Actor

Jerzy Stuhr

Acting

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Acting credits

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Very extensive acting filmography.

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Movies: 74Series: 5Crew credits: 11

TMDB ID: 1148

IMDb ID: nm0836136

Known for: Acting

Born: April 18, 1947

Died: July 9, 2024

Age: 77

Place of birth: Kraków, Poland

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1971 - 2023

Years active: 53

Average TMDB rating: 6.82

Wikidata: Q55369

Also known as

Jerzy Oskar Stuhr

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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).