Claudiu Bleonţ

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Claudiu Bleonţ (born August 17, 1959 in Bucharest) is a Romanian film and theatre actor. He is known in Romania not only by his acting ability, but also for his improvisational talent.

He went to a German high school in Bucharest, attended the National Bucharest Film Academy. Since then, he has played lead roles at many theatres in Romania, often preferring more classical productions. However, one of his most well-known theatre performances is as Romeo in a production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with the balcony scene replaced with a bathtub. He has received several national awards for his theatre work.

He has since appeared in seventeen films, under many of the premier Romanian directors. He had a lead role in the film O vara de neuitat, (The Unforgettable Summer) under the direction of Lucian Pintilie; the film was nominated for the Golden Palm at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.

He married Beatrice Bleonţ, a stage director, in 1995; they have since divorced and since 2001 he has been married to Andra Negulescu, young actress.