Jerzy Stuhr

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 Commanders Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta 2011 and Polish Academy Life Achievement Award 2018 Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerzy Stuhr licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia