Hubert Kirił Urbański (born March 23, 1966, in
Warsaw
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) is a Polish actor, journalist and presenter of
Warner Bros. Discovery
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's
TVN of
Bulgaria
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n origin.
Urbański studied at Warsaw XIX
lyceum
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of Warsaw Insurgents (), and then at the
University of Warsaw
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, where he studied Hindi philosophy. He then began studies at the
Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Theatre Academy in Warsaw.
Between 1994 and 1995, Urbański worked at
Radio ZET
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History
Radio Zet was established in Warsaw, and air ...
and then at
Radio Kolor, where he worked until 1998. He then worked at Radio Tok FM for a year. He began his television career by hosting the ''Antena'' at
TVP, and ''
Pyramid
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'' game show on
Polsat
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Polsat belongs to Grupa Polsat Plus ( WSE: CP ...
. Since 1999, he has been working at
TVN, hosting various shows including ''Jestem Jaki Jestem'' and Polish versions of the ''
Dancing with the Stars
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'' ''
Survivor
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,'' and ''
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
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'' franchises.
Urbański is the father of four daughters – Marianna, Krystyna, Stefania and Danuta. His father is
Polish
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and his mother is
Bulgarian.
Filmography
* ''Bar Atlantic'' (1996) – announcer (voice)
* ''Miasteczko'' (2000–2001) – as himself, host of ''
Milionerzy''
* ''Król przedmieścia'' (2002) – as himself (voice)
* ''
Kasia i Tomek
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'' (2002–2003) –
tax adviser of Kasia and Tomek
* ''Vinci'' (2004) – walk-on person: he is the host of the auction, which is one of the most important scenes in the film (this scene was cut out by the director of the film, although it can be seen on the
DVD
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version).
* ''Czas Honoru'' (2011) – as colonel Mieczysław Skotnicki
* ''Ojciec Mateusz'' (2015) – as chef Mikołaj Rębacki
* ''Pierwsza Miłość'' (2015) – as businessman Damian Skowronek
* ''Na dobre i na złe'' (2016) – as Andrzej
* ''Druga Szansa'' (2016) – as Hein
Awards
* 2000 – a ''Wiktor'' award in ''television discovery of the year'' category.
* 2000 – the award of the
ELLE
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* ''Elle: ...
magazine in ''discovery of the year''.
* 2000 – a ''Telekamery'' award in the plebiscite of readers (category ''game shows and games'').
* 2001 – a ''Telekamery'' award in the plebiscite of readers (category ''game shows and games'').
* 2006 – 6th place on the ''most popular stars of Polish show–business'' list of ''
Forbes
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'' magazine.
* 2006 – ''Złote Dzioby'' award of Radio WAWA in the ''Event of the Year'' category.
* 2006 – 2nd place with Katarzyna Skrzynecka in ''Telekamery'' award's plebiscite in ''Entertainment'' category.
* 2007 – 3rd place with Katarzyna Skrzynecka in ''Telekamery'' award's plebiscite in ''Entertainment'' category.
Guest appearances
* On 11 April 2006 he was the guest of ''Duże dzieci'' (''Big children'').
* In October 2006 he was the guest of two episodes of ''Rozmowy w toku'' (''Talks on-air'').
* On 7 May 2007 he was the guest of ''
Szymon Majewski
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Majewski is a graduate of Edward Dembowski High School in Warsaw. He has a wife, Magdalena, a ...
Show'' (episode 57).
* On 23 December 2007 he was the guest in ''
Kuba Wojewódzki Show''.
Advertisements
Since 4 May 2007 Hubert Urbański advertises for
Bank Millennium
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.
References
External links
Official website of Hubert Urbański
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Urbanski, Hubert
1966 births
Living people
Polish journalists
Polish people of Bulgarian descent
Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw alumni
Polish television presenters
Polish game show hosts
Male actors from Warsaw
Journalists from Warsaw