | Calabrezu | 2010-01-01 |
Movie | Kino Caravan | Tanasie | 2009-07-22 |
Movie | One-Day Adventures | 2008-10-09 | |
Movie | Tache | Tache | 2007-01-01 |
Movie | Ticăloșii | Mircea Prejbeanu | 2007-03-15 |
Movie | Happy End | 2006-12-01 | |
Movie | Love Sick | Mr. Dragnea | 2006-03-16 |
Movie | The Way I Spent the End of the World | Grigore Matei | 2006-09-15 |
Movie | Toma Caragiu - Momente de aur | 2003-01-01 | |
Movie | Philanthropy | Ovidiu Gorea | 2002-03-15 |
Movie | The Firemen's Choir | 2000-01-01 | |
Movie | Fii cu ochii pe fericire | Titi | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Dănilă Prepeleac | Dănilă Prepeleac | 1996-01-01 |
Movie | Asphalt Tango | Andrei | 1996-11-13 |
Movie | The Telephone | Radu | 1992-08-24 |
Movie | Reach for the Sky | Mircea | 1990-01-01 |
Movie | Happenings with Alexandra | 1989-01-01 | |
Movie | O vară cu Mara | Ilieș Calancea | 1988-01-01 |
Movie | The Secret of the Secret Weapon | Zmeul Zmeilor | 1988-01-01 |
Movie | Flames Over Treasures | Barkeeper | 1988-01-01 |
Movie | Starting Over | Mircea | 1987-01-01 |
Movie | A Smile Of The Sun | Împăratul | 1987-01-01 |
Movie | Promisses | Petruș | 1985-01-01 |
Movie | Repeated Wedding | Radu Petrescu | 1985-10-28 |
Movie | O lumină la etajul zece | zidarul Trică | 1984-10-26 |
Movie | Un petic de cer | Ion Panait | 1984-01-23 |
Movie | Horea | Candrea Alexa Kendy | 1984-11-05 |
Movie | Căruța cu mere | Garofiță | 1983-10-24 |
Movie | The Computer Testifies | V. Vișan | 1982-01-01 |
Movie | Bucharest Identity Card | Radu Petrescu | 1982-01-01 |
Movie | The End of the Night | Prosecutor Matei | 1982-01-01 |
Movie | Waiting for a Train | Zarzalin | 1982-01-01 |
Movie | Sequences | motel keeper | 1982-11-29 |
Movie | The Sign of the Serpent | Flondor | 1981-01-01 |
Movie | Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica? | Iordache | 1981-09-26 |
Movie | The Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians | Romulus Brad | 1981-01-12 |
Movie | The House Between the Fields | Ilarie | 1980-10-12 |
Movie | Poor Ioanide | milițian | 1980-04-28 |
Movie | Fox Hunting | Pătru cel scurt | 1980-12-01 |
Movie | Tragic Vacation | Sandu | 1979-05-21 |
Movie | Operation 'The Bus' | 1978-01-16 | |
Movie | The Prophet, the Gold, and the Transylvanians | Romulus Brad | 1978-02-12 |
Movie | The Actress, the Dollars and the Transylvanians | Romulus Brad | 1978-12-22 |
Movie | Before the Silence | Pvt. Dumitru | 1978-10-23 |
Movie | Together Again | Bănuță | 1978-12-11 |
Movie | Oil | Grigore | 1977-02-28 |
Movie | Shootings Under the Moonlight | Sgt. Marin Văduva | 1977-12-12 |
Movie | A Lost Letter | Iordache Branzovenescu | 1977-06-07 |
Movie | Red Apples | Dr. Irod | 1976-01-08 |
Movie | A Summer Tale | 1976-10-25 | |
Movie | The Actor and the Savages | Radu Toma | 1975-01-20 |
Movie | Filip the Kind | absolventul de liceu Filip | 1975-02-17 |
Movie | The Trap | Oarca | 1974-01-07 |
Movie | The Poseidon Explosion | 1973-07-01 | |
Movie | The Stone Wedding | dezertorul | 1973-01-15 |
Movie | Farewell, Dear Nela! | Bibi | 1972-06-30 |