Bartłomiej Topa

Bartłomiej Filip Topa (born 26 May 1967) is a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 100 films and television series since 1990.

Life and career
Topa was born in Nowy Targ. In 1991 he graduated from the Łódź Film School and later began appearing in theatre productions. He made his screen debut appearing in the 1990 drama film, The Bet directed by Teresa Kotlarczyk, and later starred in the horror film November by Łukasz Karwowski. Topa later appeared in films Three Colours: White (1993), Crows (1994) and Demons of War (1998). From 1999 to 2006, Topa starred in the TVP2 drama series, Złotopolscy. In 2004 he starred in the black comedy film, The Wedding directed by Wojciech Smarzowski.

During the 2000s and 2010, Topa mostly played supporting roles on both film and television. For playing the leading role in the 2013 crime film, Traffic Department, he received Polish Film Award nomination for Best Actor. He later appeared in films The Mighty Angel (2014), Karbala (2015) and Clergy (2018). From 2014 to 2017, Topa starred in the HBO Europe crime drama series, The Border. He also starred in Ultraviolet (2017–19), The King of Warsaw (2020), Hold Tight (2022) and The Convict (2021–23).

In 2023, Topa went to star in the Netflix comedy series, 1670.