Born in Vlădești, Argeș County, he graduated high school in Câmpulung in 1967 and Bucharests Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in 1971. He made his theatrical debut a year before graduating, at the Bulandra Theater, in Truman Capotes The Grass Harp. His screen debut came in Dan Pițas Nunta de piatră (1972); he would later appear in the same directors Filip cel Bun (1975). Other directors with whom he has worked include Alexandru Tatos (Mere roșii, 1975; Secvențe, 1982; and Secretul armei secrete, 1988), Virgil Calotescu (Buletin de București, 1982; and Căsătorie cu repetiție, 1985), Nae Caranfil (Asfalt Tango, 1996; and Filantropica, 2002) and Cătălin Mitulescu (The Way I Spent the End of the World, 2006). In all, he has appeared in more than sixty films.Diaconu worked with Lucian Pintilie both in film (the 1981 De ce trag clopotele, Mitică?) and in theater Gogols The Government Inspector at Bulandra, and Shakespeares As You Like It at the Nottara Theater. Liviu Ciulei hired him at Bulandra in 1972, and he remained there for a decade, before moving on to Nottara. At Bulandra, he appeared in Twelfth Night and The Tempest, both under Ciuleis direction; and in Marin Sorescus Răceala, directed by Dan Micu. At Nottara, he appeared in Alexander Ostrovskys The Forest; Ultimul bal, after Liviu Rebreanus Forest of the Hanged; and Mihai Ispirescus Într-o dimineață. He became the director of Nottara Theater in 2004, working as such until his resignation in 2011.

All movies available from Mircea Diaconu

Poster movie Asphalt Tango

Asphalt Tango

Movie

Movies unavailable from Mircea Diaconu

Bucharest Identity Card

Radu Petrescu

Movie 1982

Love Sick

Mr. Dragnea

Movie 2006

Philanthropy

Ovidiu Gorea

Movie 2002

The Actress, the Dollars and the Transylvanians

Romulus Brad

Movie 1978

Sequences

motel keeper

Movie 1982

The Prophet, the Gold, and the Transylvanians

Romulus Brad

Movie 1978

The Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians

Romulus Brad

Movie 1981

Reach for the Sky

Mircea

Movie 1990

One-Day Adventures

Movie 2008

Ticăloșii

Mircea Prejbeanu

Movie 2007

Happy End

Movie 2006

To Paris with the Identity Card

Drăgan Niță

Movie 2015

Red Apples

Dr. Irod

Movie 1976

Kino Caravan

Tanasie

Movie 2009

Fox Hunting

Pătru cel scurt

Movie 1980

A Love Story, Lindenfeld

Movie 2014

A Lost Letter

Iordache Branzovenescu

Movie 1977

The Stone Wedding

dezertorul

Movie 1973

In-laws

Ştefan Vrânceanu

Movie 2014

The Firemen's Choir

Movie 2000

Repeated Wedding

Radu Petrescu

Movie 1985

The Way I Spent the End of the World

Grigore Matei

Movie 2006

A Smile Of The Sun

Împăratul

Movie 1987

Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica?

Iordache

Movie 1981

The Secret of the Secret Weapon

Zmeul Zmeilor

Movie 1988

The House Between the Fields

Ilarie

Movie 1980

Dănilă Prepeleac

Dănilă Prepeleac

Movie 1996

The Poseidon Explosion

Movie 1973

O lumină la etajul zece

zidarul Trică

Movie 1984

The Sign of the Serpent

Flondor

Movie 1981

Poor Ioanide

milițian

Movie 1980

Filip the Kind

absolventul de liceu Filip

Movie 1975

Oil

Grigore

Movie 1977

Un petic de cer

Ion Panait

Movie 1984

Poker

Calabrezu

Movie 2010

Waiting for a Train

Zarzalin

Movie 1982

A Summer Tale

Movie 1976

Happenings with Alexandra

Movie 1989

Farewell, Dear Nela!

Bibi

Movie 1972

The Actor and the Savages

Radu Toma

Movie 1975

Operation 'The Bus'

Movie 1978

Promisses

Petruș

Movie 1985

Starting Over

Mircea

Movie 1987

The Computer Testifies

V. Vișan

Movie 1982

The Trap

Oarca

Movie 1974

The Telephone

Radu

Movie 1992

Before the Silence

Pvt. Dumitru

Movie 1978

Shootings Under the Moonlight

Sgt. Marin Văduva

Movie 1977

Together Again

Bănuță

Movie 1978

Tragic Vacation

Sandu

Movie 1979

The End of the Night

Prosecutor Matei

Movie 1982

Horea

Candrea Alexa Kendy

Movie 1984

Căruța cu mere

Garofiță

Movie 1983

O vară cu Mara

Ilieș Calancea

Movie 1988

Flames Over Treasures

Barkeeper

Movie 1988

Fii cu ochii pe fericire

Titi

Movie 1999

Tache

Tache

Movie 2007

Toma Caragiu - Momente de aur

Movie 2003