Jacek Koman
Jacek Koman is a Polish actor and singer.
Early life
Koman was born in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, to actors Halina Koman and Adam Koman, and came to Australia in 1982 with his brother Tomek. They landed in Perth before heading over to Melbourne, where he began acting again.Koman attended the National [Film School in Łódź], where he studied acting alongside Małgorzata Potocka, Andrzej Szczytko and Piotr Skiba.
Career
Acting
Koman's first professional stage appearance was as Lysander in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in Bielsko-Biała in 1978.He has worked with partner Catherine McClements a number of times, including on films Redheads and Floodhouse, an episode of Rush (2008 [TV series)|Rush] in 2009, and in theatre productions Angels in America, The Blind Giant is Dancing, Macbeth and Cruel and Tender.
In 2011, Koman was nominated for an AACTA award for his guest performance in Spirited. In 2012, he appeared as 'The Great Hypno' in the Australian television series Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries.
In 2013, he returned to the stage after an eight-year absence, in Tom Holloway's translation of Durrenmatt's Dance of Death at the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne.
Koman was announced as part of the cast for Disney Plus series Last Days of the Space Age.
In 2021 played Remy, a minor character in the third season of the Australian black-comedy Mr Inbetween.
In Conclave, he appears as Archbishop Woźniak, the Prefect of the Papal Household and the late pope's confidant.