ion besoiu (11 march 1931 – 18 january 2017) was a romanian actor. he played the lead role in the television series "toate pînzele sus". he appeared in movies when romania was under a communist one-party state rule. those movies include "thirst" (1961), "michael the brave" (1970), "the actor and the savages" (1975), "mihail, câine de circ" (1979), "the last assault" (1985). his later roles included "loverboy" (2011) and "bucharest non stop" (2015). he was born in sibiu.