Portrait of Tomasz Borkowy

Tomasz Borkowy

Acting

Biography

Tomasz Borkowy is a Polish actor, often credited as Tomek Bork. He graduated from Theatre college in Kraków in 1977 and first came to the UK the following year, unable to speak English. He moved to the UK full time in 1980 and appeared in a number of film and television productions. He has also continued to work in Poland, where he is most well known for playing the lead role in the TV drama series, Dom (House) which ran for 7 series over 20 years (1980–2000). Borkowy has also starred in and produced a number of plays at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the past 18 years. Borkowy now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland and southern Spain. He runs Universal Arts – an international agency and production company for performing arts, while still working as an actor.

Born: September 17, 1952

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Poland

Filmography

2024
A Bear Named Wojtek

as Major (voice)

1991
Sleepers

as Radio Operator

1989
1988
Piece of Cake

as 'Zaddy' Zardarnowski

1988
Border

as Border Guard

1988
Journey's End

as German Soldier

1986
Lovejoy

as Max

1984
1981
Do krwi ostatniej

as żołnierz I szej Dywizji

1980
Dom

as Andrzej Talar

1979
Życie na gorąco

as Andreas, pomocnik Maja z greckiej opozycji

1976
1963
Doctor Who

as Captain Sorin