Dorel Vișan

{{short description|Romanian actor}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Infobox person

| image = Corneliu Ionescu - cu Dorel Visan si Serban Marinescu.jpg

| caption = Dorel Vișan (left) with Corneliu Ionescu and Șerban Marinescu, 2012

| name = Dorel Vișan

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|6|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Tăușeni, Cluj County, Kingdom of Romania

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| death_place =

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1974–present

| alma_mater = Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film

| awards = National Order of Faithful Service, Knight rank

}}

Dorel Vișan ({{IPA|ro|doˈrel viˈʃan}}; born 25 June 1937){{r|Tomoioaga2015}} is a Romanian actor.{{r|bio}}{{r|White1999}} He has appeared in 65 films since 1974. He was nominated for the award of Best Actor at the 1988 European Film Awards.{{r|Hammer1991}}

Vișan was born in Tăușeni, Cluj County. In 1965 he graduated from the I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts in Bucharest. After graduating, he was hired as an actor at the Cluj-Napoca National Theatre.{{cite web|url=https://evz.ro/actorul-dorel-visan-doctor-honoris-causa-al-unatc-il-caragi.html|title=Actorul Dorel Vișan – Doctor Honoris Causa al UNATC "I.L. Caragiale"|language=ro|newspaper=Evenimentul Zilei|first=Dara|last=Vîlcele|date=June 19, 2018|access-date=March 26, 2021}}

In May 2002 Vișan was awarded the National Order of Faithful Service, Knight rank by then-President Ion Iliescu.{{cite web|url=http://legislatie.just.ro/Public/DetaliiDocument/36335|title=Decret nr. 469 din 30 mai 2002 privind conferirea unor decorații naționale|language=ro|website=legislatie.just.ro|publisher=Monitorul Oficial|date=May 30, 2002|access-date=March 26, 2021}}

Selected filmography

References

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{{Cite web

| url = https://www.cinemagia.ro/actori/dorel-visan-3694/

| title = Dorel Vișan

| access-date= 8 January 2018

| work = cinemagia

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{{cite book

| author = Tad Bentley Hammer

| title = International film prizes: an encyclopedia

| url = https://archive.org/details/internationalfil00hamm

| url-access = registration

| year = 1991

| publisher = Garland

| isbn = 978-0-8240-7099-1

| pages = [https://archive.org/details/internationalfil00hamm/page/400 400]–

}}

{{cite book

|author = Ancă Tomoioaga

|title = Psalmii în literatura română

|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=B9nhCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT345

|date = 5 November 2015

|publisher = EuroPress

|isbn = 978-606-668-146-9

|pages = 345–

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{{cite book

| author = Virginia P. White

| title = Over the Hill in Hungary

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ctAqAQAAMAAJ

| year = 1999

| publisher = Kroshka Books

| isbn = 978-1-56072-631-9

| pages = 152–

| quote = The role of Falstaff was played by the theatre's director, Dorel Visan, one of Romania's most popular actors.

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