Jakub Gierszał
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| Born | 20 March 1988 Kraków, Poland |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2009–present |
Jakub Gierszał (born 20 March 1988) is a Polish actor. His screen debut was in 2009, playing the role of Kazik in the film All That I Love. He later starred in the film Suicide Room, in which he played the character of Dominik, a high school student from a wealthy family who developed a mental health problem.
Early life[edit]
Gierszał was born in Kraków. His father, Marek, is a theatre director working mainly in Germany. When Jakub was a few months old, his parents moved to Hamburg. After 11 years he returned to Poland and settled in Toruń. He is a student at the Kraków Academy of Dramatic Arts.[1]
Career[edit]
In 2012, he was a Polish Film Award nominee for Best Actor for his role in Suicide Room.[2] Gierszał also received a Shooting Stars Award that year.[3] He earned his second Polish Film Award nomination for Best Actor for Breaking the Limits (2017) and his third for Doppelgänger (2023).
Selected filmography[edit]
- All That I Love (2009) as Kazik
- Milion dolarów (2010) as Pawełek Leo
- Suicide Room (2011) as Dominik Santorski
- Yuma (2012) as Zyga
- Lasting (2013) as Michał
- Finsterworld (2013) as Maximilian Sandberg
- Hiszpanka (2013) as Krystian Ceglarski
- Dracula Untold (2014) as Acemi[4]
- The Lure (2015)
- Morris from America (2016)
- Spoor (2017)
- Breaking the Limits (2017)
- Beyond Words (2017)
- Das Boot (2018)
- The Defence (2018–2022)
- The Getaway King (2021) as Antos
- Doppelgänger (2023) as Hans Steiner
- Simona Kossak (2024) as Lech Wilczek
References[edit]
- ^ Jakub Gierszał profile, filmpolski.pl; accessed 25 March 2015. (in Polish)
- ^ "Orły 2012: ogłoszono nominacje" (in Polish). onet.film. 7 February 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ "Jakub Gierszal, Poland" (in Polish). European Film Promotion. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ Profile, imdb.com; accessed 25 March 2015. (in English)
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