Jakub Gierszal: Finds fame in 'Room'

Jakub GierszalSoon to complete the country's Theater Academy of his native Krakow, 23-year-old Jakub Gierszal made his screen debut in 2008, in Jacek Borcuch's "Everything I Like,In . and adopted it yearly later getting a supporting role in Andrzej Kondratiuk's "Millions Of Dollars."Nevertheless it was his first lead role, since the wealthy, sexually conflicted Dominik in Jan Komasa's "Suicide Room" (which preemed in Panorama finally year's Berlinale) that powered him to worldwide attention.Since that breakthrough, he's toplined in Piotr Mularuk's "Yuma" (in publish), which is concentrating on "Lasting Moments" for Borcuch, opposite The the spanish language language thesps Angela Molina and Juanjo Ballesta."I really like watching old movies as well as the veterans of filmmaking," Gierszal states. "Which I truly idolize personas that are known today as 'classics' -- people like Marlon Brando, James Dean, Robert P Niro. Nevertheless the most effective relation to myself was among my teachers within the drama school I attended in Krakow, because of the first ability he required to title the actual mental process happening when i was onstage." Out of the box right for his somewhat peripatetic upbringing -- he spent part of his childhood in Hamburg, and lives between Krakow and Berlin -- he's intrigued by travel, as well as the opportunity for artistic collaboration it provides: "Personally, it's very crucial that you get together. To make use of encouraging people, to gather together to avoid reality so to speak and continue to create something that may be interesting, astonishing, touching or whatever."Without any people I've met, I wouldn't function as guy that i am today. The wider all the different how you behave, the higher you are in a position to learn. This is why I'd really appreciate the opportunity to operate outdoors home country."Return to the Berlin Preview >> Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com