1988Nominee
Best Performance
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Tomasz Borkowy
Actor
Warsaw, Poland
September 17, 1952
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1989Nominee
Best Performance
Murder on the Moon
1989Winner
Best Performance
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
Career Highlights
1991Highlight
Best Performance
Sleepers
1988Highlight
Best Performance
Journey's End
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Sleepers
A Bear Named Wojtek