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Gerald Lepkowski
Australian actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gerald Lepkowski is a British-Australian television and stage actor, who has had guest roles in Australian and British productions, before landing the lead role in drama series Dirt Game in Australia in 2009.
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Early life
Born in 1966 the Sighthill area of Glasgow, Scotland, Lepkowski is the second child of Edward Lepkowski, a carpet fitter of Polish descent; and Catherine Lepkowski (née Murray). He has a brother, Edward Jr, and a sister, Carol.
While travelling in Australia in his early twenties, Lepkowski became interested in acting and trained at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts[1] where he met his future wife, fellow British-born thespian, Frances O'Connor.
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Lepkowski worked extensively in Australia on the stage, including playing Tysefew in The Dutch Courtesan, Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing, Roger & Arthur in The Balcony, Vershinin in Three Sisters, Krogstaad in A Doll's House and Orsino in Twelfth Night, all with the Melbourne Theatre Company.
From 1994, Lepkowski went on to appear in guest roles in several Australian and British TV series, including The Damnation of Harvey McHugh and Neighbours (both 1994), Halifax f.p. (1996), State Coroner (1997), Monarch of the Glen (2001), Two Thousand Acres of Sky (2003) and EastEnders (2005).
In 2002, Lepkowski landed the lead role in the award-winning Scottish romantic comedy film, American Cousins, starring alongside Shirley Henderson, Danny Nucci and Hollywood stars Dan Hedaya and Vincent Pastore. The same year he appeared in British film, Man Dancin', which starred EastEnders actor Alex Ferns.
In 2009, he starred in the lead role of Dirt Game, an Australian drama series that aired on ABC1. He also starred in season 2 of SBS drama series East West 101. It began airing in mid-October 2009.[2] In 2010, Lepkowski appeared in the Australian telemovie Sisters of War as Bishop Leo Scharmach.
In 2016 he appeared as Zanrush, a red priest, in "The Red Woman", the sixth-season premiere episode of HBO series Game of Thrones.
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Personal life
Lepkowski is married to actor Frances O'Connor, with whom he now has one child, born in 2005. The couple currently reside in the Los Angeles area, in the United States.
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