Marcel Iureş (born August 2, 1951) is a Romanian stage and screen actor, twice designated Romania's best actor.[citation needed]
He was born in Băileşti and has appeared in a several American films, the most noted being Amen, Hart's War, Mission: Impossible, Interview with the Vampire, and The Peacemaker.
The director of Fundaţia Teatrul ACT, the first independent stage in Romania, Iureş also stars as a stage actor in various roles, including the title roles of William Shakespeare's Richard II, Richard III (directed by Mihai Măniuţiu), and Hamlet (directed by Liviu Ciulei). He has also appeared in Fundaţia Teatrul ACT-staged shows such as Creatorul de Teatru (The Creator of the Theatre, directed by Alexandru Dabija), Cetatea Soarelui (Citadel of the Sun, directed by Mihai Măniuţiu), and Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape. Iureş has also performed with Teatrul Bulandra, for whom he played the lead in a 2005 production of Luigi Pirandello's Enrico IV.
