Biography
Romanian actor Marcel Iures took his cinematic bow in the early '70s and spent the next several decades specializing in character portrayals. He often appeared as distinguished and educated men (Pope Pius XII in the 2002
Amen; a doctor in
The Cave [2005]; a professor in
Youth Without Youth [2007]) or Eastern European ethnic types. Iures' role in the 1994
Interview With the Vampire for director
Neil Jordan -- that of a Parisian vampire -- not only took full advantage of the actor's near-Transylvanian origins but channeled his ruddy looks into something far more sinister than his usual evocations. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide