Acting · Vlădești, Argeș, Romania · Born December 24, 1949
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.
MovieTo Paris with the Identity Card
2015
as Drăgan Niță
MovieIn-laws
2014
as Ştefan Vrânceanu
A Love Story, Lindenfeld
2014
MoviePoker
2010
as Calabrezu
MovieKino Caravan
2009
as Tanasie
One-Day Adventures
2008
MovieTicăloșii
2007
as Mircea Prejbeanu
MovieTache
2007
as Tache
MovieHappy End
2006
MovieThe Way I Spent the End of the World
2006
as Grigore Matei
MovieLove Sick
2006
as Mr. Dragnea
MovieToma Caragiu - Momente de aur
2003
MoviePhilanthropy
2002
as Ovidiu Gorea
MovieThe Firemen's Choir
2000
MovieFii cu ochii pe fericire
1999
as Titi
MovieAsphalt Tango
1996
as Andrei
MovieDănilă Prepeleac
1996
as Dănilă Prepeleac
MovieThe Telephone
1992
as Radu
MovieVideograms of a Revolution
1992
as himself (archive footage)
MovieReach for the Sky
1990
as Mircea
MovieHappenings with Alexandra
1989
MovieThe Secret of the Secret Weapon
1988
as Zmeul Zmeilor
MovieO vară cu Mara
1988
as Ilieș Calancea
MovieFlames Over Treasures
1988
as Barkeeper
MovieA Smile Of The Sun
1987
as Împăratul
MovieStarting Over
1987
as Mircea
MovieRepeated Wedding
1985
as Radu Petrescu
MoviePromisses
1985
as Petruș
MovieHorea
1984
as Candrea Alexa Kendy
MovieO lumină la etajul zece
1984
as zidarul Trică
Un petic de cer
1984
as Ion Panait
MovieCăruța cu mere
1983
as Garofiță
MovieSequences...
1982
as motel keeper
MovieBucharest Identity Card
1982
as Radu Petrescu
MovieWaiting for a Train
1982
as Zarzalin
MovieThe Computer Testifies
1982
as V. Vișan
MovieThe End of the Night
1982
as Prosecutor Matei
MovieWhy Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica?
1981
as Iordache
MovieThe Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians
1981
as Romulus Brad
MovieThe Sign of the Serpent
1981
as Flondor
MovieFox Hunting
1980
as Pătru cel scurt
MovieThe House Between the Fields
1980
as Ilarie
MoviePoor Ioanide
1980
as milițian
MovieTragic Vacation
1979
as Sandu
MovieThe Actress, the Dollars and the Transylvanians
1978
as Romulus Brad
MovieTogether Again
1978
as Bănuță
MovieBefore the Silence
1978
as Pvt. Dumitru
MovieThis Above All
1978
MovieThe Prophet, the Gold, and the Transylvanians
1978
as Romulus Brad
MovieOperation 'The Bus'
1978
MovieShootings Under the Moonlight
1977
as Sgt. Marin Văduva
MovieA Lost Letter
1977
as Iordache Branzovenescu
MovieOil
1977
as Grigore
MovieA Summer Tale
1976
MovieRed Apples
1976
as Dr. Irod
MovieFilip the Kind
1975
as absolventul de liceu Filip
MovieThe Actor and the Savages
1975
as Radu Toma
MovieThe Trap
1974
as Oarca
MovieThe Poseidon Explosion
1973
MovieThe Stone Wedding
1973
as dezertorul
MovieFarewell, Dear Nela!
1972
as Bibi
