---
name: "Tomasz Kot"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tomasz-kot"
fi1m_id: "tomasz-kot"
imdb_id: "nm1682799"
tmdb_id: 140652
wikidata_id: "Q1881915"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 April 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T00:00:29.148212+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."
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# Tomasz Kot

## Identity

Tomasz Kot

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tomasz-kot
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tomasz-kot
- **IMDb ID:** nm1682799
- **TMDB ID:** 140652
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1881915
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomasz_Kot, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1881915, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1682799/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/140652

Actor. Born 21 April 1977 in Legnica, Poland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 April 1977, Legnica, Poland
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomasz_Kot, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1881915, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1682799/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/140652

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Cold War*](https://film.one/film/cold-war.md) (85)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Tomasz Kot

> Tomasz Kot makes longing look exhausting. In *Cold War*, he gives a difficult romance much of its staying power by treating Wiktor's feelings seriously without asking us to admire how he behaves.

In *Cold War* (2018), Tomasz Kot makes Wiktor Warski's longing seem to occupy every waking hour. The performance gives the couple's unhappiness a weight that does not depend on our approving of either of them. We were moved by him because wanting Zula looks so exhausting, and Kot makes the exhaustion feel permanent. He takes Wiktor seriously enough to let us care about him while still allowing us to question how he behaves.

His work in Polish television and comedy sits alongside a reputation for careful preparation and physical adaptability. Kot made his leading film debut as the blues musician Ryszard Riedel in *Destined for Blues* (2005). His major Polish breakthrough came as heart surgeon Zbigniew Religa in *Gods* (2014), a performance praised for its precise imitation of behaviour and physical traits. Those parts offer concrete tests of an actor's skill, since there is a real person to compare him with. In Wiktor, what matters is whether we believe that the feeling will last.

Paweł Pawlikowski gets that belief from the pairing as much as from either actor alone. Joanna Kulig gives Zula impatience and appetite, disturbing the film's careful compositions, while Kot makes her restlessness harder to bear. We can understand the attraction without wishing the two behaved as they do. The film does sometimes make their work harder: the gaps between scenes leave the lovers' feelings less clear than they ought to be. Kot's persistence helps us follow Wiktor through those omissions, but it cannot supply everything the storytelling has chosen to leave out.

*Cold War* brought wider international attention, though Kot has continued in Polish features alongside limited international work. There is no reason to confine him to solemn men, given the comedy in his background. Start with Pawlikowski's romance, and give Kulig an equal share of the attention: Kot's performance needs her impatience.

## Biography

Tomasz Kot is a Polish actor. He graduated from the National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków in 2001 and made his theatre debut in 1996 at the Dramatic Theatre in Legnica.

He gained prominence for his role as singer Ryszard Riedel in *Destined for Blues* (2005) and as Zbigniew Religa in *Gods* (2014), for which he received the Polish Academy Award for Best Actor. Kot played Wiktor Warski in Paweł Pawlikowski’s *Cold War* (2018), earning a nomination for Best Actor at the European Film Awards. Other notable credits include *Spoor* (2017), *World on Fire* (2019) and *Kleks Academy* (2024).

In 2015 he was awarded the Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Cold War* (2018), Fi1m 85, as Wiktor Warski — [page](https://film.one/film/cold-war.md)

