Jakub Gierszał

Jakub Gierszał (born 20 March 1988) is a Polish actor. His screen debut was in 2009, playing the role of Kazik in the film All That I Love. He later starred in the film Suicide Room, in which he played the character of Dominik, a high school student from a wealthy family who developed a mental health problem.

Early life
Gierszał was born in Kraków. His father, Marek, is a theatre director working mainly in Germany. When Jakub was a few months old, his parents moved to Hamburg. After 11 years he returned to Poland and settled in Toruń. He is a student at the Kraków Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Career
In 2012, he was a Polish Film Award nominee for Best Actor for his role in Suicide Room. Gierszał also received a Shooting Stars Award that year. He earned his second Polish Film Award nomination for Best Actor for Breaking the Limits (2017) and his third for Doppelgänger (2023).

Selected filmography

 * All That I Love (2009) as Kazik
 * Milion dolarów (2010) as Pawełek Leo
 * Suicide Room (2011) as Dominik Santorski
 * Yuma (2012) as Zyga
 * Lasting (2013) as Michał
 * Finsterworld (2013) as Maximilian Sandberg
 * Hiszpanka (2013) as Krystian Ceglarski
 * Dracula Untold (2014) as Acemi
 * The Lure (2015)
 * Morris from America (2016)
 * Spoor (2017)
 * Breaking the Limits (2017)
 * Beyond Words (2017)
 * Das Boot (2018)
 * The Defence (2018–2022)
 * The Getaway King (2021) as Antos
 * Doppelgänger (2023) as Hans Steiner
 * Colors of Evil: Red (2024) as Leopold Bilski
 * Simona Kossak (2024) as Lech Wilczek