Marcin Dorociński
Acting • Born 1973-06-22
Biography
Marcin Grzegorz Dorociński (Polish: [ˈmart͡ɕin dɔrɔˈt͡ɕiɲskʲi]; born 22 June 1973) is a Polish film, television and stage actor. He is known for playing roles in such films as Pitbull(2005), Reverse (2009), Rose (2011), Jack Strong (2014), Hurricane (2018) and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), as well as internationally produced TV series Spies of Warsaw (2013) and The Queen's Gambit (2020). Dorociński was born in Milanówek and grew up in a small village, Kłudzienko. His father is a blacksmith, and his mother is a housewife. He has three brothers, all of whom are police officers. He dreamt of becoming a professional football player. However, he was forced to give up the plan after sustaining a significant leg injury. He attended the vocational school in Grodzisk Mazowiecki and obtained a machinist certificate. The first person to notice his talent for acting was his history teacher, who encouraged him to become an actor. In 1993, he enrolled at the Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Theatre Academy. In his second year at the State Theatre Academy, he was cast as Don Rodrigue in a television adaptation of Le Cid directed by Krystyna Janda. After graduating from the Academy in 1997, he struggled to find acting jobs. He worked as a waiter and a bouncer. He took other casual jobs until he was offered a post at the Dramatic Theatre in Warsaw. He has also appeared in several plays at the Ateneum Theatre in Warsaw, where he is currently employed. He played minor roles in multiple television series before his breakthrough came with the role in Patryk Vega's 2005 film Pitbull, which brought him the Zbyszek Cybulski Award. He is a two-time Polish Film Festival award winner for his Reverse (2009) and Rose (2011) roles. The latter also earned him the IFFI Best Actor Award at India's 43rd International Film Festival. In 2012, he appeared in Magdalena Łazarkiewicz's critically acclaimed TV series The Deep End ("Głęboka woda"), which earned him a nomination for Best Actor Award at the Monte Carlo Television Festival. Between 2012 and 2013, Dorociński appeared in a miniseries called Spies of Warsaw, co-produced by the and Telewizja Polska. In 2020, he joined the cast of the Netflix drama miniseries The Queen's Gambit, starring Anya Taylor-Joy. Based on the 1983 novel by Walter Tevis of the same name, the show explores the life of an orphan chess prodigy named Beth Harmon from the age of eight to twenty-two as she struggles with addiction in a quest to become a grandmaster in chess. Dorociński plays Soviet world chess champion Vasily Borgov. He is married to scenic designer Monika Sudół. The couple has a son, Stanisław (born 2006), and a daughter, Janina (born 2008). They also brought up Sudół's son from a previous relationship, Jakub. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Marcin Dorociński, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
90 credits
Playing Hard
Movie • 2019
Jerzy
Klingert's Diving Suit
Movie • 2021
Karl Klingert (voice)
Night Conversations
Movie • 2008
Bartek
Reverse
Movie • 2009
Bronisław
Minghun
Movie • 2024
Jurek
Killer 2
Movie • 1999
Miro
Vinci
Movie • 2004
Łukasz Wilk
The Perfect Guy for My Girlfriend
Movie • 2009
Kostek
Pitbull
Movie • 2005
Sławomir 'Despero' Desperski
St. Barbara's Day
Movie • 2005
Jakub Skowerski
We're All Christs
Movie • 2006
Angel of Evil
Kup teraz
Movie • 2008
Policjant Władysław
No Mercy
Movie • 2002
oficer UOP
Rose
Movie • 2012
Tadeusz
Francuski numer
Movie • 2006
Mateusz
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Movie • 2023
Captain
Przedwiośnie
Movie • 2001
Antoni Lulek
Fear of Falling
Movie • 2011
Tomasz Janicki
Black Mill
Movie • 2020
Andrzej
Ransomed
Movie • 2023
Hayes
Traffic Department
Movie • 2013
Lisowski
Manhunt
Movie • 2012
Corporal 'Wydra'
The Mighty Angel
Movie • 2014
Borys
Jack Strong
Movie • 2014
Jack Strong
Miłość
Movie • 2012
Tomek Niedzielski
Szamanka
Movie • 1996
Student on the street (uncredited)
Insatiability
Movie • 2003
General Niehyd-Ochluj
Wstyd
Movie • 2007
teacher Jan
Dangerous Men
Movie • 2023
Stanisław 'Witkacy' Witkiewicz
The Heart and Sweetheart
Movie • 2014
Mirek
Love on the Podium
Movie • 2009
Kacper
These Daughters of Mine
Movie • 2015
Grzegorz
Mayday
Movie • 2026
Alexander Volkov
Louise's Garden
Movie • 2008
Fabian 'Fabio' Sawicki
Ja jestem
Movie • 2012
lektor
You Are God
Movie • 2012
Concert Manager
The High Frontier
Movie • 2016
Konrad
Nie panikuj!
