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Marcin Dorociński

ActorBorn June 22, 1973 (52 years)
Marcin Grzegorz Dorociński (Polish: [ˈmart͡ɕin dɔrɔˈt͡ɕiɲskʲi]; born 22 June 1973) is a Polish film, television and stage actor. He is known for playing roles in such films as Pitbull(2005), Reverse (2009), Rose (2011), Jack Strong (2014), Hurricane (2018) and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), as well as internationally produced TV series Spies of Warsaw (2013) and The Queen's Gambit (2020).

Dorociński was born in Milanówek and grew up in a small village, Kłudzienko. His father is a blacksmith, and his mother is a housewife. He has three brothers, all of whom are police officers. He dreamt of becoming a professional football player. However, he was forced to give up the plan after sustaining a significant leg injury. He attended the vocational school in Grodzisk Mazowiecki and obtained a machinist certificate. The first person to notice his talent for acting was his history teacher, who encouraged him to become an actor. In 1993, he enrolled at the Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Theatre Academy.

In his second year at the State Theatre Academy, he was cast as Don Rodrigue in a television adaptation of Le Cid directed by Krystyna Janda. After graduating from the Academy in 1997, he struggled to find acting jobs. He worked as a waiter and a bouncer. He took other casual jobs until he was offered a post at the Dramatic Theatre in Warsaw. He has also appeared in several plays at the Ateneum Theatre in Warsaw, where he is currently employed.

He played minor roles in multiple television series before his breakthrough came with the role in Patryk Vega's 2005 film Pitbull, which brought him the Zbyszek Cybulski Award. He is a two-time Polish Film Festival award winner for his  Reverse (2009) and Rose (2011) roles.  The latter also earned him the IFFI Best Actor Award at India's 43rd International Film Festival. In 2012, he appeared in Magdalena Łazarkiewicz's critically acclaimed TV series The Deep End ("Głęboka woda"), which earned him a nomination for Best Actor Award at the Monte Carlo Television Festival. Between 2012 and 2013, Dorociński appeared in a miniseries called Spies of Warsaw, co-produced by the and Telewizja Polska.

In 2020, he joined the cast of the Netflix drama miniseries The Queen's Gambit, starring Anya Taylor-Joy. Based on the 1983 novel by Walter Tevis of the same name, the show explores the life of an orphan chess prodigy named Beth Harmon from the age of eight to twenty-two as she struggles with addiction in a quest to become a grandmaster in chess. Dorociński plays Soviet world chess champion Vasily Borgov.

He is married to scenic designer Monika Sudół. The couple has a son, Stanisław (born 2006), and a daughter, Janina (born 2008). They also brought up Sudół's son from a previous relationship, Jakub.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Mission of Honor
  • Ransomed
  • These Daughters of Mine
  • Cape Town

Known For

  • The Queen's Gambit
  • Anthropoid
  • Jack Strong
  • Rose
  • The In-Laws
  • Pitbull
  • Pitbull: Last Dog
  • Mission of Honor
  • Vinci
  • Oblawa
  • The Pact (2015)
  • Pitbull
  • The High Frontier
  • 7 uczuc
  • The Perfect Guy for My Girlfriend
  • Psy 3. W imie zasad
  • The Reverse
  • Traffic Department
  • You Are God
  • Fear of Falling
  • The Woman Who Dreamed of a Man
  • These Daughters of Mine
  • Dangerous Men
  • Erinyes

