Tudor Chirilă

His debut was in 1994 as an extra in the movie Nobody's Children. In 1999, he played the role of a refugee from the former Yugoslavia, in the Austrian movie Nordrand directed by Barbara Albert. In 2001, Chirilă was a guest star in an episode of the Austrian series Kommisar Rex, playing the role of Dimitrij. In 2004, he acted for the movie Milionari de weekend, a Romanian movie directed by Cătălin Saizescu, along with Andi Vasluianu, Maria Dinulescu and Mihai Bendeac. He also played the role of Godzi, a youngster forced by circumstances to be an accomplice to a burglary. Two years later, he featured in the movie Legături bolnăvicioase, alongside Maria Popistașu and Ioana Barbu, directed by Tudor Giurgiu. Between 2006 and 2012 he featured in many short movies, some of them being: Eu sunt eu, directed by Monica Istrate and Love Marketing, directed by Andrei Sota, after his own script. In 2013, he played in the movie The Enemy Within (O ehthros mou), produced by the Greek director Yorgos Tsemberopoulos, where Chirilă played the role of a gang leader. In the same year the short movie The couch produced by Emre Kayiș a year earlier, premiered in the United Kingdom.

In 2017, Warner Bros. Pictures chose the male singer to provides the Romanian voice of Joker in Lego Batman: The Movie, and the singer was happy to improve his acting skills through this new experience, and also dubbed Roger Klotz in 2000 in the animated movie First movie with Doug.[11][12]

Over time, Chirilă collaborated with some Romanian theater directors like: Alexandru Tocilescu, Alexandru Darie, Alexandru Dabija, Iarina Demian, Gelu Colceag, Horațiu Mălăele. He debuted in 1995 with "Trupa pe butoaie", a UNITER theater project, coordinated by director Victor Ioan Frunză. Beginning 1996 he was part of the Comedy Theater in Bucharest. In 2004, he is awarded the UNITER award for the role of Malvolio in "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare, directed by Gelu Colceag.

In 1996, Chirilă establishes the band Vama Veche with Traian Bălănescu and Liviu Mănescu. The band debuts with the album Nu am chef azi in 1998, Vama Veche in 1999, the maxi single Nu ne mai trageți pe dreapta in 2000, Am să mă întorc bărbat in 2002, Best of Vama Veche in 2006 and Fericire în rate in 2006. In 2003, at the National Theatre Bucharest, the album Am să mă întorc bărbat is turned into a play. It is the first Romanian rock opera, in post-revolution Romania. Some of the well known hits of the band are "Nu am chef azi", "Vara asta", "Epilog", "La Radio", "18 ani", "Vama Veche", "Nu ne mai trageți pe dreapta", "Hotel Cismigiu", "Zmeul". In 2006 the band breaks apart, Tudor Chirilă along with the lead guitar player Eugen Caminschi establish a new band: Vama.

Drummer Lucian Cioargă, bass player Dan Opriș and keyboard player Raul Kusak join the two, the latter being replaced by Gelu Ionescu in 2009. In 2007 the first single "Bed for love" is released, a year later Vama released their first album Vama during a show at Bucharest's Arenele Romane via SMS, being the first Romanian band to release an album in this manner.[17] Some of the singles from the album are "Pe sârmă", "Suflet normal", "Dumnezeu nu apare la știri" and "E plin de fete/Sâmbătă seara".

Their next album, 2012 is released on 28 May 2012 at Sala Palatului. Some of the singles from the album are: "Copilul care aleargă către mare", "Fata în boxeri și în tricoul alb", "Post iubire", "Cântec de găsit". Chirilă writes the script of the music-video "Copilul care aleargă către mare", which he also directs in 2011.[18][19] In the role of the king he casts Victor Rebengiuc, which was at his first appearance in a music video.[20]

Upon time, Tudor Chirilă did the soundtracks of multiple plays like: Trei femei înalte by Eduard Ablee directed by Vlad Massaci in 1997, O, tată, sărmane tată, mama te-a spânzurat în dulap iar eu sunt foarte trist of Arthur Kopit directed by Iarina Demian in 2000, A fost odată in Brooklyn by Neil Simon directed by Iarina Demian in 2002, Chirița de Bârzoieni, directed and adapted by Iarina Demian, script by Vasile Alecsandri in 2004 – Chirilă composed songs along with Gelu Ionescu O lume pe dos, directed by Iarina Demian in 2010, Prizionierul din Manhattan directed by Iarina Demian in 2012.

In 2009, he initiated a mentorship project which developed into a tour of 20 high schools in Bucharest with the motto: "Descoperă ce-ți place" (discover what you like). Within this campaign, Chirila met with over 5000 high school students and spoke to them about the importance of discovering their own value and talents in due time, and about how to apply them in the future. As a follow-up to the project, a study[29] conducted by psychologists and sociologists with the purpose of showing who the role models of high school students in Bucharest are was carried out.[30]

In 2010, Chirilă held the "Cruciada Culturii", a movement initiated by Agenția de vise which was addressed to all those who wished for art to be seen for its real value once again. Some of the most important international classical music artists like Sarah Chang, Joshua Bell, Sam Haywood, Lily Maisky, Mischa Maisky and AdLibitum Quartet held concerts in Bucharest.

Starting 2005, the "Ioan Chirilă Awards" were given to the best sport journalists in Romania with the initiative of Chirilă and his mother, Iarina Demian, who wanted to keep the memory of his father, Ioan Chirila, alive in this way. Within the project, every year there was a competition called "Talentul Anului" for amateurs who wanted to become sports journalists. Known as the best distinctions of the Romanian sports journalism, "Ioan Chirilă Awards" were hold six times until 2010, when the project was put on a hold.

"Live pentru viață" was a humanitarian project initiated by Chirilă in 2005 to help flood victims from affected areas. He held a marathon-concert for about 8 hours which helped raise an impressive amount of money.[31]

In 2011, Chirilă was responsible for the script and production of spots for an online humanitarian campaign called "Nu mă ignora", dedicated to children affected by cancer, initiated by the "Salvează Vieți" Association. Chirilă, along with other Romanian stars like Andreea Raicu, Cabral, Virgil Iantu, Paula Herlo and Bogdan Dumitrache helped raising funds needed for the foundation of the first Romanian center for diagnosis and treatment of cancer in children.[32]