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Marcel Iures was born on the 2nd of August 1951 in Bailesti Romania and is one of Romania's most acclaimed actors in both theatre and motion pictures.

Between the periods of 1974 to 1978 Marcel studied at the Theatre and Film Academy in Bucharest and graduated from there in 1978.

He began his career at the National Theatre, Cluj, and in 1980 moved to the Bulandra theatre in Bucharest until 1991 from there he started working at the Odeon theatre also in Bucharest.

Since 1994 he has been a freelance actor playing leading roles in television, films and theatre. He has taken part in over ten television productions and also played the main parts in several full length Romanian films directed by Lucian Pintilie, Andrei Blaier, Mircea Veroiu and Nicolae Opritescu.

His international film career sprang from the UK tour in 1994 of the director, Mihai Maniutiu's production of Richard III, where he played the eponymous hero.

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