Filmography

2025
2025
Teściowie 3 · as Andrzej Wilk
2025
Vinci 2 · as Łukasz Wilk
2025
2024
Minghun · as Jurek
2023
Ransomed · as Hayes
2023
2022
Dangerous Men · as Stanisław 'witkacy' Witkiewicz
2022
Erinyes (TV Series) · as Edward Popielski
2022
Vikings: Valhalla (TV Series) · as Yaroslav The Wise
2021
The In-Laws · as Andrzej Wilk
2020
Bialy potok · as Michał
2020
The Queen's Gambit (TV Series) · as Vasily Borgov
2020
Czarny mlyn · as Andrzej
2020
Magic Mountains · as Voytek
2020
2019
Dark, Almost Night · as Marcin Schwartz
2018
7 uczuc · as Aldek Sałacki
2018
2018
Pitbull: Last Dog · as Sławomir Desperski "despero"
2018
Plan B · as Mirek Dzięcioł
2018
Playing Hard · as Jerzy
2017
Small Town Killers · as Igor Ladpolny
2016
Anthropoid · as Ladislav Vanék
2016
The High Frontier · as Konrad
2015
Cape Town (TV Series) · as Christian Coolidge
2015
2015
The Pact (2015) (TV Series) · as Piotr Grodecki
2014
2014
Nordic Murders (TV Series) · as Marek Wozniak
2014
Jack Strong · as Jack Strong
2014
The Mighty Angel · as Borys
2013
Run (TV Series) · as Piotr
2013
Spies of Warsaw (TV Series) · as Antoni Pakulski
2012
Traffic Department · as Lisowski
2012
Oblawa · as Corporal 'wydra'
2012
Loving · as Tomek Niedzielski
2012
You Are God · as Manager
2011
Without Secrets (TV Series) · as Szymon Kowalczyk
2011
Głęboka woda (TV Series) · as Wiktor Okulicki
2011
Rose · as Tadeusz
2011
Fear of Falling · as Tomasz Janicki
2010
The Woman Who Dreamed of a Man · as Maciej Kockhański
2010
Piotrek Trzynastego · as 'terrarium'
2009
The Reverse · as Bronisław
2009
Grzeszni i bogaci (TV Series) · as Dzoni Sport
2009
Marked (PO) (TV Series) · as Andrzej Smoczynski
2009
Milosc na wybiegu · as Kacper
2009
2008
The Offsiders · as Jacek Mróz
2008
Kup teraz · as Policjant Władysław
2008
Midnight Talks · as Bartek
2007
Ogród Luizy · as Fabian Sawicki "fabio"
2007
Ekipa (TV Series) · as Krzysztof Tobiasz
2007
The Secret of the Ciphers Fortress (TV Series) · as 'afgan'
2007
Barefoot · as Robert
2006
Wstyd · as Teacher Jan
2006
Grace Under Fire (PL) (TV Series) · as Roman Trojanski
2006
We're All Christs · as Angel Of Evil
2006
The French Trick · as Mateusz
2005
Pitbull (TV Series) · as Sławomir Desperski "despero"
2005
Barbórka · as Jakub Skowerski
2005
2005
Pitbull · as Sławomir 'despero' Desperski
2005
2004
Kryminalni (TV Series) · as Aleksander Buchacz
2004
Vinci · as Łukasz Wilk
2004
Glina (TV Series) · as Photographer
2004
Camera Cafe (TV Series) · as Julian
2003
Insatiability · as General Niehyd-Ochluj
2003
Crime Wave (TV Series) · as Michał Wagner
2003
The Early Spring (TV Series) · as Antoni Lulek
2003
Show · as Roman
2002
Bez litosci · as Oficer Uop
2002
Sfora (TV Series) · as Oficer Uop
2002
2001
Dreams to come true (TV Series) · as Marek Lisowski
2001
The Spring to Come · as Antoni Lulek
2000
Yellow Scarf · as Kierowca Bohatera
2000
Pierwszy milion · as Sasza Jurkin
2000
Miasteczko (TV Series) · as Marek
2000
Lokatorzy (TV Series) · as Feliks Benta
1999
Krugerandy · as Arek Bilski
1999
For Better and For Worse (TV Series) · as Lufa
1999
Killer 2 · as Miro
1999
The Junction · as Zbyszek
1996
Szamanka · as Student (uncredited)
1983
Sensacje XX wieku (TV Series) · as Forced Laborer
1980
The House (TV Series) · as Student
1953
Television Theater (TV Series) · as Coach

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