Tomasz Ziętek (born 28 June 1989,

Inowrocław Inowrocław (; , ) is a city in central Poland with a total population of 68,101 (as of December 2022). It is situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is one of the largest and most historically significant cities within the historic re ...

) is a

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film and theatre

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as well as

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and

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Life and career

Ziętek was born on 28 June 1989 in

. He graduated from the

Bolesław III Wrymouth Bolesław III Wrymouth (; 20 August 1086 – 28 October 1138), also known as Boleslaus the Wry-mouthed, was the duke of Lesser Poland, Silesia and Sandomierz between 1102 and 1107 and over the whole of Poland between 1107 and 1138. He was the onl ...

High School No. 1 in

Słupsk Słupsk (; ; ) is a city with powiat rights located on the Słupia River in the Pomeranian Voivodeship in northern Poland, in the historical region of Pomerania or more specifically in its part known in contemporary Poland as Central Pomerania ...

, and completed studies at the Danuta Baduszkowa National Vocal and Drama School in

Gdynia Gdynia is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With an estimated population of 257,000, it is the List of cities in Poland, 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in the Pomeranian Voivodeship after Gdańsk ...

. In 2007, Ziętek won the Grand Prix of the "Niemen Non Stop" Festival of Young Talents in

, Poland. In 2005, he made his theatre debut by performing in ''Betlejem Polskie'' ("Polish Bethlehem"), a play staged in the New Theatre in Słupsk. In 2011, he played his first major film role of Zbigniew Godlewski in Antoni Krauze's drama film ''Black Thursday'', which recounts the events of the Polish protests of 1970. His other prominent roles include

Jan Bytnar Jan Roman Bytnar, ''nom de guerre'' "Rudy" (''Ginger'') (born 6 May 1921, Kolbuszowa, Poland – died 30 March 1943, Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish scoutmaster, a member of Polish scouting anti-Nazi resistance, and a lieutenant in the Home Army du ...

Robert Gliński Robert Ignacy Gliński (born 17 April 1952 in Warsaw) is a Polish film director and screenwriter. A graduate of the National Film School in Łódź. He won the Golden Lions at the Gdynia Film Festival in 1992 with his film '' Wszystko, co najw ...

's 2014

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'' Stones for the Rampart'' and "Ronaldo" in

Marcin Wrona Marcin Wrona (25 March 1973 – 19 September 2015) was a Polish film director. His film ''Demon (2015 film), Demon'' was shown at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. He debuted at the TIFF in 2010 Toronto International Film Festival ...

's 2015

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''. For his roles in ''Cicha noc'' ("Silent Night"; 2017) and

Jan Komasa Jan Tadeusz Komasa (born 1981) is a Polish film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for directing '' Suicide Room'' (2011), '' Warsaw 44'' (2014), and ''Corpus Christi'' (2019), which was nominated for the Best International Feature ...

's 2019 Academy-Award-nominated '' Corpus Christi'', he received

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nominations for Best Supporting Actor. In 2019, he appeared in

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war drama TV series '' World on Fire'' written by

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Personal life

He is a vocalist and guitarist of the Tricity-based ''The Fruitcakes'' music band. He also created his solo music project ''The Ape Man Tales''.

Filmography

*2011: ''Czarny czwartek'' (Black Thursday) as Zbigniew Godlewski *2013: ''

Na dobre i na złe ''Na dobre i na złe'' (, ''For better and for worse'') is a Polish television medical drama series, broadcast on TVP2 since 7 November 1999. It is the longest-running weekly primetime drama on Polish television and one of the longest-running ...

'' (TV series) as Jarek (episode 545) *2014: '' Kamienie na szaniec'' as Jan Bytnar *2014: ''Upload'' as Demolka Man *2015: ''

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'' as attorney's assistant *2015: ''Carte Blanche'' as Wojtek Madejski *2015: ''Pakt'' as a journalist *2015: ''

'' as Ronaldo *2016: ''Konwój'' as Feliks *2017: ''Żużel'' as Lowa *2017: ''Cicha noc'' as Paweł *2018: ''Kamerdyner'' as Max von Krauss *2019: ''Odwróceni. Ojcowie i córki'' (TV series) as Daniel *2019: '' Corpus Christi'' as Pinczer *2019: '' World on Fire'' (TV series) as Tomasz *2020: ''Tarapaty 2'' as Karol Wróblewski *2021: '' Leave No Traces'' as Jurek Popiel *2021: ''

Operation Hyacinth Operation Hyacinth () was a secret mass operation in Polish People’s Republic carried out by the Citizens' Militia in the years 1985-87. Its purpose was to create national database of all Polish homosexuals and people who were in touch with th ...

'' as Robert Mrozowski

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ziętek, Tomasz 1989 births Living people People from Słupsk Male actors from Pomeranian Voivodeship Polish male actors Polish male stage actors Polish musicians 21st-century Polish male actors Polish male television actors People from Inowrocław Male actors from Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Polish film actors

Life and career

Personal life

Filmography

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