Jakub Wesołowski, also known as Kuba Wesołowski, (born 7 May 1985,

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) is a Polish film, television and theatre actor as well as journalist.

Life and career

He was born on 7 May 1985 in

. He is a graduate of the Marie Curie-Skłodowska High School No. 23 in Warsaw, as well as the

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. Since 2003, he has been playing the role of Igor Nowak in

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Channel's TV soap opera ''

Na Wspólnej ''Na Wspólnej'' (, "On Wspólna Street") is a Polish television soap opera. It has been running since 2003 on the TVN channel as its flagship primetime weekday soap opera. It is loosely based on the German production ''Unter uns'' and it follow ...

''. Between 2008 and 2014, he appeared on historical television series ''

Czas honoru ''Czas honoru'' (English: Days of Honour) is a Polish World War II television drama series, broadcast on TVP2 since 7 September 2008 to 23 November 2014, on STV Glasgow from 2 June 2014 and STV Edinburgh from 16 January 2015. Plot Set in German- ...

'' where he played the character of Michał Konarski, one of the

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s and from 2011 to 2013, he played the main role in ''Komisarz Alex'', the Polish version of ''

Inspector Rex ''Inspector Rex'' (German: ''Kommissar Rex''; Italian: ''Il commissario Rex'') is an Austrian-Italian police procedural comedy-drama television series created by Peter Hajek and Peter Moser. Originally an Austrian series aired from 1994 to 2004 ...

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TV series. In 2013, he was nominated for the Wiktor Award for Best TV Actor. He also participated in a number of entertainment programs such as ''

Dancing with the Stars: Taniec z gwiazdami ''Dancing with the Stars: Taniec z gwiazdami'' (previously: ''Taniec z gwiazdami'' ) is a Polish light entertainment reality television series broadcast by Polsat. It is the Polish version of the United Kingdom's popular '' Dancing with the Star ...

'' (2005) and ''Little Giants'' talent show (2016). He appeared on the music video to the "Od A do Z" (From A to Z) song by

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Personal life

In 2014, he married Agnieszka Szczurek with whom he has got a daughter Róża (born 2016).

Appearances in film and television

*since 2003: ''

'' - Igor Nowak *2007: ''Twarzą w twarz'' - Paweł "Brazyl" Piekarski (episode 4) *2007: ''

Jutro idziemy do kina ''Jutro idziemy do kina'' (English: ''Tomorrow we are going to the movies'') is a 2007 Polish Television movie, directed by Michał Kwieciński. It tells a story of three friends, who graduated from high school in May 1938. Two of them joined the ...

'' - Jerzy Bolesławski *2007: ''Dlaczego nie!'' - Wojtek, Gosia's friend *2008: ''Rozmowy nocą'' - Krzysiek, Weronika's boyfriend *2008: ''Pora mroku'' - Michał *2008: ''Niania'' - Igor Nowak (episode 92) *2008-2013: ''

'' - Michał Konarski *2008: ''

39 i pół ''39 i pół'' (''39 and a half'') is a Polish comedy-drama television series that appeared on TVN (Poland), TVN for three seasons from March 4, 2008 through December 1, 2009. The series tells the story about Darek (Tomasz Karolak), a man just bef ...

'' - Karol (episodes 8-10) *2009: ''Kochaj i tańcz'' - Platon *2010: ''Klub szalonych dziewic'' - Mikołaj Strabużyński *2010: ''1920. Wojna i miłość'' - Bronisław Jabłoński (episodes 1–9, 11-13) *2012-2013: ''Komisarz Alex'' - commissioner Marek Bromski (episodes 1-32) *2013: ''

Tajemnica Westerplatte ''1939 Battle of Westerplatte'', originally titled in Poland as ''Tajemnica Westerplatte'' ("The Secret of Westerplatte"), is a 2013 Polish-Lithuanian war film written and directed by Paweł Chochlew. It portrays the Battle of Westerplatte between ...

'' - Bernard Rygielski *2014: ''Sama słodycz'' - Tomasz Śniadecki (episodes 5, 11, 13) *2014: ''Czas honoru. Powstanie'' - Michał Konarski (episodes 1-12) *2015-2016: ''Strażacy'' - captain Rafał Borycki (episodes 1–2, 10-20) *2017, 2019: ''

Ojciec Mateusz ''Ojciec Mateusz'' (English: ''Father Matthew'') is a Polish television drama series, which has aired on TVP1 since November 11, 2008. It is a Polish version of the Italian detective series ''Don Matteo'' broadcast in Italy by Rai Uno. ...

'' - doctor Wojciech Schiller, Kobylicka's neighbour (episodes 220, 223, 235, 237) *2017-2018: ''O mnie się nie martw'' - doctor Kuba Jurkowski *2019: ''Za marzenia'' - Adam Wierzbicki (episodes 15, 17–21, 23-26) *2019: ''Kurier'' - General Sosnkowski's aide-de-camp *od 2020: ''Zawsze warto'' - Kamil Michalski vel Radici, Ada's husband

References

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Life and career

Personal life

Appearances in film and television

See also

References