--- name: "Vlad Ivanov" canonical: "https://film.one/person/vlad-ivanov" fi1m_id: "vlad-ivanov" imdb_id: "nm0412096" tmdb_id: 39959 wikidata_id: "Q6273945" roles: ["Actor"] born: "4 August 1969" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 86 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-17T18:16:25.112824+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Vlad Ivanov ## Identity Vlad Ivanov - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/vlad-ivanov - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** vlad-ivanov - **IMDb ID:** nm0412096 - **TMDB ID:** 39959 - **Wikidata ID:** Q6273945 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_Ivanov, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6273945, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0412096/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39959 Actor. Born 4 August 1969 in Botosani, Romania. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 4 August 1969, Botosani, Romania - **Active:** 2007–2016 - **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 91 (1), 2010s 83 (2) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 86 to 83 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 1, Comedy 1, Science Fiction 1 - **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $88m across 2 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_Ivanov, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6273945, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0412096/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39959 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days*](https://film.one/film/4-months-3-weeks-and-2-days.md) (91) - **Disney+:** [*Snowpiercer*](https://film.one/film/snowpiercer.md) (80) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Vlad Ivanov > Vlad Ivanov makes corrupt and compromised men credible without making them easier company. We rate the precision of his acting highly; the reservation is that too many roles ask him to be someone we have already learnt to distrust. In *4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days* (2007), Vlad Ivanov makes long stretches of dialogue feel dangerous. His Domnu' Bebe, an underground abortionist, belongs to a film in which arranging the practical details is already frightening. We found it almost unbearable because Cristian Mungiu keeps the difficulty of obtaining an illegal abortion so insistently before us. Ivanov's precision matters here: Bebe is credible enough not to need a more demonstrative performance. Anamaria Marinca holds our attention throughout, and the pressure can feel excessive, but this remains the place to start with him. Bebe brought Ivanov international attention, followed by a persistent pattern of casting as antagonists and corrupt authority figures in Romanian films. With Corneliu Porumboiu, he played Anghelache in *Police, Adjective* (2009) before taking the lead as Cristi in *The Whistlers* (2019). Mungiu and Porumboiu have each worked with him on three films. Those continuing collaborations give us more reason to follow him than another promise that he will be unpleasant company. He prepares detailed biographies for his characters, extending their lives beyond the period covered by the film. That fits an actor whose strength is making ethically ugly behaviour credible, and whose theatrical precision serves him well in extended dialogue. We do not need to see the homework; with Bebe, we believe the person. The reservation is the repeated casting: once we expect corruption from his first appearance, a film has less work to do and he has less room to surprise us. His international work offers other starting points: Iliescu in *Toni Erdmann* (2016), or Oszkár Brill in László Nemes's *Sunset* (2018). He also works across Romanian, English, French and Hungarian, which makes it harder to regard one sort of character as his natural limit. We would welcome more chances to watch him without immediately suspecting the worst. Another corrupt official ought to have something new for him to do. ## Biography Vlad Ivanov is a Romanian actor. He trained at the University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in Bucharest and has been a member of the National Theatre in Bucharest. He is known for roles in *4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days* (2007) as Domnu' Bebe, *Snowpiercer* (2013), *Toni Erdmann* (2016), *The Whistleblower* (2010), *The Concert* (2009), *Graduation* (2016) and *The Whistlers* (2019). He has received Gopo Awards and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *Toni Erdmann* (2016), Fi1m 86, as Iliescu — [page](https://film.one/film/toni-erdmann.md) - *Snowpiercer* (2013), Fi1m 80, as Franco The Elder — [page](https://film.one/film/snowpiercer.md) - *4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days* (2007), Fi1m 91, as Domnu' Bebe — [page](https://film.one/film/4-months-3-weeks-and-2-days.md) ## Complete filmography (44) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Only Beautiful Things to Look At* (2026), as Maroš - *Elixer* (2025), series, as Thomas Clopot - *Familiar* (2023), as Harald Stern - *Metronom* (2022), as Biris - *Infiniti* (2022), series, as Emil Durkhov - *31 hours* (2021), as Dr. Traian Cristescu - *Blue Moon* (2021), as Mihai - *In the Name of the Father* (2021), Actor - *Servants* (2020), as Dr. Ivan - *The Whistlers* (2019), as Cristi - *Sunset* (2018), as Oszkár Brill - *Yesterday* (2018), as Victor Ganz - *The Call* (2018), as (voice) - *Caps* (2017), Actor - *One Step Behind the Seraphim* (2017), as Pr. Ivan - *In Perfect Health* (2017), as Toma Dorneanu/Andrei's father - *Ana, My Love* (2017), as Priest Adrian - *Dark Crimes* (2016), as Piotr - *Dogs* (2016), as Samir - *Toni Erdmann* (2016), as Iliescu — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/toni-erdmann.md) - *Graduation* (2016), as Chief Inspector - *Snowpiercer* (2013), as Franco The Elder — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/snowpiercer.md) - *Child's Pose* (2013), as Dinu Laurențiu - *In the Fog* (2012), as Grossmeier - *Crulic: The Path to Beyond* (2011), as Crulic - *Crematorium* (2011), series, as Traian - *My Joy* (2010), as Major from Moscow - *Principles of life* (2010), as Emilian Velicanu - *The Whistleblower* (2010), as Tanjo - *Police, Adjective* (2010), as Anghelache - *The Concert* (2009), as Pyotr Tretyakin - *The Other Irene* (2009), Actor - *Tales from the Golden Age* (2009), as Grigore (segment "The Legend of the Chicken Driver") - *INTERIOR. BLOC OF FLATS HALLWAY* (2008), as Adrian - *4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days* (2007), as Domnu' Bebe — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/4-months-3-weeks-and-2-days.md) - *Second in Command* (2006), as RSO John Lydon - *Snuff-Movie* (2005), as Policeman #2 - *Old Goriot* (2004), as Gondureau - *The Wackos* (2002), as Nico - *Mechanical Suite* (2002), Actor - *A Woman in Danger* (2001), as Serveur Roquebrune - *Diplomatic Siege* (1999), as Cosic - *Saint Andrew of the Wolves*, Actor - *Sevdiğim İnsanlar*, as Boris ## Gallery - ![Vlad Ivanov](https://film.one/media/person/99667/gallery-4e58c0fd8ec7.jpg) Vlad Ivanov — sergiu mihalcea, cropped by Ionutzmovie, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Vlad_Ivanov.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Gala de Închidere TIFF 2016. 04.06.2016 ‪#‎TIFF‬ ‪#‎TIFF2016‬ ‪#‎TIFFMoments‬ ‪#‎Cluj‬ ‪#‎ClujulMagic‬ ‪#‎TIFFromania‬](https://film.one/media/person/99667/gallery-983b1bff7c67.jpg) Gala de Închidere TIFF 2016. 04.06.2016 ‪#‎TIFF‬ ‪#‎TIFF2016‬ ‪#‎TIFFMoments‬ ‪#‎Cluj‬ ‪#‎ClujulMagic‬ ‪#‎TIFFromania‬ — Nuță Lucian from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Gala_de_%C3%8Enchidere_TIFF_2016_%2826916037424%29.jpg/1280px-Gala_de_%C3%8Enchidere_TIFF_2016_%2826916037424%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Gala de Închidere TIFF 2016. 04.06.2016 ‪#‎TIFF‬ ‪#‎TIFF2016‬ ‪#‎TIFFMoments‬ ‪#‎Cluj‬ ‪#‎ClujulMagic‬ ‪#‎TIFFromania‬](https://film.one/media/person/99667/gallery-1b0b80e30107.jpg) Gala de Închidere TIFF 2016. 04.06.2016 ‪#‎TIFF‬ ‪#‎TIFF2016‬ ‪#‎TIFFMoments‬ ‪#‎Cluj‬ ‪#‎ClujulMagic‬ ‪#‎TIFFromania‬ — Nuță Lucian from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Gala_de_%C3%8Enchidere_TIFF_2016_%2827248649910%29.jpg/1280px-Gala_de_%C3%8Enchidere_TIFF_2016_%2827248649910%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Rumanian actor Vlad Ivanov during the world premier of the film "Sunset" by Laszlo Nemes, during the Venice Film Festival 2018](https://film.one/media/person/99667/gallery-440f0c597d3b.jpg) Rumanian actor Vlad Ivanov during the world premier of the film "Sunset" by Laszlo Nemes, during the Venice Film Festival 2018 — HartemLijn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Vlad_Ivanov_Venice.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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