Marcel Iures
Encyclopedia
Marcel Iureş is a Romania
n stage and screen actor
.
Iureş was born 2 August 1951 in Băileşti
, Romania and is one of Romania's most acclaimed stage and film actors. Iureş entered the Institutul de Arta Teatrala si Cinematografica in Bucharest
in 1974 and graduated in 1978. He has acted in films and on stage both in Romania and internationally, as well as playing at least ten roles on Romanian and British television.
, Romania, in the 1975 production of Ferma, playing George. From 1978 to 1981 he acted at the National Theatre, Cluj
, in numerous roles such as Beckman in the play Afară în faţa uşii and Conifeul in Persii. During the early 1980s, Iureş appeared at both the Bulandra and Odeon Theatres in Bucharest. Among his roles were the title roles in Shakespeare's were Hamlet
, Henry IV
and Richard III
.
He is the president of Teatrul ACT (the first independent theatre in Romania
) of which he was one of the founders in 1995. Iureş has starred there in various roles, including the title roles of Shakespeare's Richard II
, Richard III (directed by Mihai Măniuţiu
), and Hamlet (directed by Liviu Ciulei
). He has also appeared in Fundaţia Teatrul ACT-staged shows such as Creatorul de Teatru (The Creator of the Theatre, directed by Alexandru Dabija), Cetatea Soarelui (Citadel of the Sun, directed by Mihai Măniuţiu), and Samuel Beckett
's Krapp's Last Tape
. Iureş also continues to perform with the Bulandra Theatre, for whom he played the lead in a 2005 production of Luigi Pirandello
's Henry IV.
The quality of Iureş's performances in both Western and Romanian movies and also his stage performances have established him as one of the greatest actors in motion picture and theatre history. This in turn has resulted in Iureş receiving many accolades and nominations (in both Romania and abroad) throughout his career. Among these was the 2008 Marele Premiu Flacăra (the highest award of a set of Romanian press awards sponsored by ButanGas
) for excellence in his profession. He has continued to explore new artistic challenges such as voiceovers for Disney and in the world of computer games. Iureş is the president and a judge of the Anonimul International Film Festival and also the president of Ideo Ideis Festival (an annual national theatre festival for teenagers).
In 2007 Iureş volunteered his help in the Verde 003 project, which aims to build a better environment for all Romanians by planting vegetation.
in the 1978 Romanian film Vis de ianuarie (January Dream). From the early 1980s and into the '90s, Iureş continued to build a screen career, appearing in many minor and major roles in Romania.
Iureş's international film career sprang from the UK tour in 1994 of Mihai Maniutiu's production of Richard III, where he played the eponymous hero. The role of Alexander Golitsyn in the 1996 film Mission Impossible
was quickly followed by playing Dusan Gavrich in the 1997 film The Peacemaker
, starring George Clooney
and Nicole Kidman
. Other film appearances include roles in Hart's War
, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Goal!
, Faimosul Paparazzo, Isolation, Vacanţa Cea Mare and Logodnicii Din America.
Partial filmography:
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n stage and screen actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
Iureş was born 2 August 1951 in Băileşti
Bailesti
Băileşti is a city in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania, with a population of 22,231. One village, Balasan, is administered by the city.The Romanian actor and comedian Amza Pellea and Romanian actor and theatre actor Marcel Iureş were born here and also Adriana Nechita-Olteanu.-External links:*The...
, Romania and is one of Romania's most acclaimed stage and film actors. Iureş entered the Institutul de Arta Teatrala si Cinematografica in Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
in 1974 and graduated in 1978. He has acted in films and on stage both in Romania and internationally, as well as playing at least ten roles on Romanian and British television.
Theatrical career
He made his stage debut at the Bulandra TheatreBulandra Theatre
The Bulandra Theatre in Bucharest, Romania was founded in 1947 as Teatrul Municipal; its first director was Lucia Sturdza Bulandra, one of the leading Romanian stage actresses of her generation...
, Romania, in the 1975 production of Ferma, playing George. From 1978 to 1981 he acted at the National Theatre, Cluj
Cluj
Cluj may refer to*Cluj-Napoca, county seat of Cluj County, named Cluj until 1974*Cluj County, Romania*Cluj-Napoca International Airport*U Cluj, a Romanian sports club*U Cluj, a Romanian football club*CFR Cluj, a Romanian football club...
, in numerous roles such as Beckman in the play Afară în faţa uşii and Conifeul in Persii. During the early 1980s, Iureş appeared at both the Bulandra and Odeon Theatres in Bucharest. Among his roles were the title roles in Shakespeare's were Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
, Henry IV
Henry IV, Part 1
Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. It is the second play in Shakespeare's tetralogy dealing with the successive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV , and Henry V...
and Richard III
Richard III (play)
Richard III is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1591. It depicts the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of Richard III of England. The play is grouped among the histories in the First Folio and is most often classified...
