Jakub Gierszał

Jakub Gierszał (born 20 March 1988) is a Polish actor. His screen debut was in 2009, playing the role of Kazik in the film All That I Love. He later starred in the thriller film Suicide Room (2011), in which he played the character of Dominik, a high school student from a wealthy family who developed a mental health problem. He is three-time Polish Film Awards nominee.^[1]

Jakub Gierszał
Gierszał in 2017
Born	(1988-03-20) 20 March 1988 (age 37) Kraków, Poland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2009–present

Early life

Gierszał was born in Kraków. His father, Marek, is a theatre director working mainly in Germany. When Jakub was a few months old, his parents moved to Hamburg. After 11 years he returned to Poland and settled in Toruń. He is a student at the Kraków Academy of Dramatic Arts.^[2]

Career

In 2012, he was a Polish Film Award nominee for Best Actor for his role in Suicide Room.^[3] Gierszał also received a Shooting Stars Award that year.^[4] He earned his second Polish Film Award nomination for Best Actor for Breaking the Limits (2017) and his third for Doppelgänger (2023).

Gierzal at Shooting Stars 2012

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	All That I Love	Kazik
2010	Milion dolarów	Pawełek Leo
2011	Suicide Room	Dominik Santorski	Shooting Stars Award Nominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Actor
2012	Yuma	Zyga
2013	Lasting	Michał
2013	Finsterworld	Maximilian Sandberg
2013	The Fold	Lukas
2014	Hiszpanka	Krystian Ceglarski
2014	Dracula Untold	Acemi
2015	Performer	Collector
2015	The Lure	the bass player
2016	Morris from America	Per
2017	Spoor	Dyzio
2017	PolandJa	Artur
2017	Zgoda	Erwin
2017	Beyond Words	Michael
2017	Breaking the Limits	Jerzy Górski	Gdynia Film Festival Golden Kangaroo Award Nominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Actor
2019	Giraffe	Lucek
2019	Powrót birbanta. Rekonstrukcja	Birbant	Short film
2021	The Getaway King	Antos
2023	Zadra	Motyl
2023	Vamos a la playa	Wanja
2023	Doppelgänger	Hans Steiner	Nominated — Polish Academy Award for Best Actor
2023	Ultima Thule	Bartek
2024	White Courage	Wolfram von Kamitz
2024	Colors of Evil: Red	Leopold Bilski
2024	Simona Kossak	Lech Wilczek
TBA	The Duel	Grabowski

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs	Felix	Television film
2015	Der Liebling des Himmels	Leo Sorel	Television film
2015	Crossing Lines	Jovan Petric	Episode: "Enemy of the People"
2016	Emma nach Mitternacht - Frau Hölle	Maxim Ionow	Television film
2018	Das Boot	Schmidt	Episodes: "Verluste" and "Zweifel"
2021	Tatort	Nicolai Timofejew	Episode: "Macht der Familie"
2018–2022	The Defence	Piotr Langer Junior	Series regular, 25 episodes