Iulian Postelnicu
Acting · Writing
Born June 25, 1978, București, România
Iulian Postelnicu graduated from the National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest with a Bachelor’s Degree in acting. He played several supporting characters in films such as Domestic (2012), A Decent Man (2018), and One Floor Below (2015), for which he received a Gopo nomination as Best Supporting Character. In 2019 he played the character of Vali in Arrest, for which he won the Gopo Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. His more recent characters include Costin in Otto the Barbarian (2020), nominated for the Gopo Award as Best Supporting Character, Daniel in the HBO TV show Ruxx (2022), Sorin in the HBO TV show Spy/Master (2023), and Ilie in Men of Deeds (2022), for which he won the Best Performance Award at FIFF Namur, the Outstanding Individual Performance Award at FilmFestival Cottbus, and the Gopo Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He also appeared in The New Year That Never Came, for which he received a Gopo nomination as Best Supporting Actor, and in Freedom, for which he won the Gopo Award for Best Supporting Actor. His recent work also includes the Netflix series Plaha, in which he plays the lead role. In addition to his acting career, Iulian Postelnicu worked as a writer for several Romanian TV shows like Mondenii, SRC, and Las Fierbinti. He co-wrote, together with Bogdan George Apetri, the screenplay for Unidentified (2020), for which they won the Gopo Award for Best Screenplay. - IMDb mini biography by: Ana Maria
Filmography
- 2027Comoara lui Harap-Alb — Spânul
- 2026A River's Gaze
- 2026April X — Adrian
- 2025Christmas with Ramon — Litra
- Plaha — Plaha / Vlad
- 2024Holy Week — Carol
- Nothing Brigade — Săgeată
- 2024The Moromete Family 3: Father and Son
- 2024The New Year That Never Came — Ionuț Dincă
- 2024The Perfect Candidate — Nicolae Chioru
- Groapa
- 2023Libertate — Lt. Col. Dragoman
- 2023Ramon
- 2023The Action Pack — Stănescu
- 2023Where No Ships Go — Father
- 2022Aurica, a Dog's Life — Guta
- 2022Men of Deeds — Ilie
- Ruxx — Daniel
- 2021Unidentified — Writer
- 2020Otto the Barbarian
- 2019Arest — Vali
- 2018100 EUR — Andrei
- 2018A Decent Man
- 2018Moon Hotel Kabul
- 2016Old, Luxurious Flat Located in an Ultra-Central, Desirable Neighborhood
- 2015One Floor Below — Vali
- 2014In-laws — Writer
- 2012Sweet Little Lies — Broker 2
- 2011Bora Bora — Policeman
- Divertis - Serviciul Roman de Comedie
- 2009Tales from the Golden Age — First Guard (segment "The Legend of the Chicken Driver")
- Magnum Opus