---
name: "Jerzy Nowak"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jerzy-nowak"
fi1m_id: "jerzy-nowak"
imdb_id: "nm0637360"
tmdb_id: 7119
wikidata_id: "Q8338880"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 June 1923"
died: "26 March 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-23T04:14:03.746091+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."
---

# Jerzy Nowak

## Identity

Jerzy Nowak

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jerzy-nowak
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jerzy-nowak
- **IMDb ID:** nm0637360
- **TMDB ID:** 7119
- **Wikidata ID:** Q8338880
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Nowak, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8338880, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0637360/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7119

Actor. Born 20 June 1923 in Brzesko, Poland. Died 26 March 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 June 1923, Brzesko, Poland
- **Died:** 26 March 2013
- **Active:** 1993–1994
- **Also known as:** Ежи Новак, Ezhi Novak
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Nowak, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8338880, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0637360/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7119

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Three Colors: White*](https://film.one/film/three-colors-white.md) (78)

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## Biography

Jerzy Nowak (20 June 1923 – 26 March 2013) was a Polish film and theatre actor and teacher. He graduated from the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Kraków in 1948 and appeared in supporting roles in numerous Polish and international films.

He is known for performances in *The Promised Land* (1975), *Camera Buff* (1979), *Schindler's List* (1993), *Three Colors: White* (1994), *Quo Vadis* (2001), *The Hexer* (2001), *The Witcher* (2002) and *The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler* (2009). Nowak had a long stage career, notably playing Singer Hirsch continuously from 1994.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Three Colors: White* (1994), Fi1m 78, as Old Peasant — [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-white.md)
- *Schindler's List* (1993), Fi1m 91, as Investor — [page](https://film.one/film/schindlers-list.md)

