Janusz Gajos
Janusz Gajos is a Polish film, television and theatre actor as well as pedagogue and photographer. Professor of Theatre Arts and an Honorary Doctor of the National [Film School in Łódź], he is considered one of the greatest Polish actors.
He is the recipient of numerous awards and honours including the Gold Cross of Merit, Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture, five Polish Film Awards, Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta, and Diamond Lions Award at the Gdynia Film Festival.
Life and career
He was born in Dąbrowa Górnicza. At the age of 11, he moved to Będzin where in 1957, he graduated from the High School No 3. In 1965 he graduated from the National Film School in Łódź as one of its best students despite having been rejected during entrance exams three times. He debuted while he was still in film school in children's film Panienka z okienka directed by Maria Kaniewska in 1964. Shortly afterwards he was cast in a role of Janek Kos in a widely popular TV World War II series Czterej pancerni i pies. He starred in numerous other films and theatrical plays, notably in Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colors: White, Ryszard Bugajski's Interrogation, Andrzej Wajda's Man of Marble, Wojciech Marczewski's Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema, Władysław Pasikowski's Pigs, Andrzej Wajda's The Revenge, Małgorzata Szumowska's Body and Wojciech Smarzowski's Clergy.He performed in numerous theatres throughout his acting career including Stefan Jaracz Theatre in Łódź as well as the Komedia Theatre, Polish Theatre, Kwadrat, the Dramatic Theatre and the National Theatre in Warsaw. In 2003, he became an academic teacher at the National Film School in Łódź. He is also known for performing in popular Olga Lipińska's Cabaret.
In 2010, he officially endorsed the candidacy of Bronisław Komorowski in the 2010 Polish Presidential Elections as well as the 2015 Polish Presidential Elections.
In 2007, he received the Golden Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis. In 2011, he was awarded the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta. He is a five-time winner of the Polish Film Awards including the Polish Film Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2016.
Filmography
Solid Gold, as CBŚ officer NowickiClergy, as archbishop MordowiczKamerdyner, as Bazyli MiotkeBreaking the Limits Blindness Body The Closed Circuit as Andrzej KostrzewaEkipa, as former Prime Minister Henryk NowaszJasminum as monk ZdrówkoPitbull Hamlet, as Claudius Treasure Planet, as John Silver Zemsta The Revenge, as Cześnik Maciej RaptusiewiczChopin: Desire for Love, as Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich Romanov:Tam i z powrotem There and Back, as Andrzej HoffmanPrzedwiośnie The Spring to Come, as Seweryn Baryka, father of CezaryWeiser, as Antiquarian Żółty szalik To ja, złodziej It's Me, the Thief, as Roman WyskoczOstatnia misja The Last Mission, as Police InspectorEgzekutor, as Kowalik Fuks, as Policeman Szczęśliwego Nowego Jorku Happy New York, as ProfessorCzas zdrady, as Messer Niccolo Poznań 56, as Professor Revenge of the Musketeers, as D'Artagnan Akwarium as Nikolay Kravcov Łagodna A Gentle Woman, as HeŚmierć jak kromka chleba Death like a Slice of Bread, as MiodekThree Colors: White, as MikołajStraszny sen Dzidziusia Górkiewicza The Terrible Dream of Babyface Gorkiewicz Szwadron Squadron Coupable d'innocence When Reason Sleeps Pigs, as Major SB "Siwy" GrossEscape from the 'Liberty' Cinema, as CenzorStan wewnętrzny Inner State Dekalog The Decalogue TV Series, as MichałPiłkarski poker Soccer Poker, as Referee Jan LagunaDekalog, cztery Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother, as MichałBig Bang, as JanekHamlet we wsi Głucha Dolna Rok spokojnego słońca The Year of the Quiet Sun, as Moonlighter' After Your Decrees, as DriverAlternatywy 4 TV Series, as Jan Winnicki Gwiezdny pył Limuzyna Daimler-Benz The Consul, as KuschmerekNieciekawa historia Uninteresting Story Interrogation Interrogation, as Major UB "Kąpielowy" ZawadaFrom a Far Country Z dalekiego kraju Man of Iron Man of Iron, as Committee vice-chairmanWahadełko Shilly-Shally The War of the Worlds: Next Century The Orchestra Conductor, as High OfficialKontrakt The Contract, as Bolesław BartoszukKung-Fu, as Editor-in-Chief Maciek What Will You Do When You Catch Me?, as Supermarket Manager- '