Anghel Damian was born on August 9th, 1991, into a family of renowned Romanian filmmakers. He began his acting career at 17, initially in theatre and independent short films. He earned a merit scholarship for the Acting Programme at the National University of Theatrical and Cinematography Arts, where he graduated with a perfect 10 (A+) average. During his studies, he won the Best Actor Award at the CinemaIubit International Film Festival for his roles in three short films.
After graduation, he landed his first major television role, playing the antagonist part for 70 episodes in the popular Romanian TV-series "Lost Angels". He also made his feature film debut with a secondary role in "Roxanne", directed by Vali Hotea, which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in 2013.
In 2013, he won the Award for Best Young Comedy Actor at the National Gala for Young Talent "Gala Hop" and was named one of the 20 young European actors to watch at the Subtitle Film Festival. He also ventured into film and theatre production, producing two short films and co-producing numerous plays in the independent theatre.
As of December 2015, he was appointed Personal Adviser in Theatre Management for the Minister of Culture, serving until January 2017. In May 2017, he was hired as an actor at the Bucharest Theatre of Comedy and landed the main part in the TV series "Saturday Night Years" created by Nae Caranfil.
In 2018, he began his collaboration with renowned theatre director Andrei Serban, starring in two of his Bucharest productions. He also directed his first short film "Michelangelo", which premiered at the Transylvania International Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize.
He became a grantee of the "Lucian Pintilie" fund, which encourages art house cinema made by new directors, and began working on his second short film "Celed". In 2019, he became the head-writer for the most successful TV-series in Romania, "VLAD", a modern adaptation of "The Count of Monte Cristo".
In June 2019, his second short film "Celed" premiered at the Transilvania International Film Festival, winning the Special Jury Prize, and his original script "Marona's Fantastic Adventure" premiered at the Annecy Film Festival, where it was acquired by Gkids distribution for a North-American release.
