Alexandru Potocean studied Ion Cojar's acting method under Ion Cojar and Mircea Gheorghiu at the National University of Theatre and Film from Bucharest, where he won the Best Supporting Actor award for playing Kevin in Simon Stephens' "Port". He went on to an international film career with supporting roles in movies like the critically acclaimed 4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile (2007) or Peter Weir's The Way Back (2010).