Tomasz Ziętek

Tomasz Ziętek (born 28 June 1989) is a Polish film and theatre actor as well as musician and guitarist.

Life and career Ziętek was born on 28 June 1989 in Inowrocław. He graduated from the Bolesław III Wrymouth High School No. 1 in Słupsk, and completed studies at the Danuta Baduszkowa National Vocal and Drama School in Gdynia.

In 2007, Ziętek won the Grand Prix of the "Niemen Non Stop" Festival of Young Talents in Słupsk, Poland. In 2005, he made his theatre debut by performing in Betlejem Polskie ("Polish Bethlehem"), a play staged in the New Theatre in Słupsk. In 2011, he played his first major film role of Zbigniew Godlewski in Antoni Krauze's drama film Black Thursday, which recounts the events of the Polish protests of 1970. His other prominent roles include Jan Bytnar in Robert Gliński's 2014 war drama Stones for the Rampart and "Ronaldo" in Marcin Wrona's 2015 horror film Demon. For his roles in Cicha noc ("Silent Night"; 2017) and Jan Komasa's 2019 Academy-Award-nominated Corpus Christi, he received Polish Film Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. In 2019, he appeared in BBC war drama TV series World on Fire written by Peter Bowker.

Personal life He is a vocalist and guitarist of the Tricity-based The Fruitcakes music band. He also created his solo music project The Ape Man Tales.

Filmography 2011: Czarny czwartek (Black Thursday) as Zbigniew Godlewski 2013: Na dobre i na złe (TV series) as Jarek (episode 545) 2014: Kamienie na szaniec as Jan Bytnar 2014: Upload as Demolka Man 2015: Body as attorney's assistant 2015: Carte Blanche as Wojtek Madejski 2015: Pakt as a journalist 2015: Demon as Ronaldo 2016: Konwój as Feliks 2017: Żużel as Lowa 2017: Cicha noc as Paweł 2018: Kamerdyner as Max von Krauss 2019: Odwróceni. Ojcowie i córki (TV series) as Daniel 2019: Corpus Christi as Pinczer 2019: World on Fire (TV series) as Tomasz 2020: Tarapaty 2 as Karol Wróblewski 2021: Leave No Traces as Jurek Popiel 2021: Operation Hyacinth as Robert Mrozowski 2022: Below the Surface as Jan Grudziński