Jan Englert

Jan Aleksander Englert (born 11 May 1943) is a Polish film actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films since 1957. Since 2003 he has served as Artistic Director of the National Theatre in Warsaw.

Biography Jan was born on 11 May 1943. In 1969 he left the Polish Theatre to begin working at the , but returned back to his original stage in 1981, where he stayed till 1994. In 1997 he started acting for the National Theatre in Warsaw and became its artistic director in 2003, a function which he has been fulfilling to this day. He was awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta in 2001 by president Aleksander Kwaśniewski.

Englert has a brother, , who is also an actor.

Selected filmography Kanał (1956) as "Zefir" Liberation (1969–71) Salt of the Black Earth (1970) Pearl in the Crown (1972) as Erwin Maliniok Trzeba zabić tę miłość (1972) as Andrzej's boss, the owner of a car repair shop Osadeni Dushi (1975) Nights and Days (Noce i Dnie) (1975) Magnat (1987) Katyń (2007) Tatarak (2009) Tajemnica Westerplatte (2013) The Defence (2021–22)