Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Ziółkowski (2 November 1777 – 11 September 1822), was a Polish actor, comedist, adaptor, translator, editor of humour magazines, and head of a Polish theatrical family. He was born near Nowogródek (now

Navahrudak Novogrudok ( be, Навагрудак, Navahrudak; lt, Naugardukas; pl, Nowogródek; russian: Новогрудок, Novogrudok; yi, נאַוואַראַדאָק, Novhardok, Navaradok) is a town in the Grodno Region, Belarus. In the Middle ...

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

). He performed at

Teatr Narodowy The National Theatre () in Warsaw, Poland, was founded in 1765, during the Polish Enlightenment, by that country's monarch, Stanisław August Poniatowski. The theatre shares the Grand Theatre complex at the Theatre Square in Warsaw with anothe ...

. He was the father of

Alojzy Gonzaga Jazon Żółkowski Alojzy Gonzaga Jazon Żółkowski, Ziółkowski (4 December 1814 – 25 November 1889) was a Polish actor and singer, one of the most prominent Polish comedians. He was born and died in Warsaw, the son of Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski ...

and Nepomucena Kostecka. He died in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

Notable roles

* Miechodmuch ''Cud mniemany, czyli Krakowiacy i górale'' * Kartofel ''Gaweł na księżycu'' * Lurwell ''Henryk VI na łowach'' * Szafarz ''Tadeusz Chwalibóg'' * Baron ''Kopciuszek'' * Pustak ''Fircyk w zalotach'' * Kopp ''Młodość Henryka V'' * Don Bartolo ''Cyrulik sewilski'' (P. Beaumarchais) * Polkwicer ''Nasze przedbiegi'' * Lisiewicz ''Pan Geldhab'' (A. Fredro) * main roles in

Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (, ; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, , ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and worl ...

's ''Mieszczanin szlachcicem'', ''Doktor z musu'', ''Georges Dandin'' and Anzelm in ''Szkoła kobiet''

References

* Polish male stage actors Polish translators 1777 births 1822 deaths 19th-century Polish male actors 18th-century Polish–Lithuanian male actors {{Poland-actor-stub