Movie • 2007
Sierżant Rafalski
The Woman Who Dreamed of a Man
Movie • 2010
Maciej Kockhański
Small Town Killers
Movie • 2017
Igor Ladpolny
The Offsiders
Movie • 2008
Jacek Mróz
Vinci 2
Movie • 2025
Łukasz Wilk
Anthropoid
Movie • 2016
Ladislav Vanék
Hurricane
Movie • 2018
Cobra
Pitbull. Last Dog
Movie • 2018
Sławomir 'Despero' Desperski
Plan B
Movie • 2018
Mirek Dzięcioł
Na boso
Movie • 2007
Robert
7 Emotions
Movie • 2018
Aldek Sałacki
Pal System
Movie • 2002
Arek Bilski
Dark, Almost Night
Movie • 2019
Marcin Schwartz
Punkt krytyczny. Energia odNowa
Movie • 2018
Narrator
Piotrek trzynastego
Movie • 2010
'Terrarium'
1409. Afera na zamku Bartenstein
Movie • 2005
biały rycerz
Pigs 3
Movie • 2020
Wit
Magic Mountains
Movie • 2020
Voytek
The Yellow Scarf
Movie • 2000
Kierowca bohatera
Marlis
Movie
Viktor
Szamanka
Movie • 1996
Student (uncredited)
Show
Movie • 2003
Roman
Solidarność, Solidarność...
Movie • 2005
Filip
The In-Laws
Movie • 2021
Andrzej Wilk
Biały potok
Movie • 2020
Michał
Jaś i Małgosia - rodzeństwo, które przeżyło
Movie • 2019
Andrzej Piórko
Beautiful
Movie • 2008
Dominik
The In-Laws 3
Movie • 2025
Andrzej Wilk
The Doll
Movie • 2026
Stanisław Wokulski
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Movie • 2025
Sevastopol - Captain
Where Eskimos Live
Movie • 2002
Jak być kochanym
Movie
Zbigniew Cybulski
Pitbull
TV • 2005
Sławomir Desperski "Despero"
Cape Town
TV • 2016
Christian Coolidge
The Pact
TV • 2015
Piotr Grodecki
Bez tajemnic
TV • 2011
Szymon Kowalczyk
Sfora
TV • 2002
oficer UOP
Fałszerze - Powrót Sfory
TV • 2007
oficer UOP
Ekipa
TV • 2007
Krzysztof Tobiasz
Kryminalni
TV • 2004
Aleksander Buchacz
Dom
TV • 1980
student
Dom
TV • 1980
pan młody wychodzący z USC na Starym Mieście
Przedwiośnie
TV • 2002
Antoni Lulek
Wszystkie pieniądze świata
TV • 1999
"Kukuś"
Marzenia do spełnienia
TV
Marek Lisowski
Into Deep Water
TV • 2011
Wiktor Okulicki
Miasteczko
TV • 2000
Marek
Camera Cafe
TV • 2004
Julian
The Queen's Gambit
TV • 2020
Vasily Borgov
Erinyes
TV • 2022
Edward Popielski
Vikings: Valhalla
TV • 2022
Yaroslav the Wise
Fala zbrodni
TV • 2003
Michał Wagner
Spies of Warsaw
TV • 2013
Antoni Pakulski