Acting

Tomasz Borkowy

Born September 17, 1952 · Warsaw, Poland (age 73)

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 seri…

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being · 1988

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

MovieDramaRomance

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.

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric · 1989

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

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...

Murder on the Moon

Murder on the Moon · 1989

Murder on the Moon

MovieMysteryScience Fiction

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.

A Bear Named Wojtek

A Bear Named Wojtek · 2023

A Bear Named Wojtek

MovieAnimationWar

Displaced by the Second World War, a troop of Polish soldiers form an inseparable bond through an orphaned bear they name Wojtek.

Journey's End

Journey's End · 1988

A British Company in the WWI trenches await an inevitable German attack in this 1988 adaptation of R.C. Sherriff's play.

Sleepers

Sleepers · 1991

MovieDramaComedy

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.

A Question of Identity

A Question of Identity · 1992

A Question of Identity

MovieDramaCrime

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.

Border

MovieDramaTV Movie

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.

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being · 1988

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

MovieDramaRomance

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.

Jiri

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric · 1989

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

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...

Sorin

Murder on the Moon

Murder on the Moon · 1989

Murder on the Moon

MovieMysteryScience Fiction

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.

Sorokin

A Bear Named Wojtek

A Bear Named Wojtek · 2023

A Bear Named Wojtek

MovieAnimationWar

Displaced by the Second World War, a troop of Polish soldiers form an inseparable bond through an orphaned bear they name Wojtek.

Major (voice)

Journey's End

Journey's End · 1988

A British Company in the WWI trenches await an inevitable German attack in this 1988 adaptation of R.C. Sherriff's play.

German Soldier

Sleepers

Sleepers · 1991

MovieDramaComedy

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.

Radio Operator

A Question of Identity

A Question of Identity · 1992

A Question of Identity

MovieDramaCrime

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.

Peter

Border

MovieDramaTV Movie

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.

Border Guard

You Will Not Have Peace

You Will Not Have Peace · 1978

You Will Not Have Peace

MovieThrillerDrama

After leaving prison, Tolek plans to get revenge on his former girlfriend.

Long

Tylko Beatrycze

Tylko Beatrycze · 1976

Tylko Beatrycze

Raised by the monks, Stanisław gets involved in a scheme to murder the king.

Urban

How Deep Is the Ocean?

How Deep Is the Ocean? · 2013

How Deep Is the Ocean?

MovieDramaComedy

Marek wakes up in the belly of a whale, where he meets his deceased loved ones.

Marek

Doctor Who

Doctor Who · 1963

SeriesDramaAction & Adventure

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.

Captain Sorin

The Bill

The Bill · 1984

SeriesCrimeDrama

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.

Lovejoy

Lovejoy · 1986

SeriesComedyDrama

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.

Max

Dom

The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.

Andrzej Talar

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster · 1984

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

Mr. Palfrey is a mild-mannered, but highly skilled counter-espionage agent employed by a small, unnamed department within British intelligence. He and his team tackle complex cases, often involving government cover-ups and internal affairs.

Russian Driver

Love Hurts

Love Hurts · 1992

SeriesDramaComedy

Love Hurts is a British comedy-drama series that was broadcast from 3 January 1992 to 18 March 1994 on BBC1. It was scripted by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran and starred Adam Faith, Zoë Wanamaker and Jane Lapotaire as Frank Carver, Tessa Piggott and Diane Warburg, respectively.

Życie na gorąco

Życie na gorąco · 1979

Życie na gorąco

SeriesAction & AdventureCrime

Andreas, pomocnik Maja z greckiej opozycji

Piece of Cake

Piece of Cake · 1988

SeriesAction & AdventureComedy

The life of a Royal Air Force fighter squadron from the day of the British entry into World War II through to one of the toughest days in the Battle of Britain.

'Zaddy' Zardarnowski

Do krwi ostatniej

Do krwi ostatniej · 1981

Do krwi ostatniej

SeriesWar & PoliticsDrama

żołnierz I szej Dywizji