Costache Antoniu

Costache Antoniu
Antoniu in 1956
Born(1900-02-25)25 February 1900
Died16 June 1979(1979-06-16) (aged 79)
NationalityRomanian
OccupationActor
Years active1939–1965 (film)

Costache Antoniu (Romanian pronunciation: [kosˈtace anˈtonju]; 1900–1979) was a Romanian stage and film actor.

He graduated in 1926 from the Conservatory of Dramatic Art in Iași. After playing at a theater in Sibiu, he went to the Popular Theater in Bucharest, then at the National Theater in Craiova. He acquired his reputation at the National Theatre Bucharest, where he carried out a rich activity.

Between 1955 and 1970 Antoniu was rector of the Institute of Theater and Cinematography in Bucharest.