Tomasz Borkowy
Also Known As: Tomek Bork
Biography: Tomasz Borkowy is a Polish actor, often credited as Tomek Bork. He graduated from Theatre college in Kraków in 1977 and first came to the UK the following year, unable to speak English. He moved to the UK full time in 1980 and appeared in a number of film and television productions. He has also continued to work in Poland, where he is most well known for playing the lead role in the TV drama series, Dom (House) which ran for 7 series over 20 years (1980–2000). Borkowy has also starred in and produced a number of plays at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the past 18 years. Borkowy now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland and southern Spain. He runs Universal Arts – an international agency and production company for performing arts, while still working as an actor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Warsaw, Poland
Adult: No
Birthday: September 17, 1952
Age: 72 years old
Gender: Male
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The Beard
Overview: Unconventional pedagogical methods of a new teacher raise concerns of the provincial school's principal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1974-10-24
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Tylko Beatrycze
Overview: Raised by the monks, Stanisław gets involved in a scheme to murder the king.
Genres: History
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1976-02-09
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A Bear Named Wojtek
Overview: Displaced by the Second World War, a troop of Polish soldiers form an inseparable bond through an orphaned bear they name Wojtek.
Genres: Animation War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-04-19
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Overview: Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-05
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How Deep Is the Ocean?
Overview: Marek wakes up in the belly of a whale, where he meets his deceased loved ones.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2013-05-27
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Murder on the Moon
Overview: After a nuclear war on Earth, the Soviet Union and the U.S. both establish outposts on the moon. When a murder occurs on the outpost, both U.S. and Soviet investigators are forced to work on the case together.
Genres: Mystery Science Fiction TV Movie Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-09
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Seans
Overview: At the Cultural Center, a young scientist gives a lecture that evokes spontaneous reactions from the audience.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1978-10-24
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Sleepers
Overview: Amidst the thaw of glasnost, the Kremlin discovers that two Soviet agents, sent to England under deep cover in 1965, have been “lost.” A beautiful and ambitious Russian agent, sent to London to track them down, becomes embroiled in a tangle of CIA, KGB and MI-5 plots and counterplots as the two lost agents, now utterly assimilated, try to avoid detection.
Genres: Drama Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-10
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A Question of Identity
Overview: Erwin van Haarlem is a man of mystery. Living in London in 1986 and ostensibly a Dutch art dealer, he is in fact spying for Czechoslovakia with a mission to track down supporters of the dissident group, Chapter 77.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-13
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Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
Overview: The Doctor and Ace arrive at a secret military base during World War II, where an ancient evil from the Doctor's past prepares to make his final deadly move. As hideous vampires rise from the sea and Russian commandoes begin to close in, they are confronted not only with a mystery from the distant past but also a terrifying vision of mankind's future...
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Action Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-15
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You Will Not Have Peace
Overview: After leaving prison, Tolek plans to get revenge on his former girlfriend.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-04-17
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Journey's End
Overview: A British Company in the WWI trenches await an inevitable German attack in this 1988 adaptation of R.C. Sherriff's play.
Genres: Drama TV Movie War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Border
Overview: Czechoslovakia, 1952. For some, life under the post-war Stalinist regime is hardly worth living and although the escape route to the West is almost suicide, the rewards - prosperity, political freedom, even luxury - make it a risk worth taking.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-07
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