Vlad Radescu

Born in Bucharest, Vlad Radescu is a Romanian actor and theater director who is also a scholar. He trained at the Institute of Theatre and Film Arts, graduating in 1975 under Sanda Manu and Geta Angheluță. While still a freshman he was spotted by director Gheorghe Vitanidis, who gave him the lead in the biographical film Ciprian Porumbescu. His role as Comosicus came in 1980 in the historical epic Burebista. He also took the part of Avram Iancu in Munții în flăcări and in La răscrucea marilor furtuni (1980), directed by Mircea Moldovan. On foreign television he played Charlemagne in 1996 and Otto von Bismarck from 2007 to 2009. He also worked in domestic and foreign films, television series and telenovelas. He founded an international festival for European theater schools, which ran from 1993 to 1996, and in 1998 initiated the stage show Suits, directed by Dan Puric. He later taught acting in Bucharest.