Rafał Zawierucha

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Rafał Zawierucha (born 12 October 1986) is a Polish film and theatre actor, best known for his role of Roman Polanski in the 2019 Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Life and career

Zawierucha was born in Kraków.{{cite news |title=Aktor Rafał Zawierucha na święta wraca do rodzinnych Kielc: - Najbardziej lubię pierogi, ryby i kutię |url=https://echodnia.eu/swietokrzyskie/aktor-rafal-zawierucha-na-swieta-wraca-do-rodzinnych-kielc-najbardziej-lubie-pierogi-ryby-i-kutie/ar/8100322 |work=Echodnia |date=December 23, 2014 |first=Anna |last=Bilska |access-date=22 November 2018}} He grew up in Kielce{{r|zawierucha}} where he has finished high school.{{cite web |title=III Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Integracyjnymi im. C.K.Norwida w Kielcach |url=http://www.3lo.kielce.pl/index.php/20042005 |work=III LO Kielce |year=2004–2005 |access-date=22 November 2018}} In 2012, Zawierucha graduated Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw.{{cite news |title=Absolwent Wydziału Aktorskiego Rafał Zawierucha zagra u Quentina Tarantino |url=https://akademia.at.edu.pl/2018/08/29/absolwent-wydzialu-aktorskiego-rafal-zawierucha-zagra-u-quentina-tarantino/ |work=Akademia Teatralna im. Aleksandra Zelwerowicza |date=August 29, 2018 |access-date=22 November 2018 |first=Wydział |last=Aktorski}}

He has appeared in Polish movies, including Gods (Bogowie), Jack Strong and Warsaw 44 (Miasto 44), and in TV series like Recipe For Life and Siła wyższa. In 2012, he received a Golden Duck nomination for his role in Andrzej Barański's Księstwo.{{cite web |title=Złote Kaczki 2012 |url=https://www.filmweb.pl/awards/Z%C5%82ote+Kaczki/2012 |work=Film Web |access-date=22 November 2018 |year=2012}}

In 2019, Zawierucha played director Roman Polanski in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, a film by Quentin Tarantino that takes place at the time of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.{{cite news |title=Danny Strong, Sydney Sweeney Join 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/danny-strong-sydney-sweeney-join-once-a-time-hollywood-1129521 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=August 27, 2018 |access-date=22 November 2018 |first=Mia |last=Galuppo}}

Selected filmography

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Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
rowspan="3" \| 2011 \|Recipe for Life \|Kuba \|TV series
Księstwo \|Zbyszek Pasternak \|
Siła wyższa \|Franek \|TV series
2012 \|Ostatnie piętro \| \|
rowspan="5" \| 2014 \|Gods \|Romuald Cichoń \|
Warsaw 44 \|Insurgent \|
Jack Strong \|Tank soldier \|
Obywatel \| Delegate \|
Wkręceni \| Cameraman \|
rowspan="2" \| 2019 \|Once Upon a Time in Hollywood \|Roman Polanski \|
The Soviet Sleep Experiment \| Dr. Leo Antonoff \|
rowspan="2" \| 2020 \|Letters to Santa 4 \| Stefan \|
The Champion \| Klimko \|
rowspan="2" \|2021 \|Bartkowiak \| Steppy D \|
The Getaway King \|Ujma \|
2022 \|The Behaviorist \|Sebastian Bielak \|TV series
2024 \|Inheritance \|Officer Trzeciak \|

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Year

! Title

! Role

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rowspan="3" | 2011

|Recipe for Life

|Kuba

|TV series

Księstwo

|Zbyszek Pasternak

Siła wyższa