Jan Jurkowski (; born 1989) is a Polish stage, film and television actor, director, screenwriter, and editor. Together with Marek Hucz, he is a co-founder of which publishes its productions on YouTube.
Biography Jan Jurkowski was born in 1989. In 2013, he graduated acting from the National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków. While studying, he debuted on stage of the Bagatela Theatre in Warsaw in 2009. In 2011, he performed in an audioplay of Polish Radio based on The Wedding. In 2013, he began performing in the in Kalisz, and in 2015, in the Łaźnia Nowa Theatre in Kraków.
In 2012, together with his classmate, Marek Hucz, he founded the Darwin Film Group, which begun producing short films publishef on YouTube, such as series Wielkie Konflikty, Szorty Darwina, Dziennik Internetowy, and Groovy Movie, among others. In 2016, they filmed television series Wielkie Teorie Darwina for TVN, and also released some of their miniseries on its streaming service, Player.pl. In 2017, they made episode "1%" for web-miniseries Little Black Mirror, as part of promotional campaign of Netflix television series Black Mirror. In 2021, they produced another series for TVN, titled Misja.
In 2019, Jurkowski and Hucz published book To (nie) koniec świata, in which they wrote about their works and unproduced stories of the Darwin Film Group.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2012–2013 Patologiczna Krawcowa Pathological Seamstress Webseries; voice; 10 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor Wielkie Budowle Various roles Webseries; 5 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor2013 Mistrz Motyl Techniczny Webseries; 2 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor Wielkie Pytania Polskie Ludwik Montgomery Webseries; 25 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor 2013–2014 Videoblogi Ludwika Ludwik Montgomery Webseries; 11 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor 2014–2019 Wielkie Konflikty Various roles Webseries; 31 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor 2015–2021 Shorty Darwina Various roles Webseries; 28 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor 2015–2024 Dziennik Internetowy Various roles Webseries; 13 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor 2016 Wielkie Teorie Darwina Various roles Television series; 5 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor 2016–2021 Zakazane Spoty Darwina Various roles Webseries; 14 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor2017 Dzielni chłopcy Football fan Television play Little Black Mirror Mr. Aboth Webseries; episode: "1%" (no. 1); also director, screenwriter, and editor Volta Paweł Feature film 2017–2022 Groovy Movie Various roles Webseries; 5 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor 2018 My Strange Older Brother Brother Short film; voice2019 Bajki Darwina Various roles Webseries; 2 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor Malibu Rescue Television series; voice; Polish-language dubbing Mały Grand Hotel Gold Paulini Television series; episode no. 62020 Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon Pancho Television series; voice; Polish-language dubbing I'm Here Son-in-law Short film; voice 2020–2022 Byli sobie Ludzie Speaker #1 Webseries; 15 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor 2021 Misja Arkadiusz Słowacki Television series; 10 episodes; also screenwriter and producer 2022–2023 Z Archiwum N Various roles Webseries; 2 episodes; also director, screenwriter, and editor 2023 Camera Cafe. Nowe parzenie Police officer Television series; episode no. 222024 Jak nie zabiłem swojego ojca i jak bardzo tego żałuję Television play Seasons Screenwriter Feature film
Stage credits Year Title Role Director Theatre 2009 Woyzeck Andrzej Domalik Bagatela Theatre (Warsaw) 2010 Nadobnisie i koczkodany Mandelbaum Adam NawojczykNational Academy of Theatre Arts (Kraków) 2011 Ja-jestem-nim Szymon KaczmarekWitkacy – Jedyne wyjście Nadrazil ŻywiołowiczMarcin KuźmińskiJuliusz Słowacki Theatre (Kraków)Izydor 2012 Healter Skelter Paweł Świątek National Academy of Theatre Arts (Kraków) 2013 Versus Leszek Pękalski Szymon KaczmarekWojciech Bogusławski Theatre (Kalisz)2014 Diabełek Pawełek Diabełek Pawełek Mikołaj Mikołajczyk Fantazy Jan Maciej Podstawny The Government Inspector Piotr Bobczyński Jacek Jabrzyk Aleksander Węgierko Drama Theatre (Białystok)The Master and Margarita AzazelloMagdalena MiklaszMalabar Hotel Theatre (Warsaw) Pontius Pilate Grigory Danilovich Rimsky 2015 Pelcia, czyli jak żyć, żeby nie odnieść sukcesu Joanna Szczepkowska Łaźnia Nowa Theatre (Kraków) Skowyt Maciej Podstawn 2019 Sokrates Socrates Joanna Szczepkowska Na Dole Theatre (Warsaw) 2020 Lem vs. P.K. Dick Stanisław Lem Mateusz PakułaŁaźnia Nowa Theatre (Kraków) 2023 Jak nie zabiłem swojego ojca i jak bardzo tego żałuję Mateusz Pakuła 2024 The Play That Goes Wrong Chris Janusz Szydłowsk Kraków Variété Theatre (Kraków)
Audioplay credits Year Title Role Director Radio 2011 The Wedding Andrzej Seweryn Polish Radio 2016 The Merchant of Venice Gratiano Mariusz Malec
Bibliography 2019: To (nie) koniec świata (together with Marek Hucz; Altenberg; ISBN 978-83-952354-6-7)
Awards Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2014 Jacek Woszczerowicz Award Versus(play directed by Szymon Kaczmarek) 2018 Grand Video Awards Entertainment Gwiezdny Szeryf
References
External links Jan Jurkowski at IMDb Jan Jurkowski at FilmPolski.pl (in Polish) Jan Jurkowski at Filmweb (in Polish) Jan Jurkowski at Encyklopedia teatru polskiego (in Polish)