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
- Aniela as Generalul Grigorie Vulturescu
- Weekend with My Mother as Bunicul
2008
- Regina as Aurică Fieraru
2007
- Inimă de țigan as Aurică Fieraru
- Ticăloșii as Romanescu
2006
- White Palms as Ferenc 'Puma' Szabó
2005
- L'homme pressé as Zacharie Regencrantz
2004
- The Timișoara Syndrome
- Family Album as Gheorghe Manasia
- Orient Express as Costache
2003
- Alone Versus Myself as Paraschiv aka "Lama"
- Exam as Attorney Dumitrașcu
2002
- Philanthropy as Pavel Puiuț
- The Afternoon of a Torturer as Frant Tandara
- Bed of Procust as Nae Gheorghidiu
- The Tower of Pisa as Actor
2001
1999
- The Famous Paparazzo as State Attorney
1996
- The Old Court Libertines as Maiorică Arnoteanu
1995
- Terente: The King of Swamps as Bazil Ionescu
1994
- The Stone Cross as Mache Puzderie
- Mirror as Mihai Antonescu
- Fed Up as Doctor
1993
- Look Ahead with Anger as Dimos
- High schoolers on alert as Store owner
- The Earth's Most Beloved Son as investigator
- The Conjugal Bed as Vasile Potop
1992
- Divorț... din dragoste as avocatul Flavius Prună
- Casa din vis as Chivu Căpălău
1989
1987
- The Extras as Matei
- The Nest of Wasps as Georges
- Secretul lui Nemesis as N.M. Siseanu
1986
- Sentimental Summer as Coman
1984
- Zbor periculos as Oprescu
- The Secret of Bacchus as Gheorghe Cercel
- A Light on the 10th Floor as avocatul Mihai Mitrana
- Un petic de cer as Grozea
1983
- On the Left Bank of the Blue Danube as majordomul Matei
- Life Like Laughing as Chief Engineer
1982
- The Encounter
- White Darkness as Saxofone Player
- Contest as Mitică
1981
- A World Wihout Sky as Sergeant
- Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica? as Nae
1980
- Last Night of Love as Constantin Mavrodin
- The "S" Network as Eugen Panait
- Poor Ioanide as conferențiarul universitar Gonzalv Ionescu
1979
- Uncertain Roads as Onișor Dinică
1978
- Revenge as Paraipan
- Operation 'The Bus' as Armand the Baron
- Doctor Poenaru as Judge Mircea Voican
- Anything for Soccer as Arbitru strain de fotbal
1977
- Steps in the Sky as Vitcu
- The Great Solitary as prim-secretarul Comitetului Regional de Partid
- Oil as George "Salamandră"
1976
- The Punishment as Ion, Seful de Post de Jandarmi
- The Premiere as Gheorghe Mihoc
- Three Days and Three Nights as Meseșan
- Through the Ashes of the Empire as The Diplomat
1975
- We Do Not Film Just for Fun as himself / Apostu
- The Wall as ilegalistul Savu
- The Escape as Cpt. Stoian
- Postcards with Wildflowers as Marin
- Stephen the Great: Vaslui 1475 as Sultan Mahomed II
- Filip the Kind as Lupu
1974
- The Immortals as Postelnicul Butnaru
- Beyond the Sands as maiorul Ionescu
- A Police Inspector Calls as Paraipan
- The Martens Brothers as Dumitru Crivăț
- The Prodigal Father as Marin
1972
- Bariera as pungasul Ionel Calaretu
- Felix and Otilia as Stănica Rațiu
- With Clean Hands as Lăscărică
- Then I Sentenced Them All to Death as Notar
1971
- Nebunia lui Pantalone as Brighella
1968
- The Column as Bastus
1967
- The Dacians as dublaj voce Fuscus
- The Major and Death as Mjr. Tache
1966
- Golgotha as Sergentul
- White Trial as Dumitrana
1965
- Comoara din Vadul Vechi as Zamfir
1964
- The Stranger as Jurcă