{{short description|Romanian film and theater actor}} {{Infobox person | honorific_suffix = | name = Marcel Iureș | image = Marcel Iures.png | caption = Marcel Iureș in 2013 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1951|8|2}} | birth_place = Băilești, Dolj County, Romanian People's Republic | awards = National Order of Faithful Service | alma_mater = Theatrical Arts and Cinematography Institute }}
'''Marcel Iureș''' ({{IPA|ro|marˈtʃel ˈjureʃ|-|Ro-Marcel Iureș.ogg}}; born 2 August 1951) is a Romanian actor.<ref name=official-bio>{{Cite web |url=http://www.marcel-iures.com/biography%20page.htm |title=Biography |website=marcel-iures.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307031720/http://www.marcel-iures.com/biography%20page.htm |archive-date=March 7, 2010 |accessdate=February 21, 2010}}</ref> He is one of Romania's most acclaimed stage and film actors.<ref name=imdb/> He has acted in films and on stage both in Romania and internationally, and has played at least ten roles on Romanian and British television. His work includes voiceovers for Disney and computer games.<ref name=official-bio /> Iureș is the president and a judge of the Anonimul International Film Festival and also the president of Ideo Ideis Festival (an annual national theatre festival for teenagers).<ref name=official-bio />
==Early life== Iureș was born on 2 August 1951 in Băilești, Dolj County.<ref name=official-bio /> He entered the Theatrical Arts and Cinematography Institute in Bucharest in 1974 and graduated in 1978.<ref name=official-bio />
==Theatrical career== He made his stage debut at the Bulandra Theatre, in Bucharest, in the 1975 production of ''Ferma'', playing George. From 1978 to 1981 he acted at the National Theatre, Cluj, in numerous roles such as Beckman in the play ''Afară în fața ușii'' and The Coryphaeus in ''The Persians'' by Aeschylus<ref name=official-bio /> During the early 1980s, Iureș appeared at both the Bulandra and Odeon Theatres in Bucharest. Among his roles were the title roles in Shakespeare's were ''Hamlet'', ''Henry IV'', and ''Richard III'', but also ''Richard II''.<ref name=official-bio />
He is the president of Teatrul ACT<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.teatrulact.ro/echipa-act/ |title=Echipa |trans-title=Team |website=Teatrul ACT |accessdate=February 21, 2010 |language=ro |archive-date=June 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610135529/http://www.teatrulact.ro/echipa-act/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> (the first independent theatre in Romania<ref name="ACT history">{{cite web |url=http://www.teatrulact.ro/index.php?pag=despre&cat=istoric |title=Istoric |trans-title=History |website=Teatrul ACT |accessdate=February 21, 2010 |language=ro |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301162525/http://www.teatrulact.ro/index.php?pag=despre&cat=istoric |archivedate=March 1, 2012}}</ref>) of which he was one of the founders in 1995.<ref name="ACT history" /> Iureș has starred there in various roles, including the title roles of Shakespeare's ''Richard II'', ''Richard III'' (directed by Mihai Măniuțiu), and ''Hamlet'' (directed by Liviu Ciulei). He has also appeared in Fundația Teatrul ACT-staged shows such as ''Creatorul de Teatru'' (''The Creator of the Theatre'', directed by Alexandru Dabija), ''Cetatea Soarelui'' (''Citadel of the Sun'', directed by Mihai Măniuţiu), and Samuel Beckett's ''Krapp's Last Tape''.<ref name=official-bio /> Iureș also continues to perform with the Bulandra Theatre, for whom he played the lead in a 2005 production of Luigi Pirandello's ''Henry IV''.<ref name=official-news />
He received many accolades and nominations (in both Romania and abroad) throughout his career. In 2000, he was awarded by Romanian President Emil Constantinescu the National Order of Faithful Service, Officer class.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://lege5.ro/Gratuit/gi3deojr/decretul-nr-524-2000-privind-conferirea-unor-decoratii-nationale-personalului-din-subordinea-ministerului-culturii|title=Decretul președintelui României nr. 524 din 1 decembrie 2000 privind conferirea unor decorații naționale personalului din subordinea Ministerului Culturii|publisher=Monitorul Oficial |volume= 666 |date=16 December 2000|at= art. 2, anexa 2, b) 3.|language=ro}}</ref>
==Film roles== Iureș made his film debut portraying Franz Liszt in the 1978 Romanian film ''{{ill|Vis de ianuarie|ro}}'' (''January Dream''). From the early 1980s and into the 1990s, he continued to build a screen career, appearing in many minor and major roles in Romania.<ref name=official-bio/>
Iureș's international film career sprang from the UK tour in 1994 of Mihai Măniuțiu's production of ''Richard III'', where he played the eponymous hero.<ref name=official-bio/> The role of Alexander Golitsyn in the 1996 film ''Mission: Impossible'' was quickly followed by playing Dušan Gavrić in the 1997 film ''The Peacemaker'',<ref name=imdb>{{IMDb name|id=0411903|name=Marcel Iureș}}. Retrieved 21 February 2010.</ref> starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman.<ref>{{IMDb title|id=0119874|title=The Peacemaker}}. Retrieved 21 February 2010</ref> Other film appearances include roles in ''Hart's War'', ''Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'', ''Layer Cake'', ''Goal!'', ''Faimosul Paparazzo'', ''Isolation'', ''Vacanța Cea Mare'', and ''Logodnicii Din America''.<ref name=imdb/>
