One of the most admired Romanian actors, Adrian Pintea, died on Friday, shortly after being hospitalized in a serious condition in a Bucharest medical facility. Doctors found, besides cirrhoses, pulmonary and kidney hypertension, leading to a severe heart condition and making any transplant impossible.

Born in 1954, Adrian Pintea was one of the few complete actors, as good in theater as he was in cinemas, for all kinds of roles.

In Romania, he played major parts in Shakespeare and Strindberg. He had leading roles in Chekhov, Anouilh and Dostoyevsky.

In international movies, he may be remembered as Vambery in "Dracula the Impaler", Grapini in "7 seconds" King Phillip of Lockland in "Gryphon".