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Marcel Iureş (born August 2, 1951) is a Romanian stage and screen actor.
He was born in Băileşti and has appeared in a several American films, the most noted being Amen, Hart's War, Mission: Impossible, Interview with the Vampire, The Peacemaker, and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
The director of Fundaţia Teatrul ACT, the first independent stage in Romania, Iureş also stars as a stage actor in various roles, including the title roles of William Shakespeare's Richard II, Richard III (directed by Mihai Măniuţiu), and Hamlet (directed by Liviu Ciulei). He has also appeared in Fundaţia Teatrul ACT-staged shows such as Creatorul de Teatru (The Creator of the Theatre, directed by Alexandru Dabija), Cetatea Soarelui (Citadel of the Sun, directed by Mihai Măniuţiu), and Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape. Iureş has also performed with Teatrul Bulandra, for whom he played the lead in a 2005 production of Luigi Pirandello's Enrico IV.
Marcel Iures is one of Romania's most acclaimed stage and screen actors, having starred in more than two dozen features in his native country and twice being named its best actor. His American film credits include The Peacemaker starring George Clooney, Mission: Impossible (1996) starring Tom Cruise, and Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) starring Cruise and Brad Pitt. Among his most noted Romanian films are The Last Messenger, Balanta (1992) (The Oak), Society's Pillars, Vacanta cea mare (1988) (The Big Holiday), The Duel and Romanian. He recently finished filming Amen. (2002) for director Costa-Gavras.





