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]
Jakub Gierszał | |
|---|---|
 Gierszał in 2017 | |
| Born | 20 March 1988 Kraków, Poland |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2009–present |
Early life
editGierszał 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
editIn 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).
Filmography
editFilm
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ "FilmPolski.pl". FilmPolski.
- ^ 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.