---
name: "Gustaw Holoubek"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gustaw-holoubek"
fi1m_id: "gustaw-holoubek"
imdb_id: "nm0392250"
tmdb_id: 55981
wikidata_id: "Q1503740"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 April 1923"
died: "6 March 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T16:01:36.181774+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Gustaw Holoubek

## Identity

Gustaw Holoubek

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gustaw-holoubek
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gustaw-holoubek
- **IMDb ID:** nm0392250
- **TMDB ID:** 55981
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1503740
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustaw_Holoubek, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1503740, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0392250/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55981

Actor. Born 21 April 1923 in Kraków, małopolskie, Polska. Died 6 March 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 April 1923, Kraków, małopolskie, Polska
- **Died:** 6 March 2008
- **Active:** 1966–1979
- **Also known as:** Густав Холоубек, Густав Голубек, Густав Холубек
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 84 (1), 1970s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustaw_Holoubek, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1503740, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0392250/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55981

## Biography

Gustaw Holoubek was a Polish actor, director and politician. Born in Kraków on 21 April 1923, he trained at the State Dramatic Studio in Kraków and made his professional stage debut in 1947.

He appeared in numerous Polish films, including as Kuba Kowalski in *The Noose* (1958), Don Pedro Velasquez in *The Saragossa Manuscript* (1965), Dr Gotard in *The Hourglass Sanatorium* (1973) and a role in *With Fire and Sword* (1999). He also worked extensively in theatre, directed productions and served as a member of the Sejm and later the Senate.

Holoubek taught at the Academy of Theatre in Warsaw and received several state honours. He died in Warsaw on 6 March 2008.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, culture.pl, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Tin Drum* (1979), Fi1m 78, as Priest — [page](https://film.one/film/the-tin-drum.md)
- *The Saragossa Manuscript* (1966), Fi1m 84, as Don Pedro Velasquez — [page](https://film.one/film/the-saragossa-manuscript.md)

## Complete filmography (83)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Kill It and Leave This Town* (2020), as Mariuszek's Alter Ego (voice)
- *Słońce i cień* (2007), as Gustaw Holoubek
- *Zniewolony teatr* (2006), as we własnej osobie
- *Lord Jim* (2002), as Stein
- *Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek wśród złodziei marzeń* (2002), as Pomnik Mikołaja Kopernika (voice)
- *Listy miłosne* (2001), as Teresa's Father
- *The Annuity* (2001), as Jan Twardosz
- *With Fire and Sword* (2001), series, as Senator Kisiel
- *Podróż* (2000), as Ojciec
- *A Very Christmas Story* (2000), as God (voice)
- *Operacja Samum* (1999), as Shopsowitz
- *With Fire and Sword* (1999), as senator Kisiel
- *The Book of Great Wishes* (1998), as Adam Ostrowski
- *Kordian* (1994), as Grzegorz
- *Oczy niebieskie* (1994), as profesor Ani i Jacka; we śnie Święty Piotr
- *The Master and Margarita* (1990), as Woland
- *The Master and Margarita* (1990), series, as Woland
- *Mistrz i Małgorzata* (1990), series, as Woland
- *Lava* (1989), as Hermit-Gustaw / Ghost / Gustaw-Konrad / Poet
- *The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober* (1988), as Cammerschulze (voice)
- *Królewskie sny* (1988), series, as król Władysław II Jagiełło
- *Weryfikacja* (1987), as Gucio Nawrot
- *Siegfried* (1987), as Stefan Drawicz
- *Sons and Comrades* (1986), as Roullot
- *Write and Fight* (1985), as Investigator
- *Killing Auntie* (1985), as Mistyk
- *In an Old Manor House or The Independence of Triangles* (1985), as Dyapanazego
- *Passerby* (1984), Actor
- *An Uneventful Story* (1983), as Professor
- *Daimler-Benz Limousine* (1983), as Maks Feliński
- *Childish Questions* (1981), as Profesor
- *In Broad Daylight* (1981), as investigating judge
- *Spotkanie wśród gwiazd* (1981), as Cicero
- *The Card Index* (1979), as Protagonist
- *The Tin Drum* (1979), as Priest — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-tin-drum.md)
- *Hospital of the Transfiguration* (1979), as Zygmunt Sekułowski
- *A Room with a Sea View* (1978), as Professor Jan Leszczyński
- *Mazepa* (1976), Writer, Director
- *Niemcy* (1974), as Professor
- *The Hourglass Sanatorium* (1973), as Dr. Gotard
- *Through the Fifth Dimension* (1973), as Dr. Kopot
- *Wyspy szczęśliwe* (1972), as Doctor
- *How Far, How Near* (1972), as Maks
- *Theatre Macabre* (1971), series, Actor
- *Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment* (1971), as Bermudez
- *The Woodpecker* (1971), as Thief (voice) (uncredited)
- *Pejzaż z bohaterem* (1971), as Rafał Wilczewski
- *The Taste of the Black Earth* (1970), as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- *The Office* (1969), as Miron
- *The Game* (1969), as Husband
- *Colonel Wolodyjowski* (1969), as Priest Kamiński (voice) (uncredited)
- *Fatalista* (1968), as Lieutenant Wulicz
- *Professor Tutka Club* (1967), series, as Profesor Tutka
- *Odwiedziny o zmierzchu* (1966), as Neighbour
- *Maria and Napoleon* (1966), as Napoleon I Bonaparte / Napoleon Beranger
- *Pearls and Ducats* (1966), as Franciszek X
- *The Saragossa Manuscript* (1966), as Don Pedro Velasquez — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-saragossa-manuscript.md)
- *Hamlet x 5* (1966), Actor
- *The Moment of Peace* (1965), as Engineer, Maths Professor ("Matura")
- *Człowiek z kwiatem w ustach* (1965), as Sick Man
- *Salto* (1965), as Host
- *The Law and the Fist* (1964), as Andrzej Kenig
- *Avatar: The Exchange of Souls* (1964), as Doctor Baltazar Charbonneau
- *Naprawdę wczoraj* (1963), as Captain Stołyp
- *Gangsters and Philanthropists* (1963), as 'Profesor' (segment nr 1)
- *Spotkanie w 'Bajce'* (1962), as Doctor Paweł
- *Spóźnieni przechodnie* (1962), as Edward (segment 1) / Himself (segment 5) (uncredited) · Director
- *Interview with Ballmeyer* (1962), as Rafael Daves
- *Opening Tomorrow* (1962), as Zenon Wiewiórski
- *Story of the Golden Boot* (1961), as Wit Stwosz
- *Time Past* (1961), as Kurt von Steinhagen
- *Goodbye to the Past* (1961), as Oskar Rennert
- *Marysia i Krasnoludki* (1961), as Sadełko (voice)
- *Erotique* (1961), Actor
- *Coloured Stockings* (1960), as Caretaker (segment "Jadźka")
- *One Room Tenants* (1960), as Dziadzia
- *Polar Bear* (1959), as Henryk Fogiel
- *Farewells* (1958), as Mirek
- *The Noose* (1958), as Kuba Kowalski
- *Tajemnica dzikiego szybu* (1956), as Sądej
- *Men of the Blue Cross* (1955), as Narrator (voice)
- *The Stars Must Burn* (1954), as Narrator (voice)
- *Soldier of Victory* (1953), as Feliks Dzierżyński

