Jakub Gierszał

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.

Jakub Gierszał
Jakub Gierszał in 2017
Born (1988-03-20) 20 March 1988
Kraków, Poland
OccupationActor
Years active2009–present

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 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).

Selected filmography

References
  1. Jakub Gierszał profile, filmpolski.pl; accessed 25 March 2015. (in Polish)
  2. "Orły 2012: ogłoszono nominacje" (in Polish). onet.film. 7 February 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  3. "Jakub Gierszal, Poland" (in Polish). European Film Promotion. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  4. Profile, imdb.com; accessed 25 March 2015. (in English)
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