Dawid Ogrodnik

An acting revelation who has hit the scene in the last two seasons as one of the great hopes of Polish theater and cinema, