Horațiu Mălăele

Horațiu-Valentin Mălăele (born 31 July 1952 ) is a Romanian actor, cartoonist, writer, and theater and film director. In this last capacity he is often associated with the Romanian New Wave.

Biography 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 I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts 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 Teodor 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 Pălăria ("The Hat", 2004, TV movie), Nunta mută ("Silent Wedding", 2008), Funeralii fericite ("Happy Funerals", 2013) and Luca (2020).

He has also written two books: the autobiographical Horațiu despre Mălăele ("Horațiu about Mălăele", , and Wanderings, a collection of short episodes, aphorisms, and memories.

Selected filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes 1974 Petru 1979 Victor Alexe 1985 Ionuț, Varvara's son 2001Everyday God Kisses Us On The Mouth Milicia Officer 2006 La urgență Dr. Iordan Gaman 2007 Logodnicii din America Willy 2008 Vine poliția! Traian Corbescu 2009 The Army of Crime Monsieur Dupont 2010 Nuntă în Basarabia Willy 2011 Moștenirea Ionuț, Varvara's son 2012 Îngeri pierduți Eugen 2013 Funeralii Fericite Lionel 2018 Ilie Moromete