.
He is the president of Teatrul ACT (the first independent theatre in Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
) of which he was one of the founders in 1995. Iureş has starred there in various roles, including the title roles of Shakespeare's Richard II
Richard II (play)
King Richard the Second is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to be written in approximately 1595. It is based on the life of King Richard II of England and is the first part of a tetralogy, referred to by some scholars as the Henriad, followed by three plays concerning Richard's...
, Richard III (directed by Mihai Măniuţiu
Mihai Maniutiu
Mihai Maniutiu is a European theatre director, writer and theatre/performance theoretician of Romanian origin. He has directed over eighty productions in important theatres, many of which have been toured internationally, broadcast on European TV chanels, and won numerous awards in the categories...
), and Hamlet (directed by Liviu Ciulei
Liviu Ciulei
Liviu Ciulei was a Romanian theater and film director, film writer, actor, architect, educator, costume and set designer. During a career spanning over 50 years, he was described by Newsweek as "one of the boldest and most challenging figures on the international scene".-Biography:Born in...
). He has also appeared in Fundaţia Teatrul ACT-staged shows such as Creatorul de Teatru (The Creator of the Theatre, directed by Alexandru Dabija), Cetatea Soarelui (Citadel of the Sun, directed by Mihai Măniuţiu), and Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett
Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet. He wrote both in English and French. His work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human nature, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humour.Beckett is widely regarded as among the most...
's Krapp's Last Tape
Krapp's Last Tape
Krapp's Last Tape is a one-act play, written in English, by Samuel Beckett. Consisting of a cast of one man, it was originally written for Northern Irish actor Patrick Magee and first titled "Magee monologue"...
. Iureş also continues to perform with the Bulandra Theatre, for whom he played the lead in a 2005 production of Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello was an Italian dramatist, novelist, and short story writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1934, for his "bold and brilliant renovation of the drama and the stage." Pirandello's works include novels, hundreds of short stories, and about 40 plays, some of which are written...
's Henry IV.
The quality of Iureş's performances in both Western and Romanian movies and also his stage performances have established him as one of the greatest actors in motion picture and theatre history. This in turn has resulted in Iureş receiving many accolades and nominations (in both Romania and abroad) throughout his career. Among these was the 2008 Marele Premiu Flacăra (the highest award of a set of Romanian press awards sponsored by ButanGas
ButanGas
ButanGas is one of the largest liquefied petroleum gas distributor in Europe. Founded in Milan, Italy in 1948 by an Italian-Romanian entrepreneur, now the company has operations in Europe and the Maghreb. The company also owns some oil tankers and a publishing house in Romania....
) for excellence in his profession. He has continued to explore new artistic challenges such as voiceovers for Disney and in the world of computer games. Iureş is the president and a judge of the Anonimul International Film Festival and also the president of Ideo Ideis Festival (an annual national theatre festival for teenagers).
In 2007 Iureş volunteered his help in the Verde 003 project, which aims to build a better environment for all Romanians by planting vegetation.
Filmography
Iureş made his film debut portraying Franz LisztFranz Liszt
Franz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
in the 1978 Romanian film Vis de ianuarie (January Dream). From the early 1980s and into the '90s, Iureş continued to build a screen career, appearing in many minor and major roles in Romania.
Iureş's international film career sprang from the UK tour in 1994 of Mihai Maniutiu's production of Richard III, where he played the eponymous hero. The role of Alexander Golitsyn in the 1996 film Mission Impossible
Mission: Impossible (film)
Mission: Impossible is a 1996 action thriller directed by Brian De Palma and starring Tom Cruise. Following on from the television series of the same name, the plot follows a new agent, Ethan Hunt and his mission to uncover the mole within the CIA who has framed him for the murders of his entire...
was quickly followed by playing Dusan Gavrich in the 1997 film The Peacemaker
The Peacemaker (1997 film)
The Peacemaker is a 1997 American action/thriller film starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman and directed by Mimi Leder. It is also notable as being the first film released by DreamWorks...
, starring George Clooney
George Clooney
George Timothy Clooney is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. For his work as an actor, he has received two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award...
and Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Mary Kidman, AC is an American-born Australian actress, singer, film producer, spokesmodel, and humanitarian. After starring in a number of small Australian films and TV shows, Kidman's breakthrough was in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm...
. Other film appearances include roles in Hart's War
Hart's War
Hart's War is a 2002 film about a World War II prisoner of war based on the novel by John Katzenbach starring Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell, Terrence Howard and Marcel Iureş...
, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Goal!
Goal! (film)
Goal! is a 2005 film directed by Danny Cannon. It is the first installment of a trilogy also named Goal!. This film was made with full cooperation from FIFA, which is one of the reasons actual teams and players are used throughout the film...
, Faimosul Paparazzo, Isolation, Vacanţa Cea Mare and Logodnicii Din America.
Partial filmography:
- Aurel VlaicuAurel VlaicuAurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot.-Biography:Aurel Vlaicu was born in Binţinţi , Geoagiu, Transylvania. He attended Calvinist High School in Orăştie and took his Baccalaureate in Sibiu in 1902...
(1977) - Vis de ianuarie (1978, January Dream)
- Castle in the Carpathians (1981)
- Să mori rănit din dragoste de viaţă (1983, Fatally Injured by Love of Life, a.k.a. To Die from Love of Life)
- Sezonul pescăruşilor (1985, Seagull Season)
- Domnişoara Aurica (1985, Ms. Aurica)
- Vacanţa cea mare (1988 lit. Vacation by the Sea; a.k.a. The Big Holiday, The Great Vacation)
- Un Bulgăre de humă (1989, A Ball of Clay)
- Cei care plătesc cu viaţa (1991, Those Who Pay with Their Lives)
- Balanţa (1992, The Scale) a.k.a. Stejarul (The Oak; known in French as Le Chêne).
- Somnul insulei (1994, The Sleep of the Island), Director: Mircea Veroiu, adaptation from the noverl "Al Doilea Mesager"/"The Second Messenger" by Bujor NedelcoviciBujor NedelcoviciBujor Nedelcovici is a novelist, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and photographer who lives in Paris, France....
- Un été inoubliable (1994, An Unforgettable Summer)
- Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire ChroniclesInterview with the Vampire: The Vampire ChroniclesInterview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles is a 1994 American drama and horror film directed by Neil Jordan, based on the 1976 novel Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice. The film focuses on Lestat and Louis, beginning with Louis' transformation into a vampire by Lestat in 1791...
(1994) - Mission: ImpossibleMission: Impossible (film)Mission: Impossible is a 1996 action thriller directed by Brian De Palma and starring Tom Cruise. Following on from the television series of the same name, the plot follows a new agent, Ethan Hunt and his mission to uncover the mole within the CIA who has framed him for the murders of his entire...
(1996) - The PeacemakerThe Peacemaker (1997 film)The Peacemaker is a 1997 American action/thriller film starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman and directed by Mimi Leder. It is also notable as being the first film released by DreamWorks...
(1997) - Faimosul paparazzo (1999)
- The EliteThe EliteThe Elite is a team of super-powered anti-heroes appearing in stories published by DC Comics. The team took early influences from The Authority....
(2001) - I Hope... (2001)
- Amen. (2002; a.k.a. Eyewitness, and in Germany as Der Stellvertreter)
- Hart's WarHart's WarHart's War is a 2002 film about a World War II prisoner of war based on the novel by John Katzenbach starring Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell, Terrence Howard and Marcel Iureş...
(2002) - Dracula the Impaler (2002) (voice)
- 3 păzeşte (2003, Three Warnings)
- Cambridge SpiesCambridge SpiesCambridge Spies is a 2003 four-part BBC television drama concerning the lives of the best-known quartet of the Cambridge Five Soviet spies from 1934 to the 1951 defection of Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean to the Soviet Union...
(2003) (TV) - A Few Day's Adventures (2004)
- The Tulse Luper SuitcasesThe Tulse Luper SuitcasesThe Tulse Luper Suitcases is a multimedia project by Peter Greenaway, initially intended to comprise three "source" and one feature films, a 16-episode TV series, and 92 DVDs, as well as Web sites, CD-ROMs and books...
, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea (2004) - Layer CakeLayer Cake (film)Layer Cake is a 2004 British crime thriller produced and directed by Matthew Vaughn, in his directorial debut. It is based on the novel Layer Cake by J. J...
(2004) - The CaveThe Cave (film)The Cave is a 2005 horror film, directed by Bruce Hunt. It stars Cole Hauser, Eddie Cibrian, Morris Chestnut, Marcel Iureş, Lena Headey, Rick Ravanello, Piper Perabo and Daniel Dae Kim.-Plot:...
(2005) - Goal!Goal! (film)Goal! is a 2005 film directed by Danny Cannon. It is the first installment of a trilogy also named Goal!. This film was made with full cooperation from FIFA, which is one of the reasons actual teams and players are used throughout the film...
(2005) - Isolation (2005)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
- Youth Without Youth (2007)
- Thick as Thieves (2009)
- Tatăl fantomă (2011)
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