Pawel Szajda
Pawel Szajda | |
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| Born | Pawel B. Szajda January 13, 1982 Farmington, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Spouse |
Marina Polo (m. 2019) |
Pawel B. Szajda (
Early life and education
Szajda was born and raised in Farmington, Connecticut.[2][3]
Szajda's maternal great-grandfather left Poland for Chicago in 1912, two years prior to the outbreak of World War I. He married Szajda's Polish grandmother, had children, and, after the war ended, moved to Poland. In 1964, the family moved back to the United States, which is where Szajda's mother graduated from college and then returned with the family to Poland. In Poland, she met Szajda's father, and they had Szajda's older sister, Barbara, and two older brothers, Marcin and Adam. Following the introduction of martial law in Poland in 1981, Szajda's family relocated to the United States. Szajda also has a younger brother, Phil.
Growing up in the United States, his family spoke Polish and sent Pawel and his siblings to Polish-language school every Saturday.
Szajda graduated from
Career
Szajda's acting career started with a TV commercial for the 1996 Olympics.[citation needed]
In 2002, he won a role in Under the Tuscan Sun. Director Audrey Wells had wanted to use an actor from Poland, but due to visa issues, she was forced to look elsewhere and chose Szajda.[5] Szajda plays a Polish immigrant handyman named Pawel, disapproved of by his Italian girlfriend's father.[4]
After filming completed on Under the Tuscan Sun, Szajda returned from
He continued to act on screen and on stage while pursuing his education. He appeared in an episode of
Szajda appeared in the 2008
In the 2009 movie, Tatarak (
He has played in The Players Theater[7] in New York City and Makor/Steinhardt Center at the 14th Street Y in Manhattan.[1]
In 2022, Szajda had a recurring role in the third season of the
He is represented by The Glick Agency.[8]
Personal life
Szajda's interests include traveling, photography, drawing, and playing the trumpet. "When we were filming Tatarak in Grudziądz, I took some wonderful photos of the sky—it’s amazing there! Maybe that’s why I’d like to act more in Poland—to be able to visit the country."[2]
In 2019, he married his long time girlfriend Marina Polo in Italy.[9][unreliable source?]
Filmography
- 1996: Furby Commercial
- 1996: Pablow, An Olympic commercial in the United States[citation needed]
- 2003: Under the Tuscan Sun - Pawel
- 2004: Hope and Faith(TV Series) - College Guy
- 2005: Venom - Ricky
- 2007: Death Without Consent - Sean
- 2008: Generation Kill(TV Mini-Series) - Cpl. Walt Hasser
- 2009: Tatarak(Sweet Rush [English title]) - Bogus / Marta's lover
- 2011: Blue Bloods (TV Series) - Sergei Sokoloff
- 2011: Wygrany (The Winner) - Oliver Linovsky
- 2012: 3 Days of Normal - Trent Callender
- 2015: Agent Carter (Episode: "Snafu") - Ovechkin
- 2016: Our Kind of Traitor - Blue Eyed Killer
- 2016: Imperium - Vince Sargent
- 2018: Twenty-Three Skidoo") - Nikolai Dimitrov
- 2019: The Haunting of Sharon Tate - Wojciech Frykowski
- 2019: Above the Shadows - Marjus
- 2022: For All Mankind (TV series) - Alexei Poletov
Stage work
- 1990s: Charlie Baker, The Foreigner by Larry Shue, at Farmington High School[3]
- 2006: The Infliction of Cruelty by Sean McManus and Andrew Unterberg at the 10th Annual New York International Fringe Festival, August 18–26[10]
References
- ^ a b c d "Tatarak — Sweet Rush the movie — CAST OF CHARACTERS". Akson Studio. Archived from the original on 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
- ^ a b c d Grabowska, Katarzyna (2009-02-13). "Interview with actor Paweł Szajda: 'I was used to a kind of dictatorship on the set'". Translated by Marysia Amribd; Agnes Emri; Ole Skambraks. cafebabel.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
- ^ Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
- ^ a b Martin, Reed (September 2003). "Pawel Szajda: how many poles does it take to heat up a movie? All you need is this one". Interview. Archived from the original on 2007-12-24. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
- Touchstone Home Entertainment.
- ^ Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
- ^ http://www.theplayerstheatre.com/
- IMDb Pro. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
- ^ Macon, Alexandra (2019-01-08). "A Rustic Wedding Inside a Tuscan Medieval Village". blog.overthemoon.com.
- ^ Fitzgerald, TJ (2006-08-10). "A Chat with Tuscan Sun's Szajda, Appearing at the Fringe". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
External links
- Pawel Szajda at IMDb
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