Tomasz Dedek

{{Short description|Polish actor (born 1957)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox person|name=Tomasz Michał Dedek|image=Tomasz_Dedek_(2015).JPG|birth_date={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1957|09|20}}|years_active=1979 – present|spouse=Magdalena Soszyńska-Dedek|occupation=Actor|birth_place=Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland}}

'''Tomasz Michał Dedek '''(born 20 September 1957 in Rawa Mazowiecka) is a Polish theatre, film, and voice actor.

== Biography == In 1979 he starred in the film ''Godzina "W"'' and gained great notoriety by playing the role of a shooter named "Eagle" (pol. Orzeł). In 1981 he graduated from the Acting Department of the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. In the same year he became an actor in the Ateneum Theatre in Warsaw. He also became well known for playing Jędrula Kossoń, Alutka's husband, in ''Rodzina zastępcza''. Dedek currently stars on screen in films and TV series.

On 4 November 2007 Dedek publicly announced his admission to being a secret collaborator of the Służba Bezpieczeństwa (SB, a communist secret service during the time of the Polish People's Republic) with the nickname "Papkin". Between 1977 and 1979, he reported on (among others) Jerzy Gudejko, Maciej Rayzacher, Krzysztof Kolberger and Piotr Grabowski. He also admitted to accepting money from the SB in exchange for information. His collaboration with the SB formally ended in 1979.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tvn24.pl/-2,1527244,wiadomosc.html|title=Znany aktor współpracował z SB|access-date=2016-07-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tomaszdedek.pl/oswiadczenie.htm|title=Oświadczenie|website=www.tomaszdedek.pl|access-date=2016-07-11}}</ref>

==Filmography== {{Div col}} *1982: ''Przesłuchanie'' - UB officer "Czesiek" arresting Tonia *1984: ''Thais'' - Cheron *1984: ''Piotr'' - Herbert Bielas *1985: ''Miłość z listy przebojów'' - Piotr *1989: ''Labirynt'' - Waiter in the Empty Restaurant *1992: ''Czarne Słońca'' - Wilk *1992: ''Pigs'' - Wawro *1993: ''Schindler's List'' - Gestapo #1 *1994: ''Dogs 2: The last blood'' - Wawro *1995: ''Les Milles'' - L'homme au Couteau *1995: ''Pułkownik Kwiatkowski'' - Sentry commander *1997: ''Nocne graffiti'' - Maly *1997: ''Wezwanie'' - Militiaman *1997: ''Sztos'' *1998: ''Taekwondo'' - Sports Club Chairman *1998: ''Amok'' *1999: ''Fuks'' - The Woman *1999: ''Pan Tadeusz'' - Judge's Housemate *2000: ''Enduro Bojz'' *2001: ''Pieniądze to nie wszystko'' - Dziobaty *2001: ''Poranek kojota'' - Maly *2002: ''Where Eskimos Live'' *2002: ''Haker'' - Adam's father *2003: ''Pogoda na jutro'' - Policjant *2005: ''Siedem grzechów popcooltury'' - Mojzesz *2009: ''Generał Nil'' - General Stanislaw Tatar *2010: ''Mala matura 1947'' - Professor Podkowinski *2013: ''Bilet na ksiezyc'' *2016: ''Historia Roja'' - Jan Wodzynski *2024: ''Putin'' - Boris Yeltsin {{div col end}}

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== External links == * {{IMDb name|0214076|Tomasz Dedek}} * [http://www.filmweb.pl/person?id=3893 Tomasz Dedek] on Filmweb.pl (pol.) * [http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php/116093 Tomasz Dedek] on filmpolski.pl (pol.) * [http://www.e-teatr.pl/pl/osoby/24.html Tomasz Dedek] on e-teatr.pl (pol.) * [http://www.stopklatka.pl/filmowcy/osoba.asp?oi=4683 Tomasz Dedek] on stopklatka.pl (pol.) * [http://fototeka.fn.org.pl/strona/wyszukiwarka.html?key=Dedek+Tomasz&search_type=osoba Tomasz Dedek na zdjęciach] on the National Film Archives "Fototeka" (pol.)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dedek, Tomasz}} Category:Polish male film actors Category:Polish male stage actors Category:1957 births Category:Living people Category:Polish male television actors Category:Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw alumni Category:People from Rawa Mazowiecka Category:Male actors from Łódź Voivodeship