In his youth, he attended a military school, after which he studied law for two years at the University of Bucharest, before being admitted to the Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography.
After graduation, he worked for a while as a theater actor in Timișoara, before joining the Nottara Theater [ro] in Bucharest.
At a film festival in Moscow, he befriended Marina Vlady, who later went to Romania to star in Mona, l'étoile sans nom [ro; fr], directed by Henri Colpi.
[1] Later he settled in Rome, Italy, where he died of cancer.
[2][3] He was married for a while to Romanian actress Olga Tudorache [ro], with whom he had a son, Alexandru.