
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
September 17, 1952 (age 73)
Place of Birth
Warsaw, Poland
Also Known As
Tomek Bork
Tomasz Borkowy
Biography
Tomasz Borkowy is a Polish actor, often credited as Tomek Bork. He graduated from Theatre college in Kraków in 1977 and first came to the UK the following year, unable to speak English. He moved to the UK full time in 1980 and appeared in a number of film and television productions. He has also continued to work in Poland, where he is most well known for playing the lead role in the TV drama series, Dom (House) which ran for 7 series over 20 years (1980–2000). Borkowy has also starred in and produced a number of plays at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the past 18 years. Borkowy now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland and southern Spain. He runs Universal Arts – an international agency and production company for performing arts, while still working as an actor.
Known For

TV
Doctor Who
Captain Sorin
1963

TV
The Bill
1984

TV
Lovejoy
Max
1986

TV
Dom
Andrzej Talar
1980

Film
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Jiri
1988

TV
Love Hurts
1992

TV
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
Russian Driver
1984

TV
Życie na gorąco
Andreas, pomocnik Maja z greckiej opozycji
1979

TV
Piece of Cake
'Zaddy' Zardarnowski
1988

Film
Sleepers
Radio Operator
1991

TV
Do krwi ostatniej
żołnierz I szej Dywizji
1981

Film
Murder on the Moon
Sorokin
1989
Film
Seans
Grzesiek
1978

Film
Journey's End
German Soldier
1988

Film
Border
Border Guard
1988

Film
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
Sorin
1989

Film
A Bear Named Wojtek
Major (voice)
2023

Film
You Will Not Have Peace
Long
1978

Film
A Question of Identity
Peter
1992
Film
The Beard
Andrzej Wojtasik
1974
Filmography
2023FilmA Bear Named Wojtekas Major (voice)2013FilmHow Deep Is the Ocean?as Marek1992FilmA Question of Identityas Peter1992TVLove Hurts1991FilmSleepersas Radio Operator1989FilmDoctor Who: The Curse of Fenricas Sorin1989FilmMurder on the Moonas Sorokin1988TVPiece of Cakeas 'Zaddy' Zardarnowski1988FilmBorderas Border Guard1988FilmThe Unbearable Lightness of Beingas Jiri1988FilmJourney's Endas German Soldier1986TVLovejoyas Max1984TVThe Bill1984TVMr. Palfrey of Westminsteras Russian Driver1981TVDo krwi ostatniejas żołnierz I szej Dywizji1980TVDomas Andrzej Talar1979TVŻycie na gorącoas Andreas, pomocnik Maja z greckiej opozycji1978FilmSeansas Grzesiek1978FilmYou Will Not Have Peaceas Long1976FilmTylko Beatryczeas Urban1974FilmThe Beardas Andrzej Wojtasik1963TVDoctor Whoas Captain Sorin