Doru Octavian Dumitru

Doru Octavian Dumitru, born on 11 iunie 1956 in Arad, Romania, is a Romanian comedian who was especially popular mainly in the 1990s and the early 2000s. He graduated from the Facultatea de Instalatii, but never worked as an engineer.

He developed his craft in student festivals, winning first place at all the humour festivals, and was the comedian of the cenaclu Serbarile Scanteii Tineretului. He worked as a revue actor at the theatres "Nae Leonard" in Galati, "Fantasio" in Constanta and "C. Tanase" in Bucharest. At "Fantasio" he also debuted as a revue writer with the show "Caricaturi la Revista", and in Bucharest he wrote and performed in "Cavalcada Rasului". He also ran a business with country wine.

As he stated in an interview, in 1991 he went to the USA to learn comedy from prominent actors such as Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg. He has since settled in Toronto, Canada, where he gives numerous shows, and he has also performed in New York. His shows in Romania include "Supozitoare cu trotil" (31 martie 2012, Sala Palatului in Bucharest), "Muscat de ras" (24 noiembrie 2015, Sala Palatului in Bucharest) and "Trei medicamente de ras" (2015, Constanta), and he appeared in the film Harababura (1991).