==Other work== In 2007, Iureș volunteered his help in the Verde 003 project, which aims to build a better environment for all Romanians by planting vegetation.<ref name=official-bio /><ref name=official-news>{{cite web |url=http://www.marcel-iures.com/mediaonlinenews.htm |title=News Information |website=marcel-iures.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307030922/http://www.marcel-iures.com/mediaonlinenews.htm |archivedate=March 7, 2010 |accessdate=February 21, 2010}}</ref>
==Partial filmography== {{Div col}} *''Aurel Vlaicu'' (1977), as Molla *''The Actress, the Dollars and the Transylvanians'' (1978), as The sharpshooter *''{{ill|Vis de ianuarie|ro}}'' (1978, ''January Dream''), as Franz Liszt *''{{ill|Castle in the Carpathians|ro|Castelul din Carpați (film din 1981)}}'' (1981), as the inventor Orfanik *''{{ill|Punga cu libelule|ro}}'' (1981), as Lt. Dimitrie Turda *''{{ill|Să mori rănit din dragoste de viață|ro}}'' (1984, ''Fatally Injured by Love of Life'', a.k.a. ''To Die from Love of Life''), as Mironescu *''Sezonul pescărușilor'' (1985, ''Seagull Season'') *''{{ill|Domnișoara Aurica|ro|Domnișoara Aurica (film)}}'' (1986, ''Ms. Aurica''), as the elegant man *''{{ill|Vacanța cea mare|ro}}'' (1988 lit. ''Vacation by the Sea''; a.k.a. ''The Big Holiday'', ''The Great Vacation''), as Neagu *''{{ill|Un bulgăre de humă|ro}}'' (1989, ''A Ball of Clay'') *''Cei care plătesc cu viața'' (1991, ''Those Who Pay with Their Lives'') *''Balanța'' (1992, ''The Oak'') a.k.a. ''Stejarul'' (known in French as ''Le Chêne'') *''Un été inoubliable'' (1994, ''An Unforgettable Summer''), as Gen. Ipsilanti *''Interview with the Vampire'' (1994), as the Paris Vampire *''Somnul insulei'' (1994, ''The Sleep of the Island'', Director: Mircea Veroiu, adapted from the novel "Al Doilea Mesager"/"The Second Messenger" by Bujor Nedelcovici) .... Jean Elby *''Mission: Impossible'' (1996) .... Alexander Golitsyn *''The Peacemaker'' (1997) .... Dusan Gavrich *''Faimosul paparazzo'' (1999) .... Gari *''Fii cu ochii pe fericire'' (1999) .... Pitulice *''The Elite'' (2001) .... Nayo *''I Hope...'' (2001, Short) .... Will *''Amen.'' (2002; a.k.a. ''Eyewitness'', and in Germany as ''Der Stellvertreter'') .... Pope *''Hart's War'' (2002) .... Col. Werner Visser *''Dracula the Impaler'' (2002) .... Vlad (voice) *''3 păzește'' (2003, ''Three Warnings'') .... Sefu' *''Cambridge Spies'' (2003, TV Mini-Series) .... Otto *''The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea'' (2004) .... General Foestling *''Layer Cake'' (2004) .... Slavo *''A Few Day's Adventures'' (2004) *''The Cave'' (2005) .... Dr. Nicolai *''Goal!'' (2005) .... Erik Dornhelm *''Isolation'' (2005) .... John *''Cars'' (2006) .... Doc Hudson (Romanian dubbing) *''Logodnicii din America'' (2007) .... Radu *''Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'' (2007) .... Capitaine Chevalle *''Youth Without Youth'' (2007) .... Prof. Giuseppe Tucci *''Gruber's Journey'' (2008) .... Doctor Gruber *''Thick as Thieves'' (2009) .... Zykov *''Mănuși Roșii'' (2010) .... Dr. Ghiosdan *''Bunraku'' (2010) .... Chief of Police *''The Phantom Father'' (2011) .... Robert Traum *''Crossing Lines'' (2013-2014, TV Series) .... Alexander Dimitrov *''O nouă viață'' (2014) ..... Nae's brother *''Hotel Transylvania 2'' (2015) .... Vlad (Romanian dubbing)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cinemarx.ro/stiri-cinema/marcel-iures-este-morocanosul-vlad-in-animatia-hotel-transylvania-2/ |title=Marcel Iureș este morocănosul Vlad în animația "Hotel Transylvania 2"! |trans-title=Marcel Iureș is the grouchy Vlad in the animation "Hotel Transylvania 2"! |website=www.cinemarx.ro |accessdate=August 1, 2017 |language=ro |archive-date=February 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221002804/http://www.cinemarx.ro/stiri-cinema/marcel-iures-este-morocanosul-vlad-in-animatia-hotel-transylvania-2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> *''Octav'' (2017) .... Octave {{div col end}} :Source:<ref name=imdb/>
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==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.marcel-iures.com}} *{{IMDb name|0411903|Marcel Iureș}} *[http://www.teatrulact.ro Act Theater]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Iures, Marcel}} Category:1951 births Category:Living people Category:People from Băilești Category:Romanian male film actors Category:Romanian male stage actors Category:Romanian male Shakespearean actors Category:Romanian theatre managers and producers Category:20th-century Romanian male actors Category:21st-century Romanian male actors Category:Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film alumni Category:Recipients of the National Order of Faithful Service