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Jerzy Skolimowski

Actor, Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, Additional CreditsBorn May 5, 1938 (87 years)
Jerzy Skolimowski (Polish: [ˈjɛʐɨ skɔliˈmɔfskʲi]; born 5 May 1938) is a Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist, actor and painter. Beginning as a screenwriter for Andrzej Wajda's Innocent Sorcerers (1960), Skolimowski has made more than twenty films since his directorial debut The Menacing Eye (1960). In 1967 he was awarded the Golden Bear prize for his Belgian film The Departure (1967). Among his other notable films is Deep End (1970), starring Jane Asher and John Moulder Brown as well as The Shout, starring Alan Bates, Susannah York and John Hurt, Moonlighting (1982), starring Jeremy Irons and Essential Killing, starring Vincent Gallo

He lived in Los Angeles for over 20 years where he painted in a figurative, expressionist mode and occasionally acted in films. He returned to Poland, and to filmmaking as a writer and director, after a 17-year hiatus with Four Nights with Anna (2008).

He received the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 2016 Venice Film Festival. His film EO (2022) was awarded the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.

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Known For

  • EO
  • Essential Killing
  • Knife in the Water
  • Deep End
  • Moonlighting
  • The Shout
  • 11 Minutes
  • Heel
  • White Nights
  • Four Nights with Anna
  • The Palace
  • The Departure
  • The Lightship
  • Innocent Sorcerers
  • Identification Marks: None
  • Barrier
  • The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683
  • Walkover
  • Mesmerized
  • Torrents of Spring
  • Hands Up!
  • The Adventures of Gerard
  • King, Queen, Knave
  • Circle of Deceit

Filmography

2025
A Decent Man (TV Series) · as Professor Jerzy
2023
Warszawianka (TV Series) · as Stanisław Czułkowski
2018
The Stolen Caravaggio · as Jerzy Kunze
2018
Juliusz · as Olgierd 'chorwat' Szybenik
2012
2012
The Avengers · as Georgi Luchkov
2009
Marked (PO) (TV Series) · as Wojciech Radler
2007
Eastern Promises · as Stepan
2000
Before Night Falls · as Professor
1999
Operation Simoon · as Hayes
1998
L.A. Without a Map · as Minister
1996
Mars Attacks! · as Dr. Zeigler
1991
30 Door Key · as Dyrektor Szkoły
1989
Torrents of Spring · as Wiktor Wiktorowicz
1987
Big Shots · as Doc
1985
White Nights · as Colonel Chaiko
1982
Moonlighting · as Boss (uncredited)
1981
Circle of Deceit · as Hoffmann
1981
Hands Up! · as Andrzej Leszczyc, Zastawa (1967 Footage) / Self (1981 Footage)
1972
1970
Deep End · as Tube Passenger With Newspaper (uncredited)
1966
Barrier · as Waiter - Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1965
Identification Marks: None · as Andrzej Leszczyc
1965
Walkover · as Andrzej Leszczyc
1960
Innocent Sorcerers · as Boxer (uncredited)

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