{{Short description|Polish actor (born 1944)}} {{Infobox person | image = Jan Peszek (00148).jpg | caption = | name = Jan Peszek | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|2|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = Szrensk, Poland | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1966-present | spouse = Teresa Peszek (married 1969–present) }} '''Jan Peszek''' (born 13 February 1944) is a Polish theatre, film, and television actor.<ref>{{Cite web|last=polskiego|first=Encyklopedia teatru|title=Jan Peszek|url=http://www.encyklopediateatru.pl/autorzy/2381/-|access-date=2021-06-05|website=Encyklopedia teatru polskiego|language=pl}}</ref> Although primarily involved in theatre work, he has appeared in more than sixty films since 1970. He is most well known for his work with dramaturgist Bogusław Schaeffer.
== Biography == Peszek was born in Szreńsk. In 1966 he finished his education in the AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków, and made his debut the same year in Bertolt Brecht's ''The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui'' staged at the Polish Theatre in Wrocław.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jan Peszek {{!}} Życie i twórczość {{!}} Artysta|url=https://culture.pl/pl/tworca/jan-peszek|access-date=2021-06-05|website=Culture.pl|language=pl}}</ref>
In 1969 he got cast in his first film role in Andrzej Piotrowski's ''Znaki na drodze''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=S.A|first=Wirtualna Polska Media|date=2010-11-12|title=Jan Peszek|url=https://film.wp.pl/jan-peszek-6032126117847681c|access-date=2021-06-05|website=film.wp.pl|language=pl}}</ref>
In 2014 he received an award from the city Kraków for outstanding achievements in acting.<ref>{{Cite web|title=FilmPolski.pl|url=https://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php|access-date=2021-06-05|website=FilmPolski|language=pl}}</ref> [[File:Jan Peszek odcisk.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Jan Peszek's handprint and signature in Międzyzdroje]] He has two children, both of whom are engaged in the arts: Maria, a singer and Błażej, an actor. He has strongly criticised the conservative Prawo i Sprawiedliwość party and the affiliated TVP television network.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-22|title=Jan Peszek: Nie współpracuję z reżimem. Co mogą mi zrobić, zamknąć do więzienia? [WYWIAD]|url=https://kultura.onet.pl/teatr/jan-peszek-o-spektaklu-powrot-tamary-pis-i-wspolpracy-z-tvp-wywiad/dfbsy0g|access-date=2021-06-05|website=Onet Kultura|language=pl}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role |- | 1969 |''Znaki na drodze'' | |- | 1985 |''Write and Fight'' | |- |1988 |''The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober'' | |- | rowspan="4" |1990 |''The Bet'' | |- |''Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema'' | |- |''Korczak'' | |- |''Farewell to Autumn'' | Count Lohoyski |- | 2004 |''The Welts'' | |- |2023 |''Warszawianka'' |Tadeusz Czepułkowski |- |2024 |''Inheritance'' |Władysław Fortuna |- |2025 |''Zaprawdę Hitler umarł'' |Harold |}
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