Horațiu Mălăele

Known for ActingBorn 1952-08-01 (age 73)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Happy Funerals

The Moromete Family 3: Father and Son

Maria

Melodii la Costinesti

Las Fierbinţi

For Motherland

Mincinosul

The Secret of Bacchus

O săptămână nebună

Hazelnut Chocolate

The Wackos

Divorț... din dragoste

Damen tango

Silent Wedding

Secretul lui Nemesis

Ultimul Corupt din Romania

Ora zero

Ambassadors Seek Country

Noro

September

Amen.

Hidden Mountain

Miss Litoral

Luca

Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time

The Miracle

Spring of the Goslings

Romantic Destinies

The Secret of the Secret Weapon

Family Album

Ticăloșii

Happiness Is So Close

Fii cu ochii pe fericire

Gloria nu cîntă

Casa din vis

Mad Forest

Fed Up

Somewhere in Palilula

One-Day Adventures

The Kid

Everyday God Kisses Us on the Mouth

Acțiunea Zuzuc

Alone Amongst Friends

Poker

Les Amants naufragés