# Mikołaj Cieślak

Mikołaj Cieślak (born 6 December 1973) is a Polish stage, television and film actor, and a cabaret artist. He is a co-creator of Kabaret Moralnego Niepokoju.

## Biography

Cieślak was born on 6 December 1973 in Warsaw, Poland. In 1993, while studying at the technological department of the University of Warsaw, he and students had formed the cabaret group, that would later evolve into the Kabaret Moralnego Niepokoju. Their first cabaret programme, titled Królewna, Rycerz i Smok, had premiered in 1994 at the Polish studies department of the University of Warsaw. In 1996, the cabaret group was awarded the Grand Prix at the PaKA festival in Kraków.
He had also performed in the Capitol Theatre, Warsaw, in comedies Szwedzki stół by Marek Modzelewski in 2012, and Zdrówko by Robert Górski in 2014. In February 2015, he had performed in the Polish-Italian-language play Quasi-Paradiso, directed by Robert Talarczyk, that was performed in Teatro Astra, Turin, Italy.

## Private life

He is married and has two daughters, Maja and Jagoda.

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Złoty środek | Piotr | Feature film |
| 2016 | Doradcy króla Hydropsa | Diopter | Short film; voice |
| 2019 | How to Marry A Millionaire | Taxi passenger | Feature film |
| 2020 | Fierce | Man | Feature film |
| 2021 | The Getaway King | Negotiating client | Feature film |
| 2022 | Gdzie diabeł nie może, tam baby pośle | German person | Feature film |
| 2023 | Squared Love All Over Again | Krzysztof | Feature film |
| 2024 | No Pressure | Investor | Feature film |
| 2024 | Letters to Santa 6 | Staszek | Feature film |

### TV series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1999 | Badziewiakowie | Firefighter | Episode: "Słomiany wdowiec" (no. 8) |
| 2000 | 13 posterunek | Cheese Murderer | Episode: "Stażysta" (no. 49) |
| 2002 | Kuba Wojewódzki | Himself | Talk show; 1 episode |
| 2012 | Ja to mam szczęście! | Jarosław Klata | Episode no. 42 |
| 2012 | Piąty Stadion | Crazy Staszek | Episode: "Polska–Andora" (no. 40) |
| 2013–2014 | Wrzuć na luuuz | Fisherman | Episode no. 1 |
| 2013–2014 | Wrzuć na luuuz | Zaleśny | Episode no. 2 |
| 2013–2014 | Wrzuć na luuuz | Piotr's neighbour | 6 episodes |
| 2013–2014 | Wrzuć na luuuz | Bus driver | Episode no. 4 |
| 2013–2014 | Wrzuć na luuuz | Teofil Łapa | Episode no. 6 |
| 2013–2014 | Wrzuć na luuuz | Natalia Kukulska's manager | Episode no. 7 |
| 2013–2014 | Wrzuć na luuuz | Aphrodite | Episode no. 9 |
| 2014 | Słodkie życie | Janusz Chmiel | Also screenwriter |
| 2014 | Co leci w sieci | Cabaret artist | |
| 2016 | Dwoje we troje | Sale hunter | Episode: "Firmówki" (no. 32) |
| 2016 | Dwoje we troje | Bank employee | Episode: "Oszczędni" (no. 34) |
| 2016 | I'll Be Fine | Gorzelniak | Episode no. 36 |
| 2017 | Na dobre i na złe | Tomasz, Halina's partner | Episode no. 676 |
| 2017–2019 | The Chairman's Ear | Mariusz | Main role; 57 episodes; also director |
| 2018–2019 | Za marzenia | Erwin Anielak | 10 episodes |
| 2019 | 39 and a Half Week | Herbalist | 2 episodes |
| 2019–2021 | Zainwestuj w marzenia | Erwin Anielak | 42 episodes |
| 2021 | Beautiful and Unemployed | Gwidon | Main role; 12 episodes |
| 2021–2022 | Kowalscy kontra Kowalscy | Hamlet Wołodyjowski | 9 episodes |
| 2022 | Father Matthew | Doctor Suchocki | Episode: "Zmiana" (no. 346) |
| 2023 | Tajemnice polskich fortun | German person | 2 episodes |

#### Polish-language dubbing

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | The Suicide Shop | Desperate person | Feature film |
| 2012 | Adventures in Zambezia | Marabou stork | Feature film |
| 2017 | Despicable Me 3 | Dru | Feature film |

## Theatre roles

* 2012: Szwedzki stół, directed by Marek Modzelewski (Capitol Theatre, Warsaw)
* 2014: Zdrówko, directed by Robert Górski (Capitol Theatre, Warsaw)
* 2015: Quasi-Paradiso, directed by Robert Talarczyk (Teatro Astra, Turin)