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name: "Ion Sapdaru"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 August 1961"
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average_fi1m_score: 86
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:40.354940+00:00"
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# Ion Sapdaru

Actor. Born 4 August 1961 in Doroțcaia, Moldova.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 August 1961, Doroțcaia, Moldova
- **Active:** 2007–2012
- **Also known as:** Ioan Sapdaru, Ион Сэпдару

## Biography

Ion Sapdaru is a Romanian actor and theatre director. He was born on 4 August 1961 in Doroțcaia, Moldova. He graduated from the Theatre Faculty in Chișinău in 1983 and the VGIK Film Faculty in Moscow in 1989.

Since 1990 he has worked as an actor and director at the Vasile Alecsandri National Theatre in Iași. His film roles include Tiberiu Mănescu in *12:08 East of Bucharest* (2006), for which he received the Gopo Award for Best Actor, Dr Rusu in *4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days* (2007), a border guard in *The Whistleblower* (2010), the captain in *Beyond the Hills* (2012), and Comrade Vârtosu in *The New Year That Never Came* (2024). He is also credited as a playwright and screenwriter.

*Sources: imdb.com, ro.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Beyond the Hills* (2012), Fi1m 82, as Captain — [page](https://film.one/film/beyond-the-hills.md)
- *4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days* (2007), Fi1m 91, as Mr Rusu — [page](https://film.one/film/4-months-3-weeks-and-2-days.md)

## Also known for

- *The Whistleblower* (2010), Border Guard
- *The Concert* (2009), Kostin Genkine
- *12:08 East of Bucharest* (2006), Tiberiu Mănescu
- *The New Year That Never Came* (2024), Comrade Vârtosu
- *Tales from the Golden Age* (2009), Policeman Alexa (segment "The Legend of the Greedy Policeman")
- *California Dreamin'* (2007), The Mayor

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