Valentine Pelka (born 23 February 1956) is an English actor who has starred in film and on television.

Biography

Pelka was born in

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, to a Polish civil engineer father and an Irish actress mother, and attended St Michael's College, Leeds (now part of

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). His sister, Kazia, is an actress who starred on ''

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'', among other television programmes. He has made guest appearances on '' Highlander: The Series'' as Kronos, an enemy of

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) and former acolyte of

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) in the episodes "

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", " Revelations 6:8", "

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" and " Not To Be". He starred in the 1986 TV series ''

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'' (UK, William Tell) as Roland. He also guest starred in the 1990 TV series ''

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'' in the episode "All that Glitters" which preceded his starring role as the military governor, Colonel Montoya, in the 2000 syndicated TV series ''

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''. Peter Wingfield also co-starred as Dr Robert Helm. The part of Montoya was written for Pelka by executive producer David Abramowitz who in October 1999 offered him the part subject to approval by the other show producers. In 1999, he appeared in the British TV soap opera ''

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'' as Simon Thornton. His sister, Kazia, was also a leading player in ''Family Affairs''; however, that was after Valentine had appeared in the soap opera. Of the feature films in which Valentine has performed, the best-known was Roman Polanski's 2002 film '' The Pianist''. His supporting comedic role in '' Under the Tuscan Sun'' was performed mute. He returned to stage work in 2013 when he reprised his role as

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in Sandy Marshall's biopic ''And in the End'' at the Jeremy Street Theatre in London. Also in 1999, he had a guest starring role in '' Highlander: The Raven'' as Andre Korda, an immortal who is a criminal and once trained the main character Amanda. The episodes were 'The French Connection' and 'A Matter of Time'.

Family

He is married and has one child.

Filmography

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'' (TV Series) - Maurice De Bracy *''

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'' (1984) (TV) – Boguslaw Banas *''

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'' (1984) (TV) – Efrem Sakharov *''

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'' (1985) – Shammah *''

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'' (1985) *''

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'' (1986) – Gino *''

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'' (1986) (TV) – Sarak *'' Nanou'' (1986) – Jacques *'' Hold the Dream'' (1986) (TV) – Winston Harte *''

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'' (1987) (TV) – Roland *''

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'' (1988) – Percy Bysshe Shelley *''

'' (1990) (TV episode) – Leonardo Montez *'' The Plant'' (1995) (TV) – Max *''

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'' (1995) Series 5 Ep 14 - Danny *''

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'' (1995) – Sir Patrise *'' Highlander: The Series (TV)'' (1996–1998) – Kronos / Ahriman / Koren *''

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'' (1998) – Graham *''The Chewing Gum and Mrs. Andrews'' (1999) (short film) *''

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'' (2000) (TV) – Leslie *'' Life Force'' - (2000) (TV) Richard Webber *'' Sabotage!'' (2000) – Prussian hussar *''

'' (2000–01) (TV series) – Col. Luis Montoya *'' The Pianist'' (2002) – Dorota's Husband *'' Under the Tuscan Sun'' (2003) – Jerzy *'' Prime Suspect 6'' (2003) (TV) – SO19 Commander *'' Lie With Me'' (2004) (TV) – Alex *''

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'' (2005) (TV) – Pierre Lacau *''

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'' (2005) – Gorman Bellec *''

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'' (2006) (TV) - Col. Bundarczuk *'' Fake Identity'' (2008) – Matthew Murdoch *'' Come Fly With Me'' (2011) (TV) – Polish Ambassador Dubrovsky *''

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'' (2013) – Father Dimov *''The Power'' (2015) – Del *''Zavtrak u papy'' (2016)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pelka, Valentine 1956 births English male film actors English people of Irish descent English people of Polish descent English male television actors Living people Male actors from Yorkshire People educated at Mount St Mary's Catholic High School, Leeds Actors from Dewsbury