Jacek Koman
Encyclopedia
Early life
Koman was born in Bielsko-BiałaBielsko-Biała
-Economy and Industry:Nowadays Bielsko-Biała is one of the best-developed parts of Poland. It was ranked 2nd best city for business in that country by Forbes. About 5% of people are unemployed . Bielsko-Biała is famous for its textile, machine-building, and especially automotive industry...
, Poland and came to Australia in 1982 with his brother Tomek. They landed in Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, before heading over to Melbourne, where he began acting again.
Personal life
It was in Melbourne where Koman met his partner, Australian actress Catherine McClementsCatherine McClements
Catherine McClements is an Australian actress.-Early life:Catherine is the third of four children, and after acting with the St Martin's Youth Arts Centre in Melbourne for a couple of years, she successfully auditioned for the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art when she was 17...
, in the late 1980s at the Anthill Theatre. They now have two children together – Clementine Coco (born July 2001) and Quincy (born May 2007). The couple have worked together a number of times, including films Redheads and Floodhouse, as well as an episode of Rush in 2009, and theatre productions Cruel and Tender (2005), Macbeth (2003) and Angels in America (1994). As well as being an actor, Jacek is also the lead singer of VulgarGrad, a Melbourne band who play Russian style music. They formed in 2004.
Jacek has recently been nominated for an AACTA award for his guest performance in Spirited.
Filmography
- Bezposrednie polaczenie (TV, 1979) – Slawek Tietz
- Holidays on the River YarraHolidays on the River YarraHolidays on the River Yarra is a 1991 Australian drama film directed by Leo Berkeley. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Craig Adams - Eddie* Luke Elliot - Mick* Alex Menglet - Big Mac...
(1991) − Mercenary - Redheads (1992) – Lawyer
- PhoenixPhoenix (TV series)Phoenix is an Australian police drama television series. Phoenix screened as two thirteen-part series on Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1992 and 1993....
(TV, 1993) – Steward (one episode) - Lucky Break (1994) – Detective Yuri Borodinoff
- Twisted TalesTwisted Tales (TV series)Twisted Tales is an Australian television Anthology and Mystery drama which screened on the Nine Network in 1996. Each episode was narrated by Bryan Brown, who also produced the follow-up series, Two Twisted, in 2006. Each episode of the series contains a twist ending.-External links:*...
(TV, 1995) - Thank God He Met LizzieThank God He Met LizzieThank God He Met Lizzie is a 1997 Australian romantic comedy film starring Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh. It was the directorial debut of Cherie Nowlan...
(1997) – Raoul - Wildside (TV, 1998) – Barry Lipinski (one episode)
- Moulin Rouge!Moulin Rouge!Moulin Rouge! is a 2001 romantic jukebox musical film directed, produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. Following the Red Curtain Cinema principles, the film is based on the Orphean myth, La Traviata, and La Bohème...
(2001) – The Narcoleptic Argentinean - The Secret Life of UsThe Secret Life of UsThe Secret Life of Us was a television drama series set in the beachside suburb of St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia. The series was produced by Southern Star Entertainment and screened in Australia from 2001 to 2005 on Network Ten and on Channel 4 in the UK...
(TV, 2001) – Dominic - Horseplay (2002) – Roman
- Floodhouse (TV, 2003) – Anselm
- StingersStingersStingers was an Australian police drama television series. It ran for eight seasons on the Nine Network before it was canceled in late 2004 due to declining ratings and the late timeslot Channel Nine gave the program...
(TV, 2003) – Daniel Tedesco (one episode) - Children of MenChildren of MenChildren of Men is a 2006 science fiction film loosely adapted from P. D. James's 1992 novel The Children of Men, directed by Alfonso Cuarón. In 2027, two decades of human infertility have left society on the brink of collapse. Illegal immigrants seek sanctuary in England, where the last...
(2006) – Tomasz - Tripping OverTripping OverTripping Over is a British/Australian six-part drama series. Its first episode aired on Network Ten in Australia on 25 October 2006, and in the United Kingdom on Five on 30 October 2006. In the UK Tripping Over is repeated on Five Life....
(TV, 2006) – Magnus - Romulus, My FatherRomulus, My FatherRomulus, My Father is a biographical memoir, first published in 1998, by Australian philosopher Raimond Gaita, which outlines the life of his father, Romulus Gaita . A film adaptation of the same name was released in 2007, starring Eric Bana, Franka Potente and Kodi Smit-McPhee.-Plot...
(2007) – Vacek - DefianceDefiance (2008 film)Defiance is a 2008 World War II era film written, produced, and directed by Edward Zwick, set during the occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany. The film is an account of the Bielski partisans, a group led by three Jewish brothers who saved and recruited Jews in Poland during the Second World War...
