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Jakub Gierszał

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Jakub Gierszał
Gierszał in 2017
Born (1988-03-20) 20 March 1988 (age 36)
Kraków, Poland
OccupationActor
Years active2009–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 thriller film Suicide Room (2011), in which he played the character of Dominik, a high school student from a wealthy family who developed a mental health problem. He is three-time Polish Film Awards nominee.[1]

Early life

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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.[2]

Career

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In 2012, he was a Polish Film Award nominee for Best Actor for his role in Suicide Room.[3] Gierszał also received a Shooting Stars Award that year.[4] He earned his second Polish Film Award nomination for Best Actor for Breaking the Limits (2017) and his third for Doppelgänger (2023).

Gierzal at Shooting Stars 2012

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2009 All That I Love Kazik
2010 Milion dolarów Pawełek Leo
2011 Suicide Room Dominik Santorski Shooting Stars Award
Nominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Actor
2012 Yuma Zyga
2013 Lasting Michał
2013 Finsterworld Maximilian Sandberg
2013 The Fold Lukas
2014 Hiszpanka Krystian Ceglarski
2014 Dracula Untold Acemi
2015 Performer Collector
2015 The Lure the bass player
2016 Morris from America Per
2017 Spoor Dyzio
2017 PolandJa Artur
2017 Zgoda Erwin
2017 Beyond Words Michael
2017 Breaking the Limits Jerzy Górski Gdynia Film Festival Golden Kangaroo Award
Nominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Actor
2019 Giraffe Lucek
2019 Powrót birbanta. Rekonstrukcja Birbant Short film
2021 The Getaway King Antos
2023 Zadra Motyl
2023 Vamos a la playa Wanja
2023 Doppelgänger Hans Steiner Nominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Actor
2023 Ultima Thule Bartek
2024 White Courage Wolfram von Kamitz
2024 Colors of Evil: Red Leopold Bilski
2024 Simona Kossak Lech Wilczek
TBA The Duel Grabowski

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2013 The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs Felix Television film
2015 Der Liebling des Himmels Leo Sorel Television film
2015 Crossing Lines Jovan Petric Episode: "Enemy of the People"
2016 Emma nach Mitternacht - Frau Hölle Maxim Ionow Television film
2018 Das Boot Schmidt Episodes: "Verluste" and "Zweifel"
2021 Tatort Nicolai Timofejew Episode: "Macht der Familie"
2018–2022 The Defence Piotr Langer Junior Series regular, 25 episodes

References

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  1. ^ "FilmPolski.pl". FilmPolski.
  2. ^ Jakub Gierszał profile, filmpolski.pl; accessed 25 March 2015. (in Polish)
  3. ^ "Orły 2012: ogłoszono nominacje" (in Polish). onet.film. 7 February 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Jakub Gierszal, Poland" (in Polish). European Film Promotion. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
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