## Complete filmography (84)

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

- *August Sky – 63 Days of Glory* (2013), as Leonard
- *Manhunt* (2012), as 'Stary Wiarus'
- *Mystification* (2010), as Askenazy
- *The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler* (2009), as Old Rabbi
- *Les inséparables* (2008), as Painter
- *Scratch* (2008), as Leon
- *Quo Vadis* (2003), series, Actor
- *The Revenge* (2002), as Michał Kafar
- *The Witcher* (2002), series, as Vesemir
- *Julie Walking Home* (2002), as Mieczyslaw "Mietek" Makowsky
- *Eucalyptus* (2002), Actor
- *Gebürtig* (2002), Actor
- *The Hexer* (2001), as Vesemir
- *Quo Vadis* (2001), as Krispus
- *Wyspa R.O.* (2001), as Guard
- *Cabin Fever* (2000), as Olek
- *Bigda is Coming!* (1999), as Ksawery
- *Egzekutor* (1999), as Franciszek Kozar
- *Love Stories* (1997), as The Accountant
- *Our God's Brother* (1997), as Anthony
- *A Gentle Creature* (1996), as sklepikarz
- *Gnoje* (1995), as Hryćko, staruszek w Bieszczadach
- *Legenda Tatr* (1995), as innkeeper
- *Three Colors: White* (1994), as Old Peasant — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-white.md)
- *Schindler's List* (1993), as Investor — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/schindlers-list.md)
- *Bittersweet Longing...* (1993), Actor
- *Squadron* (1992), as Lejba
- *Capital, or How to Make Money in Poland* (1990), as Serafin
- *Lava* (1989), as Choir Singer
- *Alchemik* (1989), as Książę Kiejstut
- *Wherever You Are...* (1988), as Officer-Interpreter
- *And the Violins Stopped Playing* (1988), as professor Epstein
- *Medium* (1985), as Ernst Wagner
- *End of the Lonely Farm Berhof* (1985), as Florian
- *Tumor Witkacego* (1985), as Sokołowski's Father
- *Fog* (1985), as dziadek
- *The Egg* (1984), as Gospodarz Ewy
- *Nie było słońca tej wiosny* (1984), as Josek
- *A Year of the Quiet Sun* (1984), as lekarz przy ekshumacji zwłok
- *Crab and Joanna* (1982), as Grzegorz Zaruba
- *From a Far Country* (1981), as Professor
- *Misja* (1981), series, as Jakub Gutman
- *Gwiazda Wytrwałości* (1981), as Host
- *Na własną prośbę* (1980), as Tomkowski
- *A Chance* (1980), as Mr Mołda
- *Wściekły* (1980), Actor
- *Elegia* (1979), Actor
- *Camera Buff* (1979), as Stanisław Osuch
- *Placówka* (1979), as Josel Szatzman
- *Umarli rzucają cień* (1979), Actor
- *Ziemia obiecana* (1978), series, as Zucker, mąż Lucy Zuckerowej
- *Polskie drogi* (1977), series, as fotograf Tadeusz Białas, ojciec Basi, Tadeusz Białas, fotograf
- *Hasło* (1977), as Old tar maker
- *Zofia* (1976), as Kelner w mordowni
- *The Promised Land* (1975), as Zucker
- *Sędziowie. Tragedya* (1974), as Jukli
- *The Beard* (1974), as "The Baldy", the school inspector
- *A Story in Red* (1974), as Gamekeeper
- *Fernando i humaniści* (1974), as Buyer
- *Clouds of War* (1973), series, as oberżysta Schulz, oberżysta Schulz (nie występuje w napisach)
- *Copernicus* (1973), as Man At Funeral (uncredited)
- *The Sun Rises Once a Day* (1972), as "Koślawy" (uncredited)
- *Co jest w człowieku w środku* (1969), as Mayor
- *The Abduction of Balthazar Sponge* (1969), series, as Don Pedro de Pommidore (voice) (uncredited)
- *More Than Life At Stake* (1968), series, as krawiec Marian Skowronek
- *The Shield and the Sword* (1968), Actor
- *Stajnia na Salvatorze* (1967), as Budapest Courier (uncredited)
- *Full Ahead* (1967), as Bosman
- *The Wall of Witches* (1967), as Barkeeper
- *Lovers from Marona* (1966), as Fisherman (uncredited)
- *Sobótki* (1966), as Kranz
- *Lenin in Poland* (1966), as Austrian Officer
- *Pięciu* (1964), as Alfred Buchta
- *The Unknown* (1964), as Postman
- *The End of Our World* (1964), as Blokfuhrer
- *April* (1961), as Postman
- *Rok pierwszy* (1960), as Miller (uncredited)
- *Meetings In The Dark* (1960), as Worker (uncredited)
- *Place on Earth* (1960), as Doctor (uncredited)
- *Eagle* (1959), as Mate Sznuk
- *Dezerter* (1958), as Klein
- *Lost Feelings* (1957), as Clerk (uncredited)
- *Podhale w ogniu* (1956), as Soldier stealing Cattle
- *Nie-Boska komedia*, as Bianchetti

## Gallery

- ![Grób Jerzego Nowaka na Cmentarzu Rakowickim (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/84219/gallery-0aa595237b6a.jpg) Grób Jerzego Nowaka na Cmentarzu Rakowickim (2018) — Kordiann, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Gr%C3%B3b_Jerzego_Nowaka.jpg/1280px-Gr%C3%B3b_Jerzego_Nowaka.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jerzy Nowak](https://film.one/media/person/84219/gallery-4c3463ed0ac5.jpg) Jerzy Nowak — Ja Fryta from Strzegom, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Jerzy_Nowak_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jerzy Nowak grave (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/84219/gallery-1b22d715b967.jpg) Jerzy Nowak grave (2025) — StarDeg, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jerzy_Nowak_grave.jpg/1280px-Jerzy_Nowak_grave.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jerzy Nowak](https://film.one/media/person/84219/gallery-7cc9758ef47a.jpg) Jerzy Nowak — Image via TMDB

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