Jerzy Trela

Polish actor (1942–2022)

Jerzy Józef Trela (14 March 1942 – 15 May 2022)^[1] was a Polish actor. In 2003 he starred in the film An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God under Jerzy Hoffman.^[2] He is also known for White (1994), Quo Vadis (2001) and Ida (2013).

Trela played also many roles on stage at The Old Theatre in Kraków (Polish: Narodowy Stary Teatr im. Heleny Modrzejewskiej w Krakowie)^[3] and he was Professor and Rector at the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts.

Honours and awards

• Meritorious for Polish Culture (1989)
• Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2011), previously awarded the Commander's Cross (2000) and Knight's Cross (1981)
• Polish Film Awards: Eagles for Best Supporting Actor in Quo Vadis (2002)^[4]
• Gold Medal "Gloria Artis" (2005)^[5]

Selected filmography

• The Moth (1980)
• Man of Iron (1981)
• Danton (1983)
• The Night of the Emerald Moon (1985)
• Magnat (1987)
• The Mother of Kings (1987)
• Dekalog: Nine (1988)
• On the Silver Globe (1988)
• Three Colours: White (1994)
• Pan Tadeusz (1999)
• Quo Vadis (2001)
• An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God (2003)
• Hope (2007)
• Ida (2013) as Szymon Skiba
• A Grain of Truth (2015)
• The Elements of Sasza – Fire (2020) as "Grandpa"

References

1. Jerzy Trela nie żyje. O aktorstwie mówił: Trzeba balansować między męką a przyjemnością (in Polish)
2. "Stara baśń" (in Polish). Film Web. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
3. Stary Teatr in Kraków, culture.pl (in English); accessed 2 March 2017.
4. Quo Vadis at the Internet Movie Database (in English)
5. Jerzy Trela profile, filmweb.pl; accessed 2 March 2017. (in Polish)

External links

• Jerzy Trela at IMDb
• Jerzy Trela profile culture.pl; accessed 2 March 2017. (in Polish)