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Marcin Dorociński

Marcin Dorociński

Acting

June 22, 1973 (52 years old)
Milanówek, Poland
Male
70 Movies
21 TV Shows

Marcin Grzegorz Dorociński (Polish: [ˈmart͡ɕin dɔrɔˈt͡ɕiɲskʲi]; born 22 June 1973) is a Polish film, television and stage actor. He is known for playing roles in such films as Pitbull(2005), Reverse (2009), Rose (2011), Jack Strong (2014), Hurricane (2018) and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), as well as internationally produced TV series Spies of Warsaw (2013) and The Queen's Gambit (2020). Dorociński was born in Milanówek and grew up in a small village, Kłudzienko. His father is a blacksmith, and his mother is a housewife. He has three brothers, all of whom are police officers. He dreamt of becoming a professional football player. However, he was forced to give up the plan after sustaining a significant leg injury. He attended the vocational school in Grodzisk Mazowiecki and obtained a machinist certificate. The first person to notice his talent for acting was his history teacher, who encouraged him to become an actor. In 1993, he enrolled at the Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Theatre Academy. In his second year at the State Theatre Academy, he was cast as Don Rodrigue in a television adaptation of Le Cid directed by Krystyna Janda. After graduating from the Academy in 1997, he struggled to find acting jobs. He worked as a waiter and a bouncer. He took other casual jobs until he was offered a post at the Dramatic Theatre in Warsaw. He has also appeared in several plays at the Ateneum Theatre in Warsaw, where he is currently employed. He played minor roles in multiple television series before his breakthrough came with the role in Patryk Vega's 2005 film Pitbull, which brought him the Zbyszek Cybulski Award. He is a two-time Polish Film Festival award winner for his  Reverse (2009) and Rose (2011) roles.  The latter also earned him the IFFI Best Actor Award at India's 43rd International Film Festival. In 2012, he appeared in Magdalena Łazarkiewicz's critically acclaimed TV series The Deep End ("Głęboka woda"), which earned him a nomination for Best Actor Award at the Monte Carlo Television Festival. Between 2012 and 2013, Dorociński appeared in a miniseries called Spies of Warsaw, co-produced by the and Telewizja Polska. In 2020, he joined the cast of the Netflix drama miniseries The Queen's Gambit, starring Anya Taylor-Joy. Based on the 1983 novel by Walter Tevis of the same name, the show explores the life of an orphan chess prodigy named Beth Harmon from the age of eight to twenty-two as she struggles with addiction in a quest to become a grandmaster in chess. Dorociński plays Soviet world chess champion Vasily Borgov. He is married to scenic designer Monika Sudół. The couple has a son, Stanisław (born 2006), and a daughter, Janina (born 2008). They also brought up Sudół's son from a previous relationship, Jakub. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Marcin Dorociński, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Jack Strong
Jack Strong

Jack Strong

2014 6.5

as Jack Strong

Age 40 (now 52)
Rose
Rose

Rose

2012 7.1

as Tadeusz

Age 38 (now 52)
Anthropoid
Anthropoid

Anthropoid

2016 7.1

as Ladislav Vanék

Age 43 (now 52)
The In-Laws
The In-Laws

The In-Laws

2021 6.4

as Andrzej Wilk

Age 48 (now 52)
The Queen's Gambit
The Queen's Gambit

The Queen's Gambit

2020 8.4

as Vasily Borgov

Age 47 (now 52)
5 eps
Pitbull. Last Dog
Pitbull. Last Dog

Pitbull. Last Dog

2018 6.0

as Sławomir 'Despero' Desperski

Age 44 (now 52)
Hurricane
Hurricane

Hurricane

2018 5.9

as Cobra

Age 45 (now 52)
Pitbull
Pitbull

Pitbull

2005 6.5

as Sławomir 'Despero' Desperski

Age 31 (now 52)
Vinci
Vinci

Vinci

2004 6.8

as Łukasz Wilk

Age 31 (now 52)
7 Emotions
7 Emotions

7 Emotions

2018 6.6

as Aldek Sałacki

Age 45 (now 52)
The High Frontier
The High Frontier

The High Frontier

2016 5.9

as Konrad

Age 42 (now 52)
Pigs 3
Pigs 3

Pigs 3

2020 6.5

as Wit

Age 46 (now 52)
Manhunt
Manhunt

Manhunt

2012 5.7

as Corporal 'Wydra'

Age 39 (now 52)
Reverse
Reverse

Reverse

2009 7.1

as Bronisław

Age 36 (now 52)
The Offsiders
The Offsiders

The Offsiders

2008 7.3

as Jacek Mróz

Age 35 (now 52)
These Daughters of Mine
These Daughters of Mine

These Daughters of Mine

2015 6.1

as Grzegorz

Age 42 (now 52)