Adrian Pintea

Adrian Virgil Pintea (Romanian pronunciation: [adriˈan ˈpinte̯a]; 9 October 1954 – 8 June 2007) was a Romanian actor.

Adrian Pintea
Born	Adrian Virgil Pintea (1954-10-09)October 9, 1954 Beiuș, Bihor County, Romanian People's Republic
Died	8 June 2007(2007-06-08) (aged 52) Bucharest, Romania
Resting place	Bellu Cemetery, Bucharest
Alma mater	Theatrical and Cinematographical Arts Institute
Spouses	Silvia Mihaela Rusan ​ ​ (m. 1984⁠–⁠1995)​ Lavinia Pintea ​ (m. 2000⁠–⁠2007)​
Partner	Irina Petrescu

Career

Pintea graduated from the Theatrical and Cinematographical Arts Institute in Bucharest.^[1] He appeared in the 2005 Romanian film Femeia visurilor directed by Dan Pița. Pintea made his last appearance in Francis Ford Coppola's 2007 film Youth Without Youth.

Death

He died on 8 June 2007 from complications from cirrhosis, pulmonary and kidney hypertension,^[2] and was buried at Bellu Cemetery in Bucharest.^[3]

Selected filmography

Photograph of a scene from the 1979 film Falansterul: Pintea as Teodor Diamant, and Julieta Szönyi as his (fictional) lover, Catița Fanache

• Mînia [ro] (1978), as the boy with the bird
• Aurel Vlaicu [ro] (1977), as Ștefan Octavian Iosif
• Între oglinzi paralele [ro] (1979), as George Praida
• Falansterul [ro] (1979), as Teodor Diamant
• Iancu Jianu zapciul [ro] (1981), as Iancu Jianu
• Iancu Jianu haiducul [ro] (1981), as Iancu Jianu
• Ștefan Luchian [ro] (1981), as Nicolae Tonitza
• Fapt divers [ro] (1985), as Lică
• Adela [ro] (1985), as the piano technician
• Pădureanca [ro] (1987), as Iorgovan
• Those Who Pay With Their Lives (1989), as Gelu Ruscanu
• Mircea (1989), as Vlad, the son of Mircea the Elder
• Un bulgăre de humă [ro] (1990), as Mihai Eminescu
• Duck Tales (1996), as Viking’s King (Romanian voice)
• Diplomatic Siege (1999), as Goran Mladenov
• Vlad (2003), as Iancu de Hunedoara
• 7 Seconds (film) (2005), as Grapini