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Jacek Koman
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Koman in 2019
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| Born | 15 August 1956 Bielsko-Biała, Poland
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| Alma mater | National Film School in Łódź |
| Occupation | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Catherine McClements
(m. 1990) |
| Children | 2 |
Jacek Koman (born 15 August 1956) is a Polish actor and singer.
Early life
Koman was born in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, to actors Halina Koman (née Dobrowolska; born 3 January 1923) and Adam Koman (24 December 1922 – 1 December 2005), 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 (1974–78). His first professional stage appearance was as Lysander in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in Bielsko-Biała in 1978.
Career
In Melbourne, Koman met his partner, Australian actress Catherine McClements, in the late 1980s at the Anthill Theatre. They now have two children together – Clementine Coco (born July 2001) and Quincy (born May 2007). The couple have worked together a number of times, including films Redheads and Floodhouse, as well as an episode of Rush in 2009, and theatre productions Cruel and Tender (2005), Macbeth (2003), The Blind Giant is Dancing (1995) and Angels in America (1994).
In 2011, he 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.
Music career
Koman is also the lead singer of VulgarGrad, a Melbourne band who play Russian-style music and who formed in 2004.
Filmography
Film
- Holidays on the River Yarra (1991) − Mercenary
- Redheads (1992) – Lawyer
- Lucky Break (1994) – Detective Yuri Borodinoff
- What I Have Written (1996) – Jeremy Fliszar
- Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997) – Raoul
- The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1998) – Picotti
- Moulin Rouge! (2001) – The Unconscious Argentinean
- Horseplay (2002) – Roman
- Floodhouse (Short film, 2003) – Anselm
- Children of Men (2006) – Tomasz
- Romulus, My Father (2007) – Vacek
- Defiance (2008) – Koscik
- Australia (2008) – Ivan
- Kochaj i tańcz (English title: Love and Dance) (2008) – Jan Kettler
- Lonesdale (2010)
- Kolysanka (English title: Lullaby) (2010) – Postman Kaminski
- The Hunter (2011) – Middleman
- Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011) – Terrokov
- The Great Gatsby (2013)
- Shopping (2013) - Bennie
- Son of a Gun (2014) - Sam
- Jungle (2017)
- The Hater (2020) - Robert Krasucki
Television
- Bezposrednie polaczenie (1979) – Slawek Tietz
- Phoenix (1993) – Steward (1 episode)
- Twisted Tales (1995)
- Wildside (1998) – Barry Lipinski (1 episode)
- The Secret Life of Us (2001) – Dominic
- Stingers (2003) – Daniel Tedesco (1 episode)
- Mary Bryant (Miniseries, 2005) – Wanjon (part 2)
- Tripping Over (2006) – Magnus
- Rush (2009) – Anton Buczek (1 episode)
- City Homicide (2010) – Andro Budjman (1 episode)
- Ratownicy (2010) – Piotr Rojek
- Usta usta (2010) – Pawel Sliwinski (1 episode)
- East West 101 (2011) – Roman Wisniewski (2 episodes)
- Small Time Gangster (2011) – Artie (2 episodes)
- Spirited (2011) – Potter the Man (4 episodes)
- Jack Irish (2016-21) - Orton (13 episodes)
- Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012) – Mr Merton (1 episode)
- The Doctors (2012) – Leon Jasinski
- Top of the Lake (2013) – Wolfgang Zanic
- Mustangs FC (2017-19) - Danny
- Rake (2018) - Jakub (8 episodes)
- Tidelands (2018) - Gregory Stolin
- The Defence (2018–2022)
- The Woods (Miniseries, 2020) - Dawid Goldsztajn
Theatre work
- The Emigrants (1987, The New Dolphin Theatre, Perth)
- The Hope (1987, The Arts Centre, Melbourne and The Playhouse, Perth)
- Moliere aka The Cabal of Hypocrites (1988, Key Studios, Melbourne) – Brother Strength
- The Imaginary Invalid (1989, Anthill Theatre, Melbourne) – Cleante
- The Maids (1989, Anthill Theatre, Melbourne) – Solange
- The Master and Margarita (1993, Five Dollar Theatre Company) - The Master
- Angels in America (1994, The Playhouse, Melbourne) – Roy Cohn
- Blue Murder (1994, Belvoir St Theatre Downstairs, Sydney) – Blue
- Hamlet (1994, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) – Claudius
- The Blind Giant is Dancing (1995, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) – Ramon Gris
- The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1998, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) – Azdac
- As You Like It (1999, Belvoir St Theatre) – Jacques
- The Marriage of Figaro (2000, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) – Figaro
- Emma's Nose (2001, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) – Wilhelm Fliess
- Endgame (2003, Sydney Theatre Company) – Hamm
- Macbeth (2003, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) – Macbeth
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (2004, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) – Nick Bottom
- Cruel and Tender (2005, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) – The General
See also
In Spanish: Jacek Koman para niños
