| Jakub Gierszał | |
| Birth Date: | 20 March 1988 |
| Birth Place: | 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 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]
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]
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).
| 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 | Leopold Bilski | |||
| 2024 | Simona Kossak | Lech Wilczek | ||
| TBA | The Duel | Grabowski |
| 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 |