## Gallery

- ![Gustaw Holoubek](https://film.one/media/person/3911815/gallery-36024735c261.jpg) Gustaw Holoubek — Edward Hartwig, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Gustaw_Holoubek_%28portret%29.jpg/1280px-Gustaw_Holoubek_%28portret%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actor Gustaw Holoubek. (2006)](https://film.one/media/person/3911815/gallery-ae2f06452884.jpg) Actor Gustaw Holoubek. (2006) — Sławek Skonieczny, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Gustaw_Holoubek_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Elwira Watała przeprowadzająca wywiad dla Panoramy Śląskiej z Gustawem Holoubkiem (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/3911815/gallery-0590e5a4ece9.jpg) Elwira Watała przeprowadzająca wywiad dla Panoramy Śląskiej z Gustawem Holoubkiem (2022) — Arkadiusz Wolf, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Elwira_Wata%C5%82a_i_Gustaw_Holoubek.jpg/1280px-Elwira_Wata%C5%82a_i_Gustaw_Holoubek.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gustaw Holoubek, spektakl „Elektra”, Warszawa (1973).](https://film.one/media/person/3911815/gallery-025c372e4b69.jpg) Gustaw Holoubek, spektakl „Elektra”, Warszawa (1973). — nn, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Gustaw_Holoubek%2C_Elektra%2C_Warszawa%2C_1973.jpg/1280px-Gustaw_Holoubek%2C_Elektra%2C_Warszawa%2C_1973.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gustaw Holoubek](https://film.one/media/person/3911815/gallery-9400943cca89.jpg) Gustaw Holoubek — Image via TMDB
- ![Gustaw Holoubek](https://film.one/media/person/3911815/gallery-ec3d767d4d34.jpg) Gustaw Holoubek — Image via TMDB
- ![Gustaw Holoubek](https://film.one/media/person/3911815/gallery-afb2e6d6a922.jpg) Gustaw Holoubek — Image via TMDB
- ![Gustaw Holoubek](https://film.one/media/person/3911815/gallery-818665fa3816.jpg) Gustaw Holoubek — Image via TMDB
- ![Gustaw Holoubek](https://film.one/media/person/3911815/gallery-c15447420c71.jpg) Gustaw Holoubek — Image via TMDB
- ![Gustaw Holoubek](https://film.one/media/person/3911815/gallery-55f8befb0e17.jpg) Gustaw Holoubek — Image via TMDB

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