Jerzy Trela

Jerzy Trela
Born	(1942-03-14) March 14, 1942 Leńcze, Poland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1969-present

Jerzy Trela (born March 14, 1942) is a Polish actor. In 2003 he starred in the film An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God under Jerzy Hoffman. He is also known for White (1994), Quo Vadis (2001) and Ida (2013).

Trela played also many roles on stage at The Old Theatre in Kraków (Polish: Narodowy Stary Teatr im. Heleny Modrzejewskiej w Krakowie) and he was Professor and Rector at the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts.

Honours and awards

• Merit for National Culture (1989)
• Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2011), previously awarded the Commander's Cross (2000) and Knight's Cross (1981)
• Polish Film Awards: Eagles for Best Supporting Actor in Quo Vadis (2002)
• Gold Medal "Gloria Artis" (2005)

Selected filmography

• The Moth (1980)
• Man of Iron (1981)
• Danton (1983)
• Noc smaragdového měsíce (1985)
• Magnat (1987)
• The Mother of Kings (1987)
• Decalogue IX (1988)
• Three Colors: White (1994)
• Pan Tadeusz (1999)
• Quo Vadis (2001)
• An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God (2003)
• Hope (2007)
• Ida (2013 Polish drama film) as Szymon Skiba

External links

• Jerzy Trela at the Internet Movie Database (in English)
• Jerzy Trela at www.culture.pl (in Polish)