Marcin Dorociński
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Marcin Dorociński, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning as Captain
- 2024 · Minghun as Jurek
- 2023 · Ransomed as Hayes
- 2023 · Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One as Captain
- 2023 · Dangerous Men as Stanisław 'Witkacy' Witkiewicz
- 2022 · Erinyes as Edward Popielski
- 2022 · Vikings: Valhalla as Yaroslav the Wise
- 2021 · The In-Laws as Andrzej Wilk
- 2020 · The Queen's Gambit as Vasily Borgov
- 2020 · Magic Mountains as Voytek
- 2019 · Dark, Almost Night as Marcin Schwartz
- 2019 · Playing Hard as Jerzy
- 2018 · Hurricane as Cobra
- 2018 · Plan B as Mirek Dzieciol
- 2017 · Small Town Killers as Igor Ladpolny
- 2016 · Anthropoid as Ladislav Vanék
- 2016 · Cape Town as Christian Coolidge
- 2016 · The High Frontier as Konrad
- 2015 · The Pact as Piotr Grodecki
- 2014 · Jack Strong as Jack Strong
- 2013 · The Traffic Department as Lisowski
- 2013 · Spies of Warsaw as Antoni Pakulski
- 2011 · Bez tajemnic as Szymon Kowalczyk
- 2011 · Into Deep Water as Wiktor Okulicki
- 2010 · The Woman Who Dreamed of a Man as Maciej Kockhański
- 2009 · Reverse as Bronisław
- 2009 · The Perfect Guy for My Girlfriend as Kostek
- 2007 · Ekipa as Krzysztof Tobiasz
- 2007 · Fałszerze - Powrót Sfory as oficer UOP
- 2005 · Pitbull as Sławomir Desperski "Despero"
- 2005 · Pitbull as podkomisarz Sławomir Desperski "Despero"
- 2004 · Kryminalni as Aleksander Buchacz
- 2004 · Camera Cafe as Julian
- 2003 · Fala zbrodni as Michał Wagner
- 2002 · Sfora as oficer UOP
- 2002 · Przedwiośnie as Antoni Lulek
- 2000 · Miasteczko as Marek
- 1999 · Wszystkie pieniądze świata as "Kukuś"
- 1999 · Killer 2 as Miro
- 1996 · Szamanka as Student on the street (uncredited)
- 1996 · Szamanka as Student (uncredited)
- 1980 · Dom as student
- 1980 · Dom as pan młody wychodzący z USC na Starym Mieście
- Future · Mayday as
- 2025 · Teściowie 3 as Andrzej Wilk
- 2025 · Vinci 2 as Commissioner Łukasz Wilk
- 2021 · Klingert's Diving Suit as Karl Klingert (voice)
- 2020 · Biały potok as Michał
- 2020 · Black Mill as Andrzej
- 2020 · Pigs 3 as Wit
- 2019 · Jaś i Małgosia - rodzeństwo, które przeżyło as Andrzej Piórko
- 2018 · 7 Emotions as Aldek Sałacki
- 2018 · Punkt krytyczny. Energia odNowa as Narrator
- 2018 · Pitbull. Last Dog as Sławomir Desperski "Despero"
- 2015 · These Daughters of Mine as Grzegorz
- 2014 · The Heart and Sweetheart as Mirek
- 2014 · The Mighty Angel as Borys
- 2012 · Manhunt as Corporal 'Wydra'
- 2012 · Miłość as Tomek Niedzielski
- 2012 · You Are God as Manager
- 2012 · Rose as Tadeusz
- 2012 · Ja jestem as lektor
- 2011 · Fear of Falling as Tomasz Janicki
- 2010 · Piotrek trzynastego as 'Terrarium'
- 2009 · Love on the Podium as Kacper
- 2008 · The Offsiders as Jacek Mróz
- 2008 · Kup teraz as Policjant Władysław
- 2008 · Beautiful as Dominik
- 2008 · Louise's Garden as Fabian Sawicki "Fabio"
- 2008 · Night Conversations as Bartek
- 2007 · Wstyd as teacher Jan
- 2007 · Na boso as Robert
- 2007 · Nie panikuj! as Sierżant Rafalski
- 2006 · We're All Christs as Angel of Evil
- 2006 · Francuski numer as Mateusz
- 2005 · St. Barbara's Day as Jakub Skowerski
- 2005 · Solidarność, Solidarność... as Filip
- 2005 · 1409. Afera na zamku Bartenstein as biały rycerz
- 2004 · Vinci as Commissioner Łukasz Wilk
- 2003 · Insatiability as General Niehyd-Ochluj
- 2003 · Show as Roman
- 2002 · Pal System as Arek Bilski
- 2002 · Sfora: Bez litości as oficer UOP
- 2001 · Przedwiośnie as Antoni Lulek
- 2000 · The Yellow Scarf as Kierowca bohatera
- Future · Marzenia do spełnienia as Marek Lisowski
- Future · The Doll as Stanisław Wokulski
- Future · Marlis as Viktor