Bartosz Bielenia

Bartosz Bielenia (born 15 May 1992) is a Polish film and stage actor.

Bartosz Bielenia
Bielenia before 92nd Academy Awards in February 2020
Born
Bartosz Bielenia

(1992-05-15) 15 May 1992
Białystok, Poland
Alma materAST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków
OccupationActor
Years active2013–present

Education

In 2016, Bielenia graduated from AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków.[1][2]

Career

He made his debut in 1999 at the Aleksander Wegierko Dramatic Theatre in Białystok as the title character in the play The Little Prince.

From 2013 he played in Bagatela Theatre in Kraków, where he debuted with the role of the consumptive seventeen-year-old Ippolit Terentyev in Dostoyevsky's The Idiot. In the years 2014–2017 he performed at the Helena Modrzejewska National Old Theatre in Kraków. Since 2018 he has been performing in the New Theatre in Warsaw.[3]

In 2019, Bielenia took on the starring role in Corpus Christi, earning wide acclaim for his performance. He received a Polish Academy Award for Best Actor as well as Best Actor awards at festivals including the El Gouna Film Festival,[4] the Chicago International Film Festival[5] and the Stockholm International Film Festival.[6] In December, he was awarded the Zbigniew Cybulski Award.[7] In 2020, he received the Shooting Star Award for best young European actor, and the European Film Award for best actor.[8][9]

In 2021, he played Sebastian in the Netflix crime-thriller Prime Time.[10]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Disco PoloMember of Band Funny Games
2015 The Time of a Young Man About To KillYoung Man
2016 Na granicyJanek
2018 ClergyToady
2019 Corpus ChristiDaniel
2020 25 Years of InnocenceKrzysiek Pyzior
2021 Prime TimeSebastian

Awards
  • 2016: Międzynarodowy Festiwal Kina Niezależnego „Off Camera” in Krakowie – Special Mention for an actor in the Polish Feature Film Competition for the film Na granicy[11]
  • 2016: Koszaliński Festiwal Debiutów Filmowych „Młodzi i Film” – nagroda za odkrycie aktorskie za „wyjątkową obecność w filmie, bogate środki wyrazu. Za moc i wiarygodność” za film Na granicy[12]
  • 2019: Zbigniew Cybulski Award[13]
  • 2020: Forbes 30 under 30 recognition[14]
  • 2020: Shooting Star Award[15]

References
  1. "Corpus Christi actor Bartosz Bielenia joins thespian A-list after being awarded European Shooting Stars 2020". Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  2. "Bartosz Bielenia". Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  3. Bartosz Bielenia - Nowy Teatr
  4. "El Gouna winners". Arab News. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  5. "Chicago International Film Festival awards top prize to French love story 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire'". Chicago Sun-Times. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  6. Mitchell, Wendy. "Melina Leon's Peruvian baby trafficking drama 'Song Without A Name' wins in Stockholm". Screen. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  7. "Bartosz Bielenia zdobywcą Nagrody im. Zbyszka Cybulskiego!". Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  8. "Bartosz Bielenia named European Shooting Star 2020". Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  9. "European Film Awards 2020 Winners - Full List | the Film Magazine". 14 December 2020.
  10. "Netflix 'Prime Time' Full Cast List: Meet Bartosz Bielenia and rest of the stars of Polish thriller". Archived from the original on 17 July 2021.
  11. "FilmPolski.pl".
  12. "FilmPolski.pl".
  13. Maciej Nycz (3 December 2019). "Bartosz Bielenia zdobywcą Nagrody im. Zbyszka Cybulskiego!" (in Polish). rmf24.pl. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  14. "Bartosz Bielenia doceniony w rankingu "Forbesa". Kto jeszcze znalazł się na prestiżowej liście?". 26 March 2020.
  15. "Bartosz Bielenia named European Shooting Star 2020". Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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