Gabriel Spahiu

{{Short description|Romanian actor}}

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| birth_place = Bucharest, Romania

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| alma_mater = University of Bucharest
I. L. Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1998–present

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Gabriel Spahiu ({{IPA|ro|ɡabriˈel spaˈhi.u}}; born 21 March 1968) is a Romanian actor.{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bcc18a40a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206024944/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bcc18a40a|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 6, 2017|title=Gabriel Spahiu|work=BFI}} He appeared in more than eighty films since 1998.

Born in Bucharest, he graduated from the city's Saint Sava High School in 1986. From 1987 to 1992, he attended the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Bucharest, and from 1992 to 1996 the Academy of Theatre and Film. From 2011 to 2014, he was a university assistant and artistic consultant at the Film Faculty of the Academy, and in 2014, he obtained his doctorate under the direction of {{ill|Florin Mihăilescu|ro|Florin Mihăilescu (operator de film)}}, with the thesis "The actor at the intersection of communication".{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002055112/http://unatc.ro/concurs/documente/2015/candidati/GabrielSpahiu-CV.pdf|title=Curriculum Vitae. Gabriel Spahiu|website=unatc.ro|access-date=September 30, 2024}}

Spahiu was chosen by Sony Pictures Animation to dub Wayne in the animated movies Hotel Transylvania, Hotel Transylvania 2 and Hotel Transylvania 3.{{Cite web|url=https://stirileprotv.ro/stiri/actualitate/dublajul-animatiilor-o-afacere-si-in-romania-cu-cat-sunt-platiti-actorii-sa-si-imprumute-vocile.html|title = Dublajul animațiilor, o afacere și în România. Cu cât sunt plătiți actorii să-și împrumute vocile|publisher=Pro TV|website=stirileprotv.ro|language=ro|date=November 17, 2013|access-date=September 30, 2024}}