Alexandru Dabija

Alexandru Dabija (born February 13, 1955) is a stage director and actor in Romanian theater and film.

Born in Piatra Neamț, he graduated from the I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts in Bucharest. He was general manager of the Odeon Theatre in Bucharest from 1991 to 1994 and from 1996 to 2002.

Theater plays directed Avram Iancu, made by Mihai Măniuțiu (Casandra Theater Studio, 1978) Taifunul, by Cao Yu (, 1988) Burghezul gentilom, by Molière (Nottara Theatre, 1989) Ospățul lui Balthazar, by Benjamin Fondane (Nottara Theatre, 1990) Lola Blau, by Georg Kreisler (State Jewish Theater, 1993) Lungul drum al zilei către noapte, by Eugene O'Neill (Nottara Theatre, 1998) Școala femeilor, by Molière (Teatrul Mic, 1998) Jucăria de vorbe, a scenario, directed by Alexandru Dabija, after "Cartea cu jucării" by Tudor Arghezi (Odeon Theatre, 1998) Saragosa, 66 de Zile, adapted by Dabija from The Manuscript Found in Saragossa by Jan Potocki (Odeon Theatre and Theater der Welt Festival in Berlin, 1999) 2015 — Aferim!, directed by Radu Jude, the role of boyar Iulian Cîndrescu 2016 — Inimi cicatrizate , a scenario directed by Radu Jude, the role of Mr. Lazăr B. 2018 - "Seagull" - short feature - directed by Maria Popistașu 2018 - "I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians" - directed by Radu Jude

Awards In December 2000 he was awarded by then-Pres. Emil Constantinescu the National Order of Faithful Service, Officer rank.

In 2008 he was awarded with National Award for Arts together with Mircea Cărtărescu and Cristian Mungiu

For his performance as boyar Iordache Cîndescu from the film Aferim! (by director Radu Jude, released in 2015), Dabija was rewarded with the Gopo Award for Best Supporting Actor at Gopo Gala 2016.

For his performance as Mr. Movila from the film I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians (by director Radu Jude, released in 2018, Dabija was rewarded with the Gopo Award for Best Supporting Actor at Gopo Gala 2018.

He was rewarded with 5 UNITER AWARDS from 1995 to 2012

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