Horațiu Mălăele
Born: 1952-08-01 in Târgu-Jiu, Gorj, Romania
Known For: Acting
Biography
Horațiu-Valentin Mălăele (born 1 August 1952) is a Romanian actor, cartoonist, writer, and theater and film director. In this last capacity his is often associated with the Romanian New Wave. Born in 1952 Târgu-Jiu, he had a public art exhibit in his final year of secondary school, the first of over 30 as of 2016. Mălăele graduated in 1975 from the Institute of Theater and Cinema in Bucharest and first became a professional actor with the National Theater of Romania in Piatra Neamț. He returned to Bucharest, where he became a prominent actor, working in many of Romania's leading theaters including Nottara, Odeon, and Bulandra. He then became a director, directing such plays as O sărbătoare princiară ("A Princely Feast") by Theodor Mazilu (1982 at Nottara Theatre), A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Feydeau (1993 at Nottara Theatre), and Carlo contra Carlo ("Carlo against Carlo") by Paul Ioachim (1994 at the Odeon), which won him that year's Romanian Comedy Festival Prize. He has since directed over a dozen other stage productions. He first appeared as a film actor in 1974, appearing in two films that year: Păcală ("Caution") and Muntele Ascuns ("The Hidden Mountain", and has gone on to act in over two dozen other films. He also directed Palaria ("The Hat", 2004, TV movie), Nunta mută ("Silent Wedding", 2008) and Funeralii fericite ("Happy Funerals", 2013). He has also written two books: the autobiographical Horaţiu despre Mălăele ("Horatiu about Malaele", ISBN 9731812172, and Wanderings, a collection of short episodes, aphorisms, and memories.
Filmography
2024
- The Moromete Family 3: Father and Son as Ilie Moromete
2020
- Luca as regizor
2018
- Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time as Ilie Moromete
2014
- O săptămână nebună as Emilian Codrescu
2013
2012
- Ultimul Corupt din Romania as Titel Pangica
- Las Fierbinţi as Mos Peleus
- Somewhere in Palilula as Postman
2011
- Les Amants naufragés as Liviu Ionescu
2010
- Poker as Titel
2008
- Silent Wedding ... (Director)
- One-Day Adventures
2007
- Ticăloșii as Pompi
2004
- Family Album as Horațiu
- Damen tango as Mircea
2003
- Maria as Milco
- Ambassadors Seek Country as Titi
2002
- The Wackos as Pépé
- Amen. as Fritsche
- Noro
- Everyday God Kisses Us on the Mouth
1995
1994
- Fed Up as Bebe
1992
- Divorț... din dragoste as matematicianul Dan Cantemir
- Casa din vis as Babalete
1991
- Miss Litoral as maestrul Mugurel, președintele juriului
1988
- The Miracle as Dinu Carp
- The Secret of the Secret Weapon
1987
- Secretul lui Nemesis as Tudor
- Spring of the Goslings as studentul Ionuț, fiul Varvarei și a lui Toderaș
1985
- The Kid as Panaitescu
- Acțiunea Zuzuc as Busolă
1984
- The Secret of Bacchus as Nelu
1982
- Mad Forest as Filipache
1981
1979
- Hazelnut Chocolate as Victor Alexe
- Alone Amongst Friends as Robert
- Ora zero as Titișor Căruntu
1978
- September as The camel
1977
- Happiness Is So Close as Mihai
- Gloria nu cîntă as Matei
- For Motherland as Lieutenant Hartell
1974
- Hidden Mountain as Petru