Gheorghe Dinică

Born: 1934-01-01 in Bucharest, Romania

Died: 2009-11-10

Known For: Acting

Biography

Dinica showed an early interest in acting, being part of different amateur theater troupes since he was 17. In 1957, he entered The National Institute of Theatre and Cinematography Art in Bucharest. He graduated in 1961, already drawing public attention with the role of Inspector Goole in the graduation play An Inspector Calls. Since then, Gheorghe Dinica performed for some of the most important Romanian theatres: 1961-1967 Comedy Theatre, Bucharest 1968-1969 Bulandra Theatre, Bucharest since 1972 I.L.Caragiale National Theatre, Bucharest Dinica was also a Romanian director and popular film actor, thus acting mostly in Romanian films. Like the French actor Alain Delon, Dinica refused to act in movies produced in the United States. Since 2002, Dinica was an honorary member of the society of I.L.Caragiale National Theatre. He is also an honorary citizen of the city of Bucharest. He was awarded the "Faithful Service" Order in the Grand Officer class. Dinica died of cardiac arrest at Floreasca Emergency Hospital, Bucharest.

Filmography

2009

Weekend with My Mother as Bunicul
Aniela as Generalul Grigorie Vulturescu

2008

Regina as Aurică Fieraru

2007

Ticăloșii as Romanescu
Inimă de țigan as Aurică Fieraru

2006

White Palms as Ferenc 'Puma' Szabó

2005

L'homme pressé as Zacharie Regencrantz

2004

Orient Express as Costache
Family Album as Gheorghe Manasia
The Timișoara Syndrome

2003

Exam as Attorney Dumitrașcu

2002

Philanthropy as Pavel Puiuț
Bed of Procust as Nae Gheorghidiu
The Afternoon of a Torturer as Frant Tandara
The Tower of Pisa as Actor

1994

The Stone Cross as Mache Puzderie
Fed Up as Doctor
Mirror as Mihai Antonescu

1993

The Conjugal Bed as Vasile Potop
Look Ahead with Anger as Dimos
High schoolers on alert as Store owner
The Earth's Most Beloved Son as investigator

1992

Divorț... din dragoste as avocatul Flavius Prună
Casa din vis as Chivu Căpălău

1987

Secretul lui Nemesis as N.M. Siseanu
The Nest of Wasps as Georges
The Extras as Matei

1986

Sentimental Summer as Coman

1984

The Secret of Bacchus as Gheorghe Cercel
Zbor periculos as Oprescu
O lumină la etajul zece as avocatul Mihai Mitrana
Un petic de cer as Grozea

1983

Life Like Laughing as Chief Engineer
On the Left Bank of the Blue Danube as majordomul Matei

1982

Contest as Mitică
The Encounter
White Darkness as Saxofone Player

1981

Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica? as Nae

1980

Poor Ioanide as conferențiarul universitar Gonzalv Ionescu
The "S" Network as Eugen Panait
Last Night of Love as Constantin Mavrodin

1979

Uncertain Roads as Onișor Dinică

1978

Doctor Poenaru as Judge Mircea Voican
Revenge as Paraipan
Operation 'The Bus' as Armand the Baron
Anything for Soccer as Arbitru strain de fotbal

1977

The Great Solitary as prim-secretarul Comitetului Regional de Partid
Oil as George "Salamandră"
Steps in the Sky as Vitcu

1976

The Punishment as Ion, Seful de Post de Jandarmi
Through the Ashes of the Empire as The Diplomat
The Premiere as Gheorghe Mihoc
Three Days and Three Nights as Meseșan

1975

Filip the Kind as Lupu
The Escape as Cpt. Stoian
Stephen the Great: Vaslui 1475 as Sultan Mahomed II
We Do Not Film Just for Fun as himself / Apostu
The Wall as ilegalistul Savu
Postcards with Wildflowers as Marin

1974

The Martens Brothers as Dumitru Crivăț
A Police Inspector Calls as Paraipan
Beyond the Sands as maiorul Ionescu
The Immortals as Postelnicul Butnaru
The Prodigal Father as Marin

1973

The Poseidon Explosion

1972

Then I Sentenced Them All to Death as Notar
Bariera as pungasul Ionel Calaretu
With Clean Hands as Lăscărică
Felix and Otilia as Stănica Rațiu

1971

Nebunia lui Pantalone as Brighella

1970

Too Little for Such a Big War

1968

The Column as Bastus

1967

The Dacians as dublaj voce Fuscus
The Major and Death as Mjr. Tache

1966

White Trial as Dumitrana
Golgotha as Sergentul

1965

Comoara din Vadul Vechi as Zamfir

1964

The Stranger as Jurcă

1961

A World Wihout Sky as Sergeant