Jacek Koman
Jacek Koman (born 15 August 1956) is a Polish actor and singer.
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Born | Bielsko-Biała, Poland | 15 August 1956
Alma mater | National Film School in Łódź |
Occupation(s) | Actor, singer |
Years active | 1978–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Early life
Koman was born in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, to actors Halina Koman (née Dobrowolska; born 3 January 1923[1]) and Adam Koman (24 December 1922 – 1 December 2005[1]), and came to Australia in 1982 with his brother Tomek. They landed in Perth before heading over to Melbourne, where he began acting again.[2]
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.[3]
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 on 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.[4] 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[5] of VulgarGrad,[6] a Melbourne band who play Russian-style music and who formed in 2004.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2023 | Soulcatcher [7] | Minister Jan Zaremba | |
Tonight You're Sleeping With Me | Nina's Father | ||
2022 | Talk to Me | Burke Spirit | |
Niebezpieczni dzentelmeni | Wlodzimierz Lenin | ||
Wiarolom | Francisz | ||
2020 | The Hater | Robert Karsucki | |
2019 | Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz | Stanislaw Kosz | |
Judy and Punch | Singer | ||
2018 | Krew Boga | Geowold | |
2017 | Breath | Karl Loon | |
Jungle | Moni Ghinsberg | ||
2016 | The Death and Life of Otto Bloom | Miroslaw Kotok | |
2015 | Sucker | Riley | |
Disco Polo | Katiusza | ||
Ziarno Prawdy | Monk | ||
2014 | Son of a Gun | Sam Lennox | |
2013 | The Great Gatsby | Uncredited | |
2013 | Shopping | Benny | |
2011 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | Terrokov | |
The Hunter | MIddleman | ||
2010 | Kolysanka | Listonoz | |
2009 | Kochaj I tancz | Jan Kettler | |
2008 | Defiance | Koscik | |
Australia | Ivan | ||
The Funk | Narrator | Short film | |
2007 | Romulus, My Father | Vacek | |
2006 | Children of Men | Tomasz | |
2004 | Floodhouse | Anselm | Short film |
2003 | Horseplay | Roman | |
2001 | Moulin Rouge! | The Unconscious Argentinean[lower-alpha 1] | |
1999 | 117 | Man | Short film |
1998 | The Sound of One Hand Clapping | Picotti | |
1997 | The Wedding Party | Raoul | |
1996 | What I Have Written | Jeremy Fliszar | |
1994 | Paperback Romance (aka Lucky Break) | Det Yuri Borodinoff | |
1992 | Redheads | Lawyer | |
1991 | Holidays on the River Yarra | Mercenary | |
1990 | Hunting | Bergman's Butler |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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TBA | Last Days of the Space Age [9] | Yvgeny | |
2024 | Prosper [10] | Eli Slowik | 8 episodes |
2023 | Faraway Downs[11] | Ivan | 6 episodes |
The Teacher | Bogdan Zawadzki 'Captain' | 5 episodes | |
Szum. Kryminal analogowy | Leader | 6 episodes (podcast series) | |
2021 | Receptura | Jan Webel | 6 episodes |
Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries | Alexander Kowalski | 2 episodes | |
Mr Inbetween | Remy | 1 episode | |
2016-21 | Jack Irish[12] | Orton | 13 episodes |
2018-21 | The Disappearance | Harry McVay | 14 episodes |
2020 | The Woods | Dawid | 4 episodes |
Maly zgon | Stanislaw | 9 episodes | |
2017-20 | Mustangs FC[13] | Danny | 37 episodes |
2019 | Reef Break | General Kivani | 1 episode |
Ojciec Mateusz | Eryk Was | 1 episode | |
2018 | Tidelands | Gregori Stolin | 6 episodes |
Wanted | Leon | 1 episode | |
Rake[14][15] | Jakub | 8 episodes | |
Wrong Kind of Black | Rudi | 4 episodes | |
2016-17 | Doctor Doctor[16] | Trevor | 4 episodes |
2017 | The Warriors | Fast Freddy | 3 episodes |
Seven Types of Ambiguity | Gideon | 1 episode | |
2017 | Oddlands | Animal | TV movie |
2015 | Prokurator | Kazimierz Proch | 10 episodes |
2012-14 | Lekarze | Leon | 60 episodes |
2014 | Wataha | Robert Korda | 3 episodes |
2013 | Television Theater | Mr Philips | 1 episode |
The Doctor Blake Mysteries | Miroslav Gorski | 1 episode | |
Top of the Lake | Wolfgang Zanic | 2 episodes | |
2012 | Hotel 52 | Wiktor Prus | 10 episodes |
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Mr Merton | 1 episode | |
2011 | Spirited | Potter | 4 episodes |
East West 101[17] | Roman | 2 episodes | |
Small Time Gangster | Artie | 2 episodes | |
2010 | Ratownicy | Piotr | 12 episodes |
City Homicide | Andro | 1 episode | |
Usta Usta | Pawel | 1 episode | |
2009 | Rush | Anton | 1 episode |
2008 | Waking the Dead | Jovan | 2 episodes |
2005-07 | The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant | Wanjon | 2 episodes |
2006 | Tsunami: The Aftermath | Peer | 2 episodes |
Tripping Over | Magnus | 6 episodes | |
HG Wells' War With the World | Maxim Gorky | TV movie | |
2005 | Life | Franco | TV movie |
2003 | MDA | Dr Mikhail Varonio | 1 episode |
Stingers | Daniel Tedesco | 1 episode | |
2002 | The Secret Life of Us[18] | Dominic | 14 episodes |
1998 | Search for Treasure Island | Don Grego | 4 episodes |
Wildside | Barry | 1 episode | |
1997 | Simone de Beauvoir’s Babies | Ryko | 4 episodes |
1996 | Twisted Tales | Taxi Driver | 1 episode |
1993 | Snowy | Jenda | 1 episode |
Phoenix | Steward | 1 episode | |
1989 | Darlings of the Gods | Company Member | TV movie |
1988 | The Four Minute Mile | Emil | TV movie |
1979 | Bezposrednie polaczenie | Slawek | TV movie |
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
References
- "FilmPolski.pl". Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- The Quiet Man, Sydney Morning Herald, 27 December 2002.
- "Jacek Koman profile". Encyklopedia teatru polskiego (in Polish). Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- 2011 Nominees, AACTA.org; accessed 1 February 2017.
- "Band Biography". vulgargrad.
- Marcus, Richard. "Music Review: VulgarGrad - King Of Crooks". seattle pi. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- "Piotr Witkowski, And Jacek Koman In 'Soulcatcher,' Explained | Film Fugitives". 2 August 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- "Moulin Rouge!". IMDb. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- "Cameras roll on Disney+ local dramedy Last Days of the Space Age | TV Tonight". 21 July 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- "Airdate: Prosper | TV Tonight". 17 November 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- "Australian Television: Faraway Downs". www.australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- "Returning: Jack Irish | TV Tonight". 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- "Filming underway on Mustangs FC | TV Tonight". 3 August 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- "Rake confirms final season (again) | TV Tonight". 1 August 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- "Returning: Rake | TV Tonight". 22 July 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- "Australian Television: Doctor Doctor/The Heart Guy: cast: series 2". www.australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- "Cameras roll on third season of East West 101 | TV Tonight". 18 September 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- "Australian Television: The Secret Life of Us: episode guide: series 2". www.australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
Notes
- This character is often referred to as The Narcoleptic Argentinean, as he does not spend his entire time on screen unconscious. However, the film and its credits refer to this character as The Unconscious Argentinean.[8]
External links
- Jacek Koman at IMDb