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
- Family Album as Gheorghe Manasia
- Orient Express as Costache
- The Timișoara Syndrome
2003
- Alone Versus Myself as Paraschiv aka "Lama"
- Exam as Attorney Dumitrașcu
2002
- Philanthropy as Pavel Puiuț
- Bed of Procust as Nae Gheorghidiu
- The Tower of Pisa as Actor
- The Afternoon of a Torturer as Frant Tandara
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
- The Earth's Most Beloved Son as investigator
- The Conjugal Bed as Vasile Potop
- High schoolers on alert as Store owner
1992
- Divorț... din dragoste as avocatul Flavius Prună
- Casa din vis as Chivu Căpălău
1989
1987
- The Nest of Wasps as Georges
- The Extras as Matei
- Secretul lui Nemesis as N.M. Siseanu
1986
- Sentimental Summer as Coman
1984
- The Secret of Bacchus as Gheorghe Cercel
- O lumină la etajul zece as avocatul Mihai Mitrana
- Un petic de cer as Grozea
- Zbor periculos as Oprescu
1983
- On the Left Bank of the Blue Danube as majordomul Matei
- Life Like Laughing as Chief Engineer
1982
- The Encounter
- Contest as Mitică
- White Darkness as Saxofone Player
1981
1980
- Poor Ioanide as conferențiarul universitar Gonzalv Ionescu
- Last Night of Love as Constantin Mavrodin
- The "S" Network as Eugen Panait
1979
- Uncertain Roads as Onișor Dinică
1978
- Operation 'The Bus' as Armand the Baron
- Revenge as Paraipan
- Anything for Soccer as Arbitru strain de fotbal
- Doctor Poenaru as Judge Mircea Voican
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
- Three Days and Three Nights as Meseșan
- Through the Ashes of the Empire as The Diplomat
- The Premiere as Gheorghe Mihoc
1975
- The Escape as Cpt. Stoian
- We Do Not Film Just for Fun as himself / Apostu
- Stephen the Great: Vaslui 1475 as Sultan Mahomed II
- Filip the Kind as Lupu
- The Wall as ilegalistul Savu
- Postcards with Wildflowers as Marin
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
- Felix and Otilia as Stănica Rațiu
- With Clean Hands as Lăscărică
- Bariera as pungasul Ionel Calaretu
- 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
1961
- A World Wihout Sky as Sergeant