Bartłomiej Filip Topa (born 26 May 1967) is a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 100 films and television series since 1990.

Life and career

Topa was born in

Nowy Targ Nowy Targ (Officially: ''Royal Free city of Nowy Targ'', Yiddish: ''Naymark'', Gorals, Goral dialect: ''Nowy Torg'' ) is a town in southern Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is located in the Orava-Nowy Targ Basin at the foot of the Go ...

. In 1991 he graduated from the

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and later began appearing in theatre productions. He made his screen debut appearing in the 1990 drama film, '' The Bet'' directed by

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, and later starred in the horror film ''November'' by Łukasz Karwowski. Topa later appeared in films '' Three Colours: White'' (1993), ''

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'' (1994) and '' Demons of War'' (1998). From 1999 to 2006, Topa starred in the

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drama series, ''Złotopolscy''. In 2004 he starred in the black comedy film, '' The Wedding'' directed by

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. During the 2000s and 2010, Topa mostly played supporting roles on both film and television. For playing the leading role in the 2013 crime film, '' Traffic Department'', he received Polish Film Award nomination for Best Actor. He later appeared in films ''

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'' (2014), ''

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'' (2015) and ''

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'' (2018). From 2014 to 2017, Topa starred in the

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crime drama series, '' The Border''. He also starred in ''

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'' (2017–19), '' The King of Warsaw'' (2020), '' Hold Tight'' (2022) and '' The Convict'' (2021–23). In 2023, Topa went to star in the

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comedy series, ''

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''.

Selected filmography

References

External links

* 1967 births Living people Polish male film actors Polish film actors Polish television actors Polish male stage actors Polish film producers Łódź Film School alumni Male actors from Lesser Poland Voivodeship People from Nowy Targ {{Poland-actor-stub