George Piștereanu

George Piștereanu (born 13 November 1990) is a Romanian actor. He lives in Los Angeles, California. His major role was Silviu in "If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle" – a Florin Șerban drama which received the Silver Bear and Alfred Bauer awards at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival. This drama earned Piștereanu his first Best Actor Award at the Stockholm Film Festival and a nomination for the European Best Actor at the European Film Awards in 2011.

After graduation from the Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film in 2012, he was an actor at the National Theatre Bucharest in drama and comedy plays – Mozart in the Amadeus play (2015) as well as other plays in the company of some of Romania's best known actors: Sebastian Papaiani, Ion Dichiseanu, Victoria Cocias.

His career continued to ascend through movie roles: Luca main role in "Loverboy" (2011), Tibor in "You're Ugly Too" drama nominated for the Generation K-Plus at the Berlinale Film Festival 2014, Alex in "The Whistler" (2018) drama nominated for the Cannes Official Selection 2019, Vali in "The Asset" (2021) and Carlos in "The Contractor" (2022).

Piștereanu's acting career extends in many Romanian Television series, playing Tibor in "Vlad", a popular television drama.

In addition to acting, he has trained in paragliding with Ecos Paragliding, boxing at CS Dinamo Bucharest, kickboxing at Superkombat Academy in Bucharest, and competitive swimming at the 23 August National Sports Club. He also practiced Krav Maga stick fighting under instructor Vasile Niță, earning a black belt. Piștereanu began training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) at Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu Club (now 6 Blades Jiu-Jitsu) under coach Petre Gîtlan. He later continued his training at the Jean Jacques Machado Academy under coach Mark Mireles, under whose supervision he further developed his technical approach and progression in the sport. He currently holds a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

Selected filmography