Marcel Iureș Biography: Wife, Children, Age, Height, Net Worth, Parents, Movies

Marcel Iureș, is a Romanian actor, known for his deep voice, magnetic intensity, and ability to portray both villains and tragic heroes with equal mastery.

He gained global recognition for his chilling performances as Dušan Gavrić in Mission: Impossible (1996) and Alexander Golitsyn in The Peacemaker (1997), yet remains most revered at home for his decades-long contribution to Romanian theatre.

Co-founder of the ACT Theatre in Bucharest (the country’s first independent theatre after 1989), he has served as its artistic director since 1995 and as president of the Anonimul International Independent Film Festival since 2004.

Profile

• Full Name: Marcel Iureș
• Stage Name: Marcel Iureș
• Born: August 2, 1951
• Age: 74 years old
• Birthplace: Băilești, Dolj County, Romania
• Nationality: Romanian
• Occupation: Actor (theatre & film), Theatre Director
• Height: 1.85 m
• Parents: Dumitru Iureș
• Siblings: Unknown
• Spouse: Irina Iureș
• Children: Alex Iureș (son)
• Relationship: Married
• Net Worth: ~$900,000

Early Life and Education

Marcel Iureș was born on August 2, 1951 in the small town of Băilești, Dolj County, Romania, to Dumitru Iureș, a local worker, and an unknown mother. He might have had siblings but details about them are unknown.

He discovered theatre as a teenager and moved to Bucharest, graduating from the I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts (UNATC) in 1978 in the class of legendary professor Petre Vasilescu. Immediately after graduation he was hired by the Bulandra Theatre, where he quickly became a leading actor.

Details about his ethnicity and religious background are not publicly known.

Career

Iureș spent the 1980s and early 1990s building an extraordinary stage reputation at Bulandra Theatre and the National Theatre Bucharest, starring in landmark productions of Hamlet, Richard III, The Lower Depths, and The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? (for which he won multiple UNITER awards). In 1995 he co-founded ACT Theatre – Romania’s first independent professional theatre after the fall of communism – and has directed it ever since, turning it into a beacon of artistic freedom.

His Hollywood breakthrough came at age 45 with Brian De Palma’s Mission: Impossible (1996), followed by The Peacemaker (1997) opposite George Clooney and Nicole Kidman. He continued with major international roles in Hart’s War (2002), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007, uncredited cameo), The Phantom Father (2011), and the HBO series The Young Pope (2016).

In Romania he is celebrated for films such as Fii cu ochii pe fericire (1999), Amen. (2002), Isolation (2005), and Octav (2017), earning the Romanian Order of Cultural Merit and the TIFF Lifetime Excellence Award.

At 74 he remains intensely active: directing and acting at ACT Theatre, mentoring young artists, and presiding over the Anonimul Festival on the Danube Delta.

Social Media

• Instagram Handle: Unknown
• Facebook Handle: Marcel Iureș
• Twitter Handle: Unknown

Personal Life

Marcel Iureș has been married to actress and theatre director Irina Iureș for decades. They have one son, Alex Iureș. He lives a discreet life in Bucharest, rarely giving interviews, and is known for his love of fishing, literature, and long walks, and absolute dedication to the theatre.

Filmography

• Those Who Pay with Their Lives (1989)
• Balanța / The Oak (1992) – Mitică
• Mission: Impossible (1996) – Dušan Gavrić
• The Peacemaker (1997) – Dušan Gavrić
• Fii cu ochii pe fericire (1999)
• Amen. (2002) – Pope Pius XII (voice)
• Hart’s War (2002) – Col. Werner Visser
• Isolation (2005)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007) – Captain Villanueva (uncredited)
• Youth Without Youth (2007)
• The Phantom Father (2011)
• The Young Pope (HBO, 2016) – Cardinal Voiello’s confessor
• Octav (2017)

Net Worth

Estimated at approximately $900,000–$1 million, derived primarily from decades of leading theatre salaries, international film roles, royalties, and his long-term leadership of ACT Theatre and the Anonimul Festival.