Jakub Gierszał Explained

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 film Suicide Room, in which he played the character of Dominik, a high school student from a wealthy family who developed a mental health problem.

Early life

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.[1]

Career

In 2012, he was a Polish Film Award nominee for Best Actor for his role in Suicide Room.[2] Gierszał also received a Shooting Stars Award that year.[3] He earned his second Polish Film Award nomination for Best Actor for Breaking the Limits (2017) and his third for Doppelgänger (2023).

Selected filmography

Notes and References

  1. http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php/1165128 Jakub Gierszał profile
  2. Web site: Orły 2012: ogłoszono nominacje. 7 February 2012. onet.film. 13 October 2013. Polish. https://web.archive.org/web/20131012004015/http://film.onet.pl/wiadomosci/orly-2012-ogloszono-nominacje/ynjmc. 12 October 2013. dead.
  3. Web site: Jakub Gierszal, Poland. European Film Promotion. 13 October 2013. Polish.
  4. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3617350/?ref_=tt_cl_t4 Profile