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Jan Jurkowski
Jurkowski in 2024.
Born1989 (age 35–36)
Occupation
Actor
Years active2009–present

Jan Jurkowski (born 1989)[1] is a Polish stage, film and television actor, director, screenwriter, and editor. He is a co-founder of Darwin Film Group [pl] which publishes its productions on YouTube.

Biography

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He has graduated acting in 2013 from the National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków.[2] While studying, he debuted on stage of the Bagatela Theatre in Warsaw in 2009. In 2011, performed in audioplay of Polish Radio based on The Wedding. In 2013, he began performing in the Wojciech Bogusławski Theatre [pl] in Kalisz, and in 2015, in the Łaźnia Nowa Theatre in Kraków.[3]

In 2012, together with his classmate, Marek Hucz, he has founded the Darwin Film Group, which begun producing short films, such as series Wielkie Konflikty published on YouTube. Another popular series produced by them included Szorty Darwina, Dziennik Internetowy, and Groovy Movie, among others.[1] In 2016, they have filmed television series Wielkie Teorie Darwina for TVN, and also released some of their miniseries on its streaming service, Player.pl.[4][5] In 2017, they made episode "1%" for web-miniseries Little Black Mirror, a part of promotional campaign of Netflix television series Black Mirror.[6] In 2021, they produced another series for TVN, titled Misja.[4][5]

In 2019, Jurkowski and Hucz published book To (nie) koniec świata, in which they wrote about their works and unproduced stories of the Darwin Film Group.[1]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2012–2013 Patologiczna Krawcowa Pathological Seamstress Webseries; voice; 10 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor
Wielkie Budowle Various roles Webseries; 5 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor
2013 Mistrz Motyl Techniczny Webseries; 2 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor
Wielkie Pytania Polskie Ludwik Montgomery Webseries; 25 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor
2013–2014 Videoblogi Ludwika Ludwik Montgomery Webseries; 11 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor
2014–2019 Wielkie Konflikty Various roles Webseries; 31 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor
2015–2021 Shorty Darwina Various roles Webseries; 28 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor
2015–2024 Dziennik Internetowy Various roles Webseries; 13 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor
2016 Wielkie Teorie Darwina Various roles Television series; 5 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor
2016–2021 Zakazane Spoty Darwina Various roles Webseries; 14 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor
2017 Dzielni chłopcy Football fan Television play
Little Black Mirror Mr. Aboth Webseries; episode: "1%" (no. 1); also director, screenwriter, and editor
Volta Paweł Feature film
2017–2022 Groovy Movie Various roles Webseries; 5 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor
2018 My Strange Older Brother Brother Short film; voice
2019 Bajki Darwina Various roles Webseries; 2 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor
Malibu Rescue Television series; voice; Polish-language dubbing
Mały Grand Hotel Gold Paulini Television series; episode no. 6
2020 Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon Pancho Television series; voice; Polish-language dubbing
I'm Here Son-in-law Short film; voice
2020–2022 Byli sobie Ludzie Speaker #1 Webseries; 15 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor
2021 Misja Arkadiusz Słowacki Television series; 10 episodes; also screenwriter and producer
2022–2023 Z Archiwum N Various roles Webseries; 2 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor
2023 Camera Cafe. Nowe parzenie Police officer Television series; episode no. 22
2024 Jak nie zabiłem swojego ojca i jak bardzo tego żałuję Television play
Seasons Screenwriter Feature film

Stage credits

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Year Title Role Director Theatre
2009 Woyzeck Andrzej Domalik Bagatela Theatre (Warsaw)
2010 Nadobnisie i koczkodany Mandelbaum Adam Nawojczyk National Academy of Theatre Arts (Kraków)
2011 Ja-jestem-nim Szymon Kaczmarek
Witkacy – Jedyne wyjście Nadrazil Żywiołowicz Marcin Kuźmiński Juliusz Słowacki Theatre (Kraków)
Izydor
2012 Healter Skelter Paweł Świątek National Academy of Theatre Arts (Kraków)
2013 Versus Leszek Pękalski Szymon Kaczmarek Wojciech Bogusławski Theatre (Kalisz)
2014 Diabełek Pawełek Diabełek Pawełek Mikołaj Mikołajczyk
Fantazy Jan Maciej Podstawny
The Government Inspector Piotr Bobczyński Jacek Jabrzyk Aleksander Węgierko Drama Theatre (Białystok)
The Master and Margarita Azazello Magdalena Miklasz Malabar Hotel Theatre (Warsaw)
Pontius Pilate
Grigory Danilovich Rimsky
2015 Pelcia, czyli jak żyć, żeby nie odnieść sukcesu Joanna Szczepkowska Łaźnia Nowa Theatre (Kraków)
Skowyt Maciej Podstawn
2019 Sokrates Socrates Joanna Szczepkowska Na Dole Theatre (Warsaw)
2020 Lem vs. P.K. Dick Stanisław Lem Mateusz Pakuła Łaźnia Nowa Theatre (Kraków)
2023 Jak nie zabiłem swojego ojca i jak bardzo tego żałuję Mateusz Pakuła
2024 The Play That Goes Wrong Chris Janusz Szydłowsk Kraków Variété Theatre (Kraków)

Audioplay credits

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Year Title Role Director Radio
2011 The Wedding Andrzej Seweryn Polish Radio
2016 The Merchant of Venice Gratiano Mariusz Malec

Bibliography

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  • 2019: To (nie) koniec świata (together with Marek Hucz; Altenberg; ISBN 978-83-952354-6-7)[7]

Awards

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2014 Jacek Woszczerowicz Award — Versus
(play directed by Szymon Kaczmarek) 		Won [2]
2018 Grand Video Awards Entertainment Gwiezdny Szeryf Won

References

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  1. ^ a b c Jerzy Sadecki (1 February 2016). "Kreacja według Darwina". press.pl (in Polish).
  2. ^ a b "Jan Jurkowski". filmpolski.pl (in Polish).
  3. ^ "Jan Jurkowski". encyklopediateatru.pl (in Polish).
  4. ^ a b "Grupa Filmowa Darwin i Player łączą siły!". tvn.pl (in Polish). 12 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Są gwiazdami polskiego Youtube'a. Teraz będą tworzyć dla Playera". teleshow.wp.pl (in Polish). 12 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Polscy youtuberzy sprostali wyzwaniu 'Black Mirror', ale to nie Gonciarz był najmocniejszym ogniwem". noizz.pl (in Polish). 20 January 2018.
  7. ^ "To (nie) koniec świata". lubimyczytac.pl (in Polish).
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