Mikołaj Cieślak Explained

Mikołaj Cieślak
Birth Name:	Mikołaj Cieślak
Birth Date:	6 December 1973
Birth Place:	Warsaw, Poland
Alma Mater:	University of Warsaw
Years Active:	1994–present
Children:	2

Mikołaj Cieślak (born 6 December 1973) is a Polish stage, television and film actor, and a cabaret artist. He is a co-creator of Kabaret Moralnego Niepokoju.

Biography

Cieślak was born on 6 December 1973 in Warsaw, Poland. In 1993, while studying at the technological department of the University of Warsaw, he and students had formed the cabaret group, that would later evolve into the Kabaret Moralnego Niepokoju.^[1] Their first cabaret programme, titled Królewna, Rycerz i Smok, had premiered in 1994 at the Polish studies department of the University of Warsaw.^[2] In 1996, the cabaret group was awarded the Grand Prix at the PaKA festival in Kraków.^[3]

He had also performed in the Capitol Theatre, Warsaw, in comedies Szwedzki stół by Marek Modzelewski in 2012,^[4] and Zdrówko by Robert Górski in 2014.^[5] In February 2015, he had performed in the Polish-Italian-language play Quasi-Paradiso, directed by Robert Talarczyk, that was performed in Teatro Astra, Turin, Italy.

Private life

He is married and has two daughters, Maja and Jagoda.^[6]

Filmography

Directing

• 2017–2019: The Chairman's Ear

Acting

Feature films

• 2009: Złoty środek as Piotr
• 2019: How to Marry A Millionaire as the taxi passenger
• 2019: Fierce as a man
• 2021: The Getaway King as the negotiating client
• 2022: Gdzie diabeł nie może, tam baby pośle as a German person

TV series

• 1999: Badziewiakowie as a firefighter
• 2000: 13 posterunek 2 as the murderer of cheese (episode no. 8)
• 2012: Piąty Stadion as crazy Staszek
• 2012: Ja to mam szczęście! as Jarosław Klata, the school educator
• 2013–2014: Wrzuć na luuuz:
  • various characters (2013)
  • the neighbour (2014)
• 2014: Słodkie życie as Janusz
• 2014: Co leci w sieci as a cabaret artist
• 2016: Dwoje we troje as a sale hunter
• 2016: O mnie się nie martw as Gorzelniak (1 episode)
• 2017–2019: The Chairman's Ear as Mariusz
• 2017: Na dobre i na złe as Tomasz, Halina's partner (episode no. 676)
• 2018: Za marzenia: as Erwin Anielak, Zosia's boss
• 2019: 39 i pół tygodnia as Zielarz (1 episode)
• 2019–present: Zainwestuj w marzenia as Erwin Anielak
• 2021: Beautiful and Unemployed as Gwidon
• 2021–2022: Kowalscy kontra Kowalscy as Hamlet Wołodyjowski (9 episodes)
• 2022: Father Matthew as doctor Suchocki (episode no. 346)

Voice acting

• 2016: Doradcy króla Hydropsa as the diopter

Polish-language dubbing

• 2012: The Suicide Shop as a desperate person
• 2012: Adventures in Zambezia as a marabou stork
• 2017: Despicable Me 3 as Dru

Talk-show appearance

• 2002: Kuba Wojewódzki as himself

Theatre roles

• 2012: Szwedzki stół, directed by Marek Modzelewski (Capitol Theatre, Warsaw)
• 2014: Zdrówko, directed by Robert Górski (Capitol Theatre, Warsaw)
• 2015: Quasi-Paradiso, directed by Robert Talarczyk (Teatro Astra, Turin)

External links

• Mikołaj Cieślak at IMDb
• Mikołaj Cieślak at Filmweb (Polish)
• Mikołaj Cieślak at FilmPolski.pl (Polish)

Notes and References

1. [Robert Górski]
2. Web site: ROBERT GÓRSKI – JAK ZOSTAŁEM PREMIEREM RECENZJA. zksiazkanafotelu.blogstop.com. pl.
3. Robert Górski, Mariusz Cieślik: Jak zostałem prezesem. Wydawnictwo Znak, 2012, p. 55. ISBN 978-83-240-2318-9.
4. Web site: "Szwedzki stół" w teatrze Capitol. Kto dostał bilety?. Lidia Raś. wiadomosci24.pl. 2012-10-29.
5. Web site: "Zdrówko" w teatrze Capitol. Premiera już 9 grudnia. warszawa.naszemiasto.pl. pl.
6. Web site: Mikołaj Cieślak. filmweb.pl. 23 February 2018 . pl.