| Birth Name: | Mișu Matei Fotino |
| Birth Date: | 1930 9, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania |
| Death Place: | Bucharest, Romania |
| Resting Place: | Bellu Cemetery, Bucharest |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 1936–2005[1] |
| Organization: | National Theatre Bucharest |
| Father: | Mișu Fotino |
| Awards: | (Romania) |
Mihai Fotino (pronounced as /ro/; 14 September 1930 - 13 January 2014) was a prolific Romanian actor who has appeared in theatre, film, television, and radio, in a career spanning 70 years.
Born in Bucharest, he spent his early years in Brașov, where his father, Mișu Fotino, was a stage actor and director, and later graduated from Matei Basarab High School in Bucharest.
Fotino made his debut at the age of 6, in 1936, in the play Colonial. From 1952, he became an actor at the in Brașov. He was noticed by the director, who brought him to Bucharest. Starting in 1956, he played for over 50 years at the National Theatre Bucharest.[1]
Fotino was awarded the in 1967 and 2004.[2] [3]
He died at in Bucharest, at age 83, and was buried in the city's Bellu Cemetery.[1] [4]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Doamna de la etajul II | |||
| 1946 | Gogu Panait | |||
| 1955 | ||||
| 1960 | Telegrame | Ministrul de Interne | ||
| 1961 | Nicu Politicu | |||
| 1963 | Codine | Cotoiul | ||
| 1963 | ||||
| 1965 | Titanic Waltz | Dinu | ||
| 1966 | Ticket collector | |||
| 1967 | Gigi | |||
| 1967 | Ovidiu | |||
| 1975 | Ionel Romanescu | |||
| 1977 | ||||
| 1987 | ||||
| 2001 | (final film role) |