Mitică Popescu

Mitică Popescu (; 2 December 1936 – 3 January 2023) was a Romanian actor.

Biography Popescu was born in Bucharest on 2 December 1936. He started his studies in the mid-1950s at the Institute of Theatrical and Cinematographic Art, but was arrested by the Securitate in 1958, allegedly for planning to flee the country, and was sentenced to 3 years in prison. First detained at Malmaison Prison in Bucharest, he was transferred to Jilava Prison, and then to the labor camps at Periprava and Salcia on the Danube. Upon release, Radu Beligan and helped him find a job at , and in 1963 he resumed his acting studies. In 2002 he was awarded the National Order of Faithful Service, knight rank. In 2009 he received a lifetime career award from , while in 2013 he received the Gopo Award for lifetime achievements.

In 1977, Popescu married the actress Leopoldina Bălănuță, who died in 1998. He died on 3 January 2023, at the age of 86, at the in Bucharest, where he was hospitalized. He was buried with military honors in the city's Bellu Cemetery, next to his wife.

Activity Theatre Philadelphia Here I Come! by Brian Friel (1973) Vreți să jucați cu noi? by (1974) Matca by Marin Sorescu (1974) – Logodnicul, Momâie Răspântia cea mare by Victor Ion Popa (1974) – Andrei Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht (1975) – Sagredo Mânia posturilor by Vasile Alecsandri (1975) – Serviescu The Andersonville Trial by Saul Levitt (1976) – Doctor John C. Bates The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen (1976) – Hjalmar Ekdal Cititorul by contor by Paul Everac (1976) The Cave Dwellers by William Saroyan (1976) – The duke Două ore de pace by Dumitru Radu Popescu (1977) – Stelică Omul, continuați să puneți întrebări by Ada D'Albon (1977) The Émigrés by Slawomir Mrozek (1977) The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux (1978) – The garbageman Să îmbrăcăm pe cei goi by Luigi Pirandello (1978) – Lodovico Nota Absurd Person Singular by Alan Ayckbourn (1979) – Sidney Hopcroft Nu sunt Turnul Eiffel by Ecaterina Oproiu (1979) – Old man O șansă pentru fiecare by Radu F. Alexandru (1979) – The functionary Evul mediu întâmplător by Romulus Guga (1980) – Ioachim The Master and Margarita by Mihail Bulgakov (1980) – Koroviev Niște țărani by Dinu Săraru (1981) – Năiță Lucean Ca frunza dudului din rai by Dumitru Radu Popescu (1982) – Ticlete Ivona, Princess of Burgundia by Witold Gombrowicz (1983) – King Ignat Mitică Popescu by Camil Petrescu (1984) O femeie drăguță cu o floare și ferestre spre nord by Edvard Radzinsky (1986) – Fedea Actorii (1990) The Mandrake by Niccolò Machiavelli (1991) – Messer Niccia Les Monstres sacrés by Jean Cocteau (1991) – Florent Jacques and his Master by Milan Kundera (1992) – Jacques The Seagull by Anton Chekhov (1993) – Piotr Nikolaevici Sorin As You Like It by William Shakespeare (1996) – Amiens She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith (1997) – Mr. Hardcastle Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon (1997) – Victor Velasco The Ghost Sonata by August Strindberg (1999) – The old man The School for Wives by Molière (1999) – Chrysalby The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni (1999) – Pantalone Cimitirul păsărilor by Antonio Gala (2000) – Deogracias Viitorul e maculatură by (2000) – Julien Rougier Alex and Morris by Michael Elkin (2000) – Morris Colonia îngerilor by (2000) – The old man

Filmography Umilință (2011) - Sandu Ticăloșii (2007) Păcală se întoarce (2006) – a peasant Sistemul nervos (2005) Lotus (2004) – Manasia Dulcea saună a morții (2003) – Mutul Turnul din Pisa (2002) – Colonel The Earth's Most Beloved Son (1993) – Securitate officer (1993) Rămânerea (1992) Miss Litoral (1990) Idolul și Ion-Anapoda(1988) – Drumeț în calea lupilor (1988) – poștașul Un studio în căutarea unei vedete (1988) The Moromete Family (1987) – Cocoșilă Trenul by aur (1987) – Comisar Munteanu Căsătorie cu repetiție (1985) – Mitică Fapt divers (1984) Emisia continuă (1984) Fram (Serial TV) (1983) Mitul lui Mitică (1982) – himself Un Saltimbanc la Polul Nord (1982) Saltimbancii (1981) Vânătoarea by vulpi (1980) – Năiță Lucean The Moment (1979) (1979) (1978) (1978) (1978) (1977) (1977) (1976) (1976) – Marin Red Apples (1976) – prosecutor (1975) (1974) – Manea (1974) – Peter (1974) – Romniceanu