## Complete filmography (55)

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

- *100 dni: Misja Zeus* (2026), Actor
- *Kamathipura Express* (2026), Actor
- *Gorky Resort* (2026), as Lavrentiy Beria
- *The Great Warsaw Race* (2026), as Lewandowski
- *Heaven* (2025), series, as Piotr
- *Judas' Gospel* (2025), as Simone
- *Kleks Academy 2* (2025), as Ambroży Kleks
- *Gąska* (2024), series, as Włodek
- *Kleks Academy: Extended Version* (2024), series, as Ambroży Kleks
- *Kulej. All That Glitters Isn’t Gold* (2024), as Colonel Sikorski
- *Kleks Academy* (2024), as Ambroży Kleks
- *The American* (2023), as Vitaliy Ivanov
- *Breached* (2023), as Maciej Tomski
- *Dangerous Men* (2023), as Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński
- *It Came from the Water* (2022), as Zbigniew Wilk
- *Warning* (2021), as Brian
- *Leave No Traces* (2021), as Kowalczyk
- *One More End of the World* (2021), as Herman · Writer, Producer
- *A Perfect Enemy* (2021), as Jeremiasz 'Jeremy' Angust
- *World on Fire* (2019), series, as Stefan Tomaszeski
- *(Nie)znajomi* (2019), as Tomek
- *The Day of Chocolate* (2018), as Policjant
- *Cold War* (2018), as Wiktor Warski — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/cold-war.md)
- *Breaking the Limits* (2017), as Okoń
- *Volta* (2017), as Jan Krone
- *The Atlas* (2017), as 'Atlas'
- *Bikini Blue* (2017), as Eryk Szumski
- *Spoor* (2017), as Prokurator Świerszczyński
- *The Chairman's Ear* (2017), series, as Roman
- *How To Save Mom* (2016), as Majordomus (voice)
- *Life Must Go On* (2015), as Bartosz Kolano
- *Disco Polo* (2015), as Daniel Polak
- *Gods* (2014), as Zbigniew Religa
- *The Photographer* (2014), as Bauman
- *In Hiding* (2013), as Dawid
- *Yuma* (2012), as 'Opat'
- *Hans Kloss: More Than Death at Stake* (2012), as Hans Kloss
- *Wyjazd integracyjny* (2011), as Marek Stasiak
- *Battle of the Sexes* (2011), as Bartek
- *How to Get Rid of Cellulite* (2011), as Maciej Zgirski
- *Erratum* (2010), as Michał Bogusz
- *Blind Date* (2010), as TV Star
- *Superheroes* (2010), as Jan
- *Operation Dunaj* (2009), as por. Jakubczak
- *Splinters* (2009), as Elegant Man
- *The Perfect Guy for My Girlfriend* (2009), as Porno Actor
- *Grand Hotel* (2008), as Boguś
- *Ladies* (2008), as Istvan, eurodeputowany z Węgier
- *Testosteron* (2007), as Robal
- *Why Not!* (2007), as Dawid
- *The Nanny (PL)* (2005), series, as Maksymilian Skalski
- *Destined for Blues* (2005), as Ryszard Riedel
- *Kryminalni* (2004), series, as komisarz Andrzej Grudziński
- *Camera Cafe* (2004), series, as Jacek
- *Adam*, as Edi Federer

## Gallery

- ![Tomasz Kot](https://film.one/media/person/128231/gallery-91d3fe27a763.jpg) Tomasz Kot — Sławek, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Kot_Tomasz.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Cast and crew of the film Cold War at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/128231/gallery-522b30844a70.jpg) Cast and crew of the film Cold War at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival — Joan Hernandez Mir, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/2018-05-10-Cannes-L%27%C3%A9quipe_du_film_Cold_War_de_Pawel_Pawlikowski_-2279.jpg/1280px-2018-05-10-Cannes-L%27%C3%A9quipe_du_film_Cold_War_de_Pawel_Pawlikowski_-2279.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tomasz Kot (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/128231/gallery-d7f482195d6a.jpg) Tomasz Kot (2017) — Fryta 73, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Tomasz_Kot_%2838299848441%29.jpg/1280px-Tomasz_Kot_%2838299848441%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tomasz Kot (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/128231/gallery-a5be7827cd39.jpg) Tomasz Kot (2017) — Fryta 73, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Tomasz_Kot_%2838299848441%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2019: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Cold War*
- European Film Award for Best Actor 2018: European Film Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Cold War*
- Zbigniew Cybulski Award 2006: Zbigniew Cybulski Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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