Jacek Koman

Jacek Koman (born 15 August 1956) is a Polish actor and singer.
Early life
Koman was born in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, to actors Halina Koman (née Dobrowolska; born 3 January 1923) and Adam Koman (24 December 1922 – 1 December 2005), and came to Australia in 1982 with his brother Tomek. They landed in Perth before heading over to Melbourne, where he began acting again.
Koman attended the National Film School in Łódź, where he studied acting alongside Małgorzata Potocka, Andrzej Szczytko and Piotr Skiba (1974–78). His first professional stage appearance was as Lysander in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in Bielsko-Biała in 1978.
Career
In Melbourne, Koman met his partner, Australian actress Catherine McClements, in the late 1980s at the Anthill Theatre. They now have two children together – Clementine Coco (born July 2001) and Quincy (born May 2007). The couple have worked together a number of times, including films Redheads and Floodhouse, as well as an episode of Rush in 2009, and theatre productions Cruel and Tender (2005), Macbeth (2003), The Blind Giant is Dancing (1995) and Angels in America (1994).
In 2011, he was nominated for an AACTA award for his guest performance in Spirited. In 2012, he appeared as "The Great Hypno" in the Australian television series Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. In 2013, he returned to the stage after an eight-year absence, in Tom Holloway's translation of Durrenmatt's Dance of Death at the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne.
Music career
Koman is also the lead singer of VulgarGrad, a Melbourne band who play Russian-style music and who formed in 2004.
Filmography
Film
Holidays on the River Yarra (1991) − Mercenary
Redheads (1992) – Lawyer
Lucky Break (1994) – Detective Yuri Borodinoff
What I Have Written (1996) – Jeremy Fliszar
Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997) – Raoul
The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1998) – Picotti
Moulin Rouge! (2001) – The Unconscious Argentinean
Horseplay (2002) – Roman
Floodhouse (Short film, 2003) – Anselm
Children of Men (2006) – Tomasz
Romulus, My Father (2007) – Vacek
Defiance (2008) – Koscik
Australia (2008) – Ivan
Kochaj i tańcz (English title: Love and Dance) (2008) – Jan Kettler
Lonesdale (2010)
Kolysanka (English title: Lullaby) (2010) – Postman Kaminski
The Hunter (2011) – Middleman
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011) – Terrokov
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Shopping (2013) - Bennie
Son of a Gun (2014) - Sam
Jungle (2017)
The Hater (2020) - Robert Krasucki
Television
Bezposrednie polaczenie (1979) – Slawek Tietz
Phoenix (1993) – Steward (1 episode)
Twisted Tales (1995)
Wildside (1998) – Barry Lipinski (1 episode)
The Secret Life of Us (2001) – Dominic
Stingers (2003) – Daniel Tedesco (1 episode)
Mary Bryant (Miniseries, 2005) – Wanjon (part 2)
Tripping Over (2006) – Magnus
Rush (2009) – Anton Buczek (1 episode)
City Homicide (2010) – Andro Budjman (1 episode)
Ratownicy (2010) – Piotr Rojek
Usta usta (2010) – Pawel Sliwinski (1 episode)
East West 101 (2011) – Roman Wisniewski (2 episodes)
Small Time Gangster (2011) – Artie (2 episodes)
Spirited (2011) – Potter the Man (4 episodes)
Jack Irish (2016-21) - Orton (13 episodes)
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012) – Mr Merton (1 episode)
The Doctors (2012) – Leon Jasinski
Top of the Lake (2013) – Wolfgang Zanic
Mustangs FC (2017-19) - Danny
Rake (2018) - Jakub (8 episodes)
Tidelands (2018) - Gregory Stolin
The Woods (Miniseries, 2020) - Dawid Goldsztajn
Theatre work
The Emigrants (1987, The New Dolphin Theatre, Perth)
The Hope (1987, The Arts Centre, Melbourne and The Playhouse, Perth)
Moliere aka The Cabal of Hypocrites (1988, Key Studios, Melbourne) – Brother Strength
The Imaginary Invalid (1989, Anthill Theatre, Melbourne) – Cleante
The Maids (1989, Anthill Theatre, Melbourne) – Solange
The Master and Margarita (1993, Five Dollar Theatre Company) - The Master
Angels in America (1994, The Playhouse, Melbourne) – Roy Cohn
Blue Murder (1994, Belvoir St Theatre Downstairs, Sydney) – Blue
Hamlet (1994, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) – Claudius
The Blind Giant is Dancing (1995, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) – Ramon Gris
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1998, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) – Azdac
As You Like It (1999, Belvoir St Theatre) – Jacques
The Marriage of Figaro (2000, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) – Figaro
Emma's Nose (2001, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) – Wilhelm Fliess
Endgame (2003, Sydney Theatre Company) – Hamm
Macbeth (2003, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) – Macbeth
A Midsummer Night's Dream (2004, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) – Nick Bottom
Cruel and Tender (2005, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) – The General
References
Notes
External links
1956 births
Male actors from Melbourne
Musicians from Melbourne
Australian male singers
Australian male film actors
Australian male stage actors
Australian male television actors
Polish emigrants to Australia
People from Bielsko-Biała
Living people
Łódź Film School alumni