Piotr Trojan (born June 6, 1986) is a Polish actor and playwright. He received the

Polish Academy Award for Best Actor The Polish Academy Award for Best Actor is an award given out at the annual Polish Film Awards to honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in the Polish film industry. The award is presented by the Polish Film Academ ...

and Gdynia Film Festival Award for Best Actor for playing the leading role in the 2020 drama film, ''

25 Years of Innocence 25 Years of Innocence ( pl, 25 lat niewinności. Sprawa Tomka Komendy) is a 2020 Polish drama film. Plot The film centers on a young man who was falsely accused for rape and was imprisoned for 25 years. Cast * Piotr Trojan as Tomasz Komenda * ...

''. He later starred in the biographical drama film ''

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'' (2022), receiving his second Gdynia Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and was nominated for Polish Academy Award for Best Actor.

Life and career

Trojan was born and raised in Tarnowskie Góry and graduated from Łódź Film School in 2009. He began his career appearing in local stage productions before debuting in

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in 2007 and

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in 2014. He also began appearing on television, playing guest-starring roles in '' Days of Honor'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Na dobre i na złe'', '' The Border'', '' Na Wspólnej'' and '' Wartime Girls''. From 2018 to 2020, he starred in the crime thriller series, ''

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''. From 2019 to 2020, Trojan also had a recurring role in the soap opera, '' First Love''. In 2020, Trojan starred alongside

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in the drama film ''

'', based on a true story about a young man who was falsely accused for rape and was imprisoned for 25 years. For his performance, Trojan received positive reviews. At the 2021 Polish Film Awards, Trojan won

. He also received Gdynia Film Festival Award for Best Actor. The following year he appeared in the crime drama film ''

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'' on Netflix. In 2022, Trojan starred in the biographical drama film, ''

'', receiving his second Gdynia Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and was nominated for Polish Academy Award for Best Actor. Trojan is openly gay. He came out in 2016.

Selected filmography

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Life Feels Good ''Life Feels Good'' ( pl, Chce się żyć) is a 2013 Polish drama film directed by Maciej Pieprzyca. It won the jury, audience and ecumenical prizes at the Montreal World Film Festival. Plot It tells the story of Mateusz Rosiński who has cereb ...

'' (2013) *''

'' (2020) *''

All Our Fears ''All Our Fears'' ( pl, Wszystkie nasze strachy) is a 2021 Polish biographical film directed by Łukasz Gutt and Łukasz Ronduda. It is based on the Catholic gay activist Daniel Rycharski. Cast * Dawid Ogrodnik - Daniel Rycharski * Maria Maj - D ...

'' (2021) *''

'' (2022) *'' The Partisan'' (2024)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trojan, Piotr Łódź Film School alumni Polish film actors Polish male television actors Polish male stage actors Polish theatre directors People from Tarnowskie Góry Actors from Silesian Voivodeship Polish gay actors 1986 births Living people