Jerzy Stuhr
Born: 1947-04-18 in Kraków, Poland
Died: 2024-07-09
Known For: Acting
Biography
Jerzy Oskar Stuhr (Polish: [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈɔskar ˈʂtur]; 18 April 1947 – 9 July 2024) was a Polish film and theatre actor. Considered one of the most popular, influential and versatile Polish actors and an icon of Polish cinema, he also worked as a screenwriter, film director, voice actor and drama professor. He served as the rector of the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Kraków for two terms: from 1990 to 1996 and again from 2002 to 2008. Throughout his long and prolific professional career spanning over five decades, he appeared in 65 films including Camera Buff (1979), Sexmission (1984), A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984), Dekalog: Ten (1989), Three Colours: White (1994), Kiler (1997), Love Stories (1997) and The Big Animal (2000). He received numerous awards and honours including the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2000), Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture (2005), Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Persona non grata (2006), Złota Kaczka Award (2008), Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2011), and Polish Academy Life Achievement Award (2018). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerzy Stuhr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2023
- A Brighter Tomorrow as Jerzy
- I Will Not Starve as Granata
2021
- Talking Heads 2021 as Self
2018
- Forgive Us Our Debts as Professore
2014
- Citizen as Jan Bratek
2013
- L'ultimo Papa Re as Pierre-Jean Beckx (head of the Jesuits)
- Invisible World as Segment "Tributo ao Público de Cinema"
2011
- We Have a Pope as Spokesman
2010
- Mystification as Witkacy
- Let It Be as Sapiente
2009
- Gwiazda Kopernika as Paul Van De Volder (voice)
2007
- Twists of Fate as Rector
- The Perfect Afternoon as Andrzej Mielczarek
2006
- The Caiman as Jerzy Sturovsky, produttore polacco
- Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski as Self
2005
- Persona non grata as Polish attaché Radca
2004
- Arje as Arje
2003
- 19. południk as Ambasador Rosji
- Tomorrow's Weather as Józef Kozioł
- Show
2001
- Down House as генерал Иволгин
2000
- The Big Animal as Zygmunt Sawicki
- La vita altrui as Riccardo Bauer
1999
- Killer 2 as Jerzy Ryba
- A Week in the Life of a Man as Adam Borowski
1997
- Love Stories as Various Characters
- Killer as Commissioner Ryba
1996
- Matka swojej matki as Roman
1995
- List of Lovers as Gustaw
- Jury as Minister
1994
- Three Colors: White as Jurek
1993
- Hijacking Agatha as ojciec Agaty
1992
- Tango as Edek
1991
- Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe as prałat
1990
- Déjà vu as Johnny Pollack
1989
- Dekalog as Jerzy
- Decalogue X as Jerzy Janicki
- Citizen Piszczyk as Jan Piszczyk
1988
- King Size as Nadszyszkownik Kilkujadek
- Cupid's Bow as Stanisław Ciąglewicz
- The Death of John L. as Coalminer from Bytom
1987
- Blind Chance as ZSMP Member (1)
- Train for Hollywood as Director Zdzich
- Crime and Punishment
- Escape as Czesio
- The Mother of the Kings as Hiszpan
1986
- Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes as Chudy
- Hero of the Year as Lutek Danielak
1985
- Medium as Georg Netz
- O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization as Soft
1984
- Sexmission as Maksymilian Paradys
- A Year of the Quiet Sun as przewodnik Adzio
1981
- The War of the Worlds: Next Century as Attorney
- From a Far Country as Engineer
- Wizja lokalna 1901 as Wagner
1980
- As the Days Come and the Days Go as Fikalski
- Chance as Zbyszek Ejmont
- Szansa
- The Calm as Antek Gralak
- The Moth as "Elegancki" w barze
- A Party for Ten, Plus Three as Man By Work Office (uncredited)
1979
- Camera Buff as Filip Mosz
- Provincial Actors as Wojciech Głosowicz
1978
- November Night as Wysocki
- Without Anesthesia as Jerzy Porębowicz
- Top Dog as Lutek Danielak
- Seans as Tomek Partyka
1977
- Próba ciśnenia as mężczyzna pod budką telefoniczną, towarzysz Elżbiety
- Ich czworo as Fedycki
1975
1974
1973
- Through and Through as Malisz's Brother
1972
- The Third Part of the Night as Lab Technician (uncredited)
1971
- Milion za Laurę as Highlander's Son (uncredited)