Horațiu Mălăele

Biography

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 t…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Amen. (2002) — Fritsche
2. Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time (2018) — Ilie Moromete
3. Las Fierbinţi (2012) — Moș Peleus
4. Somewhere in Palilula (2012) — Postman
5. Poker (2010) — Titel
6. The Secret of Bacchus (1984) — Nelu
7. The Secret of the Secret Weapon (1988)
8. Everyday God Kisses Us on the Mouth (2002)
9. Ticăloșii (2007) — Pompi
10. Fed Up (1994) — Bebe
11. Secretul lui Nemesis (1987) — Tudor
12. For Motherland (1977) — Lieutenant Hartell
13. Miss Litoral (1991) — maestrul Mugurel, președintele juriului
14. Spring of the Goslings (1987) — studentul Ionuț, fiul Varvarei și a lui Toderaș
15. The Kid (1985) — Panaitescu
16. Luca (2020) — regizor
17. Maria (2003) — Milco
18. Mad Forest (1982) — Filipache
19. Happy Funerals (2013)
20. The Moromete Family 3: Father and Son (2024) — Ilie Moromete
21. Family Album (2004) — Horațiu
22. Acțiunea Zuzuc (1985) — Busolă
23. One-Day Adventures (2008)
24. Les Amants naufragés (2011) — Liviu Ionescu
25. Divorț... din dragoste (1992) — matematicianul Dan Cantemir
26. September (1978) — The camel
27. Ambassadors Seek Country (2003) — Titi
28. Hazelnut Chocolate (1979) — Victor Alexe
29. The Miracle (1988) — Dinu Carp
30. Romantic Destinies (1981)
31. Ora zero (1979) — Titișor Căruntu
32. Hidden Mountain (1974) — Petru
33. Happiness Is So Close (1977) — Mihai
34. Alone Amongst Friends (1979) — Robert
35. Gloria nu cîntă (1977) — Matei
36. Casa din vis (1992) — Babalete
37. Damen tango (2004) — Mircea
38. The Wackos (2002) — Pépé
39. Melodii la Costinesti (1983)
40. Fii cu ochii pe fericire (1999)

Directed

1. Silent Wedding (2008) — Director
2. Luca (2020) — Director
3. Happy Funerals (2013) — Director