Nae Lăzărescu

Niculae Lăzărescu also known as Nae Lăzărescu (; 8 September 1941 – 19 December 2013) was a Romanian television, stage and screen actor as well as a famous comedian.

Born in Bucharest, Romania, Lăzărescu began his career in 1963. Lăzărescu was best known for his work with the Constantin Tănase Theater. He is also famous for the "Nae şi Vasile" comedic duo, in which he appeared together with fellow actor and long-time friend Vasile Muraru for the past 20 years. In the last years they were a recurrent show-up in the New Year's Eve TV special at Antena 1.

Nae Lăzărescu died of chronic liver disease on 19 December 2013, aged 72, in Bucharest, Romania. He was buried on 21 December in Focșani, Vrancea County.

Biography Nae Lăzărescu was born on 30 January 1940 in a poor neighborhood of Bucharest. Surrounded by his parents' love, he lived in a class with 64 kids, as the great actor says.

His first contact with acting was when he was only a child, in his first year of school. He met titans such as Bimbo Mărculescu, Vasile Tormazian, a quite remarkable monologue actor, and Nae took advantage of the long breaks between the cinematographic performances, and shook hands with Puiu Călinescu, Alexandru Gheorghiu, Nae Roman, etc.

While studying at Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Nae Lăzărescu performed in a satirical theater group as a beginner. After this start in his career, he worked at Romanian Rhapsodie, in the platform section. He had the chance to befriend one of the most important singers from 1970's Romania, Aurelian Andreescu; the actor, recalls his memories about it: "From joke to joke I am what you see. I do a lot of pilferages along this life. After my friend, Aurelian Andreescu died, I stop this actions. Since then, 30 years or more passed. Soon I will stop the others too ...".