Jerzy Stuhr

Jerzy Stuhr
Stuhr in 2018
Born
Jerzy Oskar Stuhr

(1947-04-18)18 April 1947
Died9 July 2024(2024-07-09) (aged 77)
Kraków, Poland
EducationJagiellonian University
National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków
Occupation(s)Actor, Director
Years active1971–2024
Spouse
Barbara Kóska
(m. 1971)
Children2 including Maciej

Jerzy Oskar Stuhr (Polish: [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈɔskar ˈʂtur]; 18 April 1947 – 9 July 2024) was a Polish film and theatre actor.[1][2] Considered one of the most popular, influential and versatile Polish actors and an icon of Polish cinema,[3] 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),[4] Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture (2005),[5] 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),[6] and Polish Academy Life Achievement Award (2018).[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference culture.pl was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Jerzy Stuhr – Biografia". Onet.pl. Archived from the original on 2 July 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2007.
  3. ^ Aneta Kyzioł (9 July 2024). "Niezwykły Jerzy Stuhr. Ktoś więcej niż aktor. Ikona kina i komedii, sumienie inteligencji". polityka.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana". quirinale.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Medal Gloria Artis dla twórców i działaczy kultury". wp.pl (in Polish). 5 October 2005. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  6. ^ "M.P. 2011 nr 71 poz. 697". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Orły 2018: Jerzy Stuhr laureatem za osiągnięcia życia". onet.pl (in Polish). 8 March 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

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