Jacek Mąka

A graduate of the The Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. He has been part of the Jerzy Szaniawski Drama Theatre in Płock ensemble since 1984, and also performed in a number of Polish and foreign theatres, such as: Teatr Nowy in Lodz, Teatr Polski in Bydgoszcz, La Comedie de Saint Etienne, Théâtre de la Colline, Théâtre de la Tempête, Théâtre Ouvert, Théâtre Gérard Philipe à Saint-Denis, Théâtre National de Strasbourg in France. His stage debut in the Stefan Żeromski Theatre is the role in Bernard-Marie Koltès’s’ “Quay West”, directed by Kuba Kowalski.

fot. Wiktor Franko

IN THE REPERTOIRE

• THE PROFESSOR dir. Jan Hussakowski, 2026 – Rysiek
• A HORSE ON A KNIGHT dir. Tadeusz Kabicz, 2025 – Father
• MYTHOLOGY. I DON'T WANT TO DO NOTHING by the duo: Daria Kubisiak, Weronika Krówka, 2024 – Zeus
• THE TALE OF THE SNAKE'S HEART dir. Marcin Liber, 2024 – Old Myszka, Amazarak, Lion
• HELGI, SON OF JÓN dir. Marta Streker, 2024 – Jón
• THE LIFE AND DEATH OF MR HERSH LIBKIN FROM SACRAMENTO, CA dir. Łukasz Kos, 2023 – Movie producer, Übermother, Hersh's dead mother spirit, chief of the Navajo tribe
• MY QUAIL HAS ESCAPED dir. Michał Kotański, 2022 – Ciekocki, philologist
• BUT WITH OUR DEAD dir. Marcin Liber, 2022
• KING OF THE CARNIVAL dir. Jerzy Bończak and Michał Kotański, 2022 – Gęba, courtier
• THE BIRTHDAY SUITE dir. Jerzy Bończak, 2021 – Bob
• THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA. THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE dir. Gabriel Gietzky, 2019 – Aslan
• THE HORIZON dir. Michał Kotański, 2019– Mr Jaskóła
• SHEAR MADNESS dir. Jerzy Bończak, 2018 – Edward Wurzel 

OTHERS

• MEASURE FOR MEASURE dir. Dan Jemmett, 2023 – Duke Vincencio
• FRANKENSTEIN dir. Jędrzej Piaskowski, 2022– Alfons Frankenstein, Victor and William's father; Blindman, Agatha and Felix's father
• LUDWIG dir. Jan Jeliński, 2022 – Richard Wagner
• THE KENNEDY COURSE dir. Wiktor Rubin, 2021 – William Smith 
  
• OH, THESE GHOSTS! dir. Dan Jemmett, 2020 – Raffaele, doorkeeper (dark soul)
• THE CHERRY ORCHARD dir. Krzysztof Rekowski, 2019 – Leonid Gajew
• THE WILD DUCK dir. Franciszek Szumiński, 2019 – Werle
• ≈[ALMOST EQUAL] dir. Una Thorleifsdottir, 2019 – Casparus van Houten
• BEM. CANNON MAN RETURN dir. Michał Walczak, 2018 – Mikołaj
• AS YOU LIKE IT dir. Maja Kleczewska, 2018 – Prince
• TARTUFFE dir. Ewa Rucińska, 2018 – Orgon 
• DARKNESS dir. Monika Strzępka, 2017 – Kurtz 2 
• WEST COST dir. Kuba Kowalski, 2016 – Maurycy Koch

AWARDS

• The Wild Rose of the Journalists, 2022
• The Wild Rose of the Journalists, 2019
  
• Silver Cross of Merit, 2002
  
• Silver Mask Award, four times– the award of the Płock Friends of Theatre Association