Name
Jerzy Stuhr
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1947-04-18
Deathday
2024-07-09 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Kraków, Poland
Biography
Jerzy Oskar Stuhr (Polish: [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈɔskar ˈʂtur]; 18 April 1947 – 9 July 2024) was a Polish film and theatre actor. Considered one of the most popular, influential and versatile Polish actors and an icon of Polish cinema, he also worked as a screenwriter, film director, voice actor and drama professor. He served as the rector of the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Kraków for two terms: from 1990 to 1996 and again from 2002 to 2008.
Throughout his long and prolific professional career spanning over five decades, he appeared in 65 films including Camera Buff (1979), Sexmission (1984), A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984), Dekalog: Ten (1989), Three Colours: White (1994), Kiler (1997), Love Stories (1997) and The Big Animal (2000).
He received numerous awards and honours including the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2000), Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture (2005), Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Persona non grata (2006), Złota Kaczka Award (2008), Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2011), and Polish Academy Life Achievement Award (2018).
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Known For
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Two scientists are chosen as guinea pigs for a time experiment: they are placed in hiberna...
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Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his...
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An old film director, unhappy with the movie he's shooting about a Hungarian circus strand...
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The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place ...
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The newly elected Pope suffers a panic attack just as he is about to greet the faithful wh...
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Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident c...
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When the circus leaves town, Zygmunt and Marysia unwittingly adopt a camel into their home...
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Jan and Maria become a couple in 1930s Kraków. Jan tries to get a job as an architect but...
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Jerzy Stuhr scripted, directed and plays four roles in this Polish comedy about four men -...
- 1994 Three Colors: White as Jurek
- 2022 Sonata as Henryk Skarżyński
- 1997 Killer as Commissioner Ryba
- 2023 I Will Not Starve as Granata
- 1979 Camera Buff as Filip Mosz
- 1977 Ich czworo as Fedycki
- 1988 King Size as Nadszyszkownik Kilkujadek
- 2007 Twists of Fate as Rector
- 2021 Talking Heads 2021 as Self
- 2011 We Have a Pope as Spokesman
- 2001 Down House as генерал Иволгин
- 1999 Killer 2 as Jerzy Ryba
- 1981 Wizja lokalna 1901 as Wagner
- 1976 The Scar as Bednarz's assistant
- 2010 Mystification as Witkacy
- 1984 Sexmission as Maksymilian Paradys
- 1993 Hijacking Agatha as ojciec Agaty
- 2004 Arje as Arje
- 1985 O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization as Soft
- 1990 Déjà vu as Johnny Pollack
- 2023 A Brighter Tomorrow as Jerzy
- 1986 Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes as Chudy
- 1981 From a Far Country as Engineer
- 2010 Let It Be as Sapiente
- 2000 The Big Animal as Zygmunt Sawicki
- 1972 The Third Part of the Night as Lab Technician (uncredited)
- 1986 Hero of the Year as Lutek Danielak
- 1980 The Moth as "Elegancki" w barze
- 1988 Cupid's Bow as Stanisław Ciąglewicz
- 1980 A Chance as Zbyszek Ejmont
- 1989 Decalogue X as Jerzy Janicki
- 2003 Tomorrow's Weather as Józef Kozioł
- 1985 Medium as Georg Netz
- 1978 Top Dog as Lutek Danielak
- 1989 Citizen Piszczyk as Jan Piszczyk
- 2009 Gwiazda Kopernika as Paul Van De Volder (voice)
- 2005 Persona non grata as Polish attaché Radca
- 1997 Love Stories as Various Characters
- 1979 Provincial Actors as Wojciech Głosowicz
- 2014 Citizen as Jan Bratek
- 1992 Tango as Edek
- 1978 Seans as Tomek Partyka
- 1987 Blind Chance as ZSMP Member (1)
- 1976 Slate as Himself
- 1988 The Death of John L. as Coalminer from Bytom
- 2006 Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski as Self
- 2007 The Perfect Afternoon as Andrzej Mielczarek
- 2003 Show
- 1980 The Calm as Antek Gralak
- 1980 A Party for Ten, Plus Three as Man By Work Office (uncredited)
- 1971 Milion za Laurę as Highlander's Son (uncredited)
- 1980 Chance as Zbyszek Ejmont
- 1995 List of Lovers as Gustaw
- 1999 A Week in the Life of a Man as Adam Borowski
- 1981 The War of the Worlds: Next Century as Attorney
- 2000 La vita altrui as Riccardo Bauer
- 1973 Through and Through as Malisz's Brother
- 1987 Train for Hollywood as Director Zdzich
- 2018 Forgive Us Our Debts as Professore
- 1991 Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe as prałat
- 1977 Próba ciśnenia as mężczyzna pod budką telefoniczną, towarzysz Elżbiety
- 1975 Strach
- 1996 Matka swojej matki as Roman
- 1987 The Mother of the Kings as Hiszpan
- 1984 A Year of the Quiet Sun as przewodnik Adzio
- 1987 Escape as Czesio
- 1978 Without Anesthesia as Jerzy Porębowicz
- 2006 The Caiman as Jerzy Sturovsky, produttore polacco
- 1987 Crime and Punishment
- 1978 November Night as Wysocki
- 2013 Invisible World as Segment "Tributo ao Público de Cinema"
- 1995 Jury as Minister
- 1977 Skiz as Wituś
- 2003 19. Południk as ambasador Rosji
- 1974 The Keys as Emcee (uncredited)
- 2013 L'ultimo Papa Re ( 2 episodes ) as Pierre-Jean Beckx (head of the Jesuits)
- 1974 Departures, Returns ( 1 episode )
- 2022 My Agent ( 1 episode )
- 1980 As the Years Go By, As the Days Go By... ( 2 episodes ) as Fikalski
- 1989 Dekalog ( 1 episode ) as Jerzy
