Jakub Gierszał
| Jakub Gierszał | |
|---|---|
 Jakub Gierszał in 2013 | |
| 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 (Polish: Wszystko, co kocham). He later starred in the film Suicide Room (Polish: Sala Samobójców), in which he played the character of Dominik, a high school student from a wealthy family who developed a mental health problem.
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 in the Kraków Academy of Dramatic Arts.[1]
In 2012, he was an Eagle Award Best Actor nominee for his role in Suicide Room.[2] Gierszał received a Shooting Stars Award in 2012.[3]
Selected filmography
- All That I Love (2009) as Kazik
- 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)
References
- ↑ Jakub Gierszał profile, filmpolski.pl; accessed 25 March 2015. (Polish)
- ↑ "Orły 2012: ogłoszono nominacje" (in Polish). onet.film. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ↑ "Jakub Gierszal, Poland" (in Polish). European Film Promotion. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ↑ Profile, imdb.com; accessed 25 March 2015. (English)