Known for

Acting

Born

Sep 17, 1952 (74 years old)

Place of birth

Warsaw, Poland

Tomasz Borkowy

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.

Titles

The Bill

Series • 1984

Doctor Who

Series • 1963

Lovejoy

Series • 1986

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

Series • 1984

Dom

Series • 1980

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Movie • 1988

Love Hurts

Series • 1992

Piece of Cake

Series • 1988

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

Movie • 1989

A Bear Named Wojtek

Movie • 2023