Tomasz Borkowy

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Tomasz Borkowy
Born
Tomasz Borkowy

(1952-09-17) 17 September 1952 (age 71)
Nationality Polish
Other namesTomek Bork, Tom Bork, Tomeg Bork
Occupation Actor

Tomasz Karol Borkowy (born 17 September 1952, Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish actor, but has been working in the United Kingdom since the early 1980s. He often works under the name Tomek Bork and has had many film and television appearances.

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He graduated from Theatre college in Kraków in 1977 and first came to the UK the following year, unable to speak English. [1] Before this he had appeared in a number of Polish TV series and films. In 1980 he moved to the UK permanently to continue his career. Since then he has appeared in the films The Unbearable Lightness of Being , Murder on the Moon and Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy. Notable television appearances have included Doctor Who ( The Curse of Fenric ), The Bill , Love Hurts , Sleepers, Lovejoy and most recently, Doctors. He has also continued to work in Poland, where he is most well known for playing the lead role in the TV drama series, Dom (House) which ran for 7 series over 20 years (1980–2000). [2] Borkowy has also starred in and produced a number of plays at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the past 18 years. [3]

Borkowy now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland and southern Spain. He runs Universal Arts – an international agency and production company for performing arts, while still working as an actor. [4]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1978Nie zaznasz spokojuLong
Do krwi ostatniejStefan Kozicki
1986 The Bill WitosEpisode: Public and Confidential
1988 The Unbearable Lightness of Being Jiri
Piece of Cake 'Zaddy' ZardarnowskiMiniseries
1989 Doctor Who Captain SorinEpisode: The Curse of Fenric
1991 Sleepers Kremlin Radio OperatorMiniseries
1993 Lovejoy MaxEpisode: Taking the Pledge
1995 Taggart Paul SmorawinksiEpisode: Prayer for the Dead Part One
2007 Doctors Antek DenyaEpisode: Evil Spirits

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References

  1. BBC. The Curse of Fenric DVD interview
  2. Merlin. "Dom, TV series" . Retrieved 1 March 2009.
  3. Universal Arts. "Official website" . Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  4. Fdb.pl. "Tomasz Borkowy Biography" . Retrieved 1 March 2009.