1973-06-22 ( 51 years old ) in Milanówek, Poland
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.
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Movies
Teściowie 3
2025-09-12
Vinci 2
2025-07-25
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025-05-21
Minghun
2024-11-29
Ransomed
2023-08-02
Dangerous Men
2023-01-20
Klingert's Diving Suit
2021-09-20
The In-Laws
2021-09-10
Biały potok
2020-12-08
Black Mill
2020-10-15
Magic Mountains
2020-02-12
Pigs 3
2020-01-17
Dark, Almost Night
2019-03-22
Jaś i Małgosia - rodzeństwo, które przeżyło
2019-01-20
Playing Hard
2019-01-04
7 Emotions
2018-10-12
Hurricane
2018-09-07
Punkt krytyczny. Energia odNowa
2018-08-27
Pitbull. Last Dog
2018-03-15
Plan B
2018-02-02
Small Town Killers
2017-01-12
Anthropoid
2016-08-12
The High Frontier
2016-02-19
These Daughters of Mine
2015-11-09
The Heart and Sweetheart
2014-08-12
Jack Strong
2014-02-07
The Mighty Angel
2014-01-17
The Traffic Department
2013-01-31
Manhunt
2012-10-16
Miłość
2012-10-01
You Are God
2012-09-21
Rose
2012-02-03
Ja jestem
2012-01-01
Fear of Falling
2011-06-06
The Woman Who Dreamed of a Man
2010-01-21
Piotrek trzynastego
2010-01-01
Reverse
2009-11-12
Love on the Podium
2009-07-21
The Perfect Guy for My Girlfriend
2009-01-01
The Offsiders
2008-10-10
Kup teraz
2008-07-16
Beautiful
2008-06-13
Louise's Garden
2008-04-11
Night Conversations
2008-02-14
Wstyd
2007-12-31
Na boso
2007-09-01
Nie panikuj!
2007-03-30
We're All Christs
2006-04-21
Francuski numer
2006-03-17
St. Barbara's Day
2005-12-04
Solidarność, Solidarność...
2005-08-31
Pitbull
2005-04-09
1409. Afera na zamku Bartenstein
2005-01-21
Vinci
2004-09-17
Insatiability
2003-11-28
Show
2003-03-19
Pal System
2002-11-12
Sfora: Bez litości
2002-11-08
Przedwiośnie
2001-03-02
The Yellow Scarf
2000-12-20
Killer 2
1999-01-08
Szamanka
1996-05-10
Szamanka
1996-05-10
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