Jerzy Oskar Stuhr (Polish: [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈɔskar ˈʂtur]; 18 April 1947 – 9 July 2024) was a Polish film and theatre actor. Considered one of the most popular, influential and versatile Polish actors and an icon of Polish cinema, he also worked as a screenwriter, film director, voice actor and drama professor. He served as the rector of the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Kraków for two terms: from 1990 to 1996 and again from 2002 to 2008.
Throughout his long and prolific professional career spanning over five decades, he appeared in 65 films including Camera Buff (1979), Sexmission (1984), A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984), Dekalog: Ten (1989), Three Colours: White (1994), Kiler (1997), Love Stories (1997) and The Big Animal (2000).
He received numerous awards and honours including the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2000), Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture (2005), Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Persona non grata (2006), Złota Kaczka Award (2008), Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2011), and Polish Academy Life Achievement Award (2018).
The roles that explain the career.
54 credits across 4 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | A Brighter Tomorrow | Jerzy | Film |
| 2013 | Invisible World | Segment "Tributo ao Público de Cinema" | Film |
| 2013 | Invisible World | Director | Film |
| 2013 | Invisible World | Writer | Film |
| 2011 | We Have a Pope | Spokesman | Film |
| 2010 | Mystification | Witkacy | Film |
| 2010 | Let It Be | Sapiente | Film |
| 2007 | Twists of Fate | Rector | Film |
| 2007 | Twists of Fate | Director | Film |
| 2006 | The Caiman | Jerzy Sturovsky, produttore polacco | Film |
| 2005 | Persona non grata | Polish attaché Radca | Film |
| 2004 | Arje | Arje | Film |
| 2003 | 19. południk | Ambasador Rosji | Film |
| 2003 | Tomorrow's Weather | Józef Kozioł | Film |
| 2003 | Show | Film | |
| 2003 | Tomorrow's Weather | Director | Film |
| 2003 | Tomorrow's Weather | Writer | Film |
| 2001 | Down House | генерал Иволгин | Film |
| 2000 | The Big Animal | Zygmunt Sawicki | Film |
| 2000 | The Big Animal | Director | Film |
| 1999 | Killer 2 | Jerzy Ryba | Film |
| 1999 | A Week in the Life of a Man | Adam Borowski | Film |
| 1999 | A Week in the Life of a Man | Director | Film |
| 1999 | A Week in the Life of a Man | Writer | Film |
| 1997 | Love Stories | Various Characters | Film |
| 1997 | Killer | Commissioner Ryba | Film |
| 1997 | Love Stories | Director | Film |
| 1995 | Jury | Minister | Film |
| 1994 | Three Colors: White | Jurek | Film |
| 1993 | Hijacking Agatha | ojciec Agaty | Film |
| 1990 | Déjà vu | Johnny Pollack | Film |
| 1989 | Decalogue X | Jerzy Janicki | Film |
| 1988 | King Size | Nadszyszkownik Kilkujadek | Film |
| 1988 | Cupid's Bow | Stanisław Ciąglewicz | Film |
| 1987 | Blind Chance | ZSMP Member (1) | Film |
| 1987 | The Mother of the Kings | Hiszpan | Film |
| 1987 | Train for Hollywood | Director Zdzich | Film |
| 1986 | Hero of the Year | Lutek Danielak | Film |
| 1986 | Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes | Chudy | Film |
| 1985 | O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization | Soft | Film |
| 1984 | A Year of the Quiet Sun | przewodnik Adzio | Film |
| 1984 | Sexmission | Maksymilian Paradys | Film |
| 1981 | From a Far Country | Engineer | Film |
| 1981 | The War of the Worlds: Next Century | Attorney | Film |
| 1980 | The Moth | "Elegancki" w barze | Film |
| 1980 | The Calm | Antek Gralak | Film |
| 1980 | A Party for Ten, Plus Three | Man By Work Office (uncredited) | Film |
| 1979 | Provincial Actors | Wojciech Głosowicz | Film |
| 1979 | Camera Buff | Filip Mosz | Film |
| 1978 | Without Anesthesia | Jerzy Porębowicz | Film |
| 1978 | November Night | Wysocki | Film |
| 1976 | The Scar | Bednarz's assistant | Film |
| 1976 | Slate | Himself | Film |
| 1972 | The Third Part of the Night | Lab Technician (uncredited) | Film |
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