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Horațiu Mălăele

Horațiu Mălăele

Birthday: 1952-08-01 | Place of Birth: Târgu-Jiu, Gorj, Romania

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

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

2012
Somewhere in Palilula

as    Postman

2012
Ultimul Corupt din Romania

as    Titel Pangica

2011
Les Amants naufragés

as    Liviu Ionescu

2003
Maria

as    Milco

2002
The Wackos

as    Pépé

1988
The Miracle

as    Dinu Carp

1982
Mad Forest

as    Filipache

1979
Alone Amongst Friends

as    Robert