(2008) – Koscik - AustraliaAustralia (2008 film)Australia is a 2008 epic historical romance film directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. It is the second-highest grossing Australian film of all time, behind Crocodile Dundee. The screenplay was written by Luhrmann and screenwriter Stuart Beattie, with Ronald Harwood...
(2008) – Ivan - Kochaj i tańcz (English title: Love and Dance) (2008) – Jan Kettler
- RushRush (2008 TV series)-DVD releases:-Achievements:-International distribution:-External links:...
(TV, 2009) – Anton Buczek (one episode) - Lonesdale (2010)
- Kolysanka (English title: Lullaby) (2010) – Postman Kaminski
- City HomicideCity HomicideCity Homicide was an Australian television drama series that aired on the Seven Network between 27 August 2007 – 30 March 2011. The series was set on the Homicide floor of a metropolitan police headquarters in Melbourne...
– Andro Budjman (one episode, 2010) - Ratownicy (TV, 2010) – Piotr Rojek
- Usta ustaUsta ustaUsta Usta is a Polish comedy-drama television series based on the British series Cold Feet. It ran on TVN for three seasons from March 6, 2010 to May 3, 2011.-Cast members:...
(TV, 2010) – Pawel Sliwinski (one episode) - East West 101East West 101East West 101 is a critically acclaimed and award-winning drama series airing on the SBS network. The series was produced and created by Steven Knapman & Kris Wyld, the team behind other drama series such as Wildside and White Collar Blue....
(TV, 2011) – Roman Wisniewski - The HunterThe Hunter (2011 Australian film)The Hunter is a 2011 Australian film, directed by Daniel Nettheim and produced by Vincent Sheehan, based on the 1999 novel by Julia Leigh. It stars Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill and Frances O'Connor. To prepare for the role, Dafoe worked with a bush survival expert who taught him practical tips like how...
– (2011) - Small Time GangsterSmall Time GangsterSmall Time Gangster is an Australian drama series produced for Movie Extra subscription television channel.The series follows the adventures of Tony Piccolo, a man who works hard to support his wife Cathy and two kids. While they think he's cleaning carpets, his real profession is as an underworld...
(TV, 2011) – Artie (two episodes) - SpiritedSpirited (TV series)Spirited is an Australian television drama series made for subscription television channel W which aired for two seasons, from 2010-2011....
(TV, 2011) – Potter the Man (four episodes) - The Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby (2012 film)The Great Gatsby is an upcoming drama romance film adaptation of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald's highly praised 1925 novel of the same name. It will be directed by Baz Luhrmann, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby and Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, as well as Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway...
(2012)
Theatre work
- MoliereMolièreJean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...
aka The Cabal of Hypocrites (1988, Key Studios, Melbourne) - The Imaginary Invalid (1989, Anthill Theatre, Melbourne) – Cleante
- The MaidsThe MaidsThe Maids is a play by the French dramatist Jean Genet. It was first performed at the Théâtre de l'Athénée in Paris in a production that opened on 17 April 1947, which Louis Jouvet directed...
(1989, Anthill Theatre, Melbourne) - Angels in AmericaAngels in AmericaAngels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes is the 1993 Pulitzer Prize winning play in two parts by American playwright Tony Kushner. It has been made into both a television miniseries and an opera by Peter Eötvös.-Characters:...
(1994, The Playhouse, Melbourne) – Roy Cohn - The Blind Giant is Dancing (1995, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney)
- The Caucasian Chalk CircleThe Caucasian Chalk CircleThe Caucasian Chalk Circle is a play by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht. An example of Brecht's epic theatre, the play is a parable about a peasant girl who rescues a baby and becomes a better mother than its natural parents....
(1998, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) - The Marriage of FigaroThe Marriage of Figaro (play)The Marriage of Figaro ) is a comedy in five acts, written in 1778 by Pierre Beaumarchais. This play is the second installment in the Figaro Trilogy, preceded by The Barber of Seville and followed by The Guilty Mother. The Barber begins the story with a simple love triangle in which the Count has...
(2000, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) – Figaro - Emma's Nose (2001, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) – Wilhelm Fliess
- EndgameEndgame (play)Endgame, by Samuel Beckett, is a one-act play with four characters, written in a style associated with the Theatre of the Absurd. It was originally written in French ; as was his custom, Beckett himself translated it into English. The play was first performed in a French-language production at the...
(2003, Sydney Theatre Company) – Hamm - MacbethMacbethThe Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
(2003, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) – Macbeth - A Midsummer Night's DreamA Midsummer Night's DreamA Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
(2004, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) – Nick Bottom - Cruel and Tender (2005, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) – The General