Tomasz Kot

Tomasz Kot
Kot in 2017
Born	(1977-04-21) 21 April 1977 Legnica, Poland
Education	National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present
Height	6 ft 6+1⁄4 in (199 cm)
Spouse	Agnieszka Olczyk ​ (m. 2006)​
Children	2

Tomasz Kot (Polish pronunciation: [ˈtɔmaʂ ˈkɔt]; born 21 April 1977) is a Polish film, television, and theatre actor. He has appeared in more than 30 films and 26 plays as well as dozens of television series. He received the Polish Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in 2014 film Gods.

Education and career

He graduated from the Tadeusz Kościuszko High School No. 1 in Legnica. On 17 November 1996, he made his theatre debut on the stage of the Dramatic Theatre in Legnica in Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz's play Madame Tutli-Putli directed by Wiesław Cichy. In 2001, he graduated from the AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków. He gained great popularity by portraying singer Ryszard Riedel in Jan Kidawa Błoński's 2005 film Destined for Blues as well as for his role as Zbigniew Religa in Łukasz Palkowski's 2014 film Gods. In 2015, he was awarded the Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis.

In 2018, Kot received award-season buzz for his starring role as Wiktor in Paweł Pawlikowski’s feature Cold War for Amazon. The project has earned him a nomination for best actor by the European Film Awards and the movie has been recognized by the Critics' Choice Movie Awards, New York Film Critics Circle, and the National Board of Review in the best foreign language film category. In 2018 Kot appeared in Agnieszka Holland’s Spoor and had a starring role in Jaroslaw Marszewski’s “Bikini Blue,” the latter earning him the award for best lead actor at the Milan Film Festival. In 2019 Kot starred in BBC One series World on Fire alongside Brian J. Smith, Julia Brown, and Helen Hunt.

Personal life

On 30 September 2006 in Częstochowa, he married actress Agnieszka Olczyk. They have two children: Blanka (b. 2007) and Leon (b. 2010).

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Destined for Blues	Ryszard Riedel
2007	Testosterone	Robal
2007	Dlaczego Nie	Dawid
2009	Operation Danube	Lt. January Jakubczak
2010	Erratum	Michał Bogusz
2012	Hans Kloss. Stawka większa niż śmierć	Stanisław Kolicki, codename J-23/Hans Kloss
2012	Yuma	Opat
2014	Gods	Zbigniew Religa
2014	Fotograf	Bauman
2016	Spoor	Pros. Świerszczyński
2017	Najlepszy	Okoń
2017	Volta	Jan Krone
2018	Cold War	Wiktor
2019	World on Fire	Stefen Tomaszeski
2020	A Perfect Enemy	Jeremiasz Angust
2021	Soul	Joe Gardner	Polish dub
2021	Leave No Traces	Kowalczyk
2021	Warning	Brian
2023	Kleks Academy	Professor Kleks
2023	Joika	Vitaliy Ivanov

See also

• Cinema of Poland
• List of Poles

External links

Media related to Tomasz Kot at Wikimedia Commons

• Tomasz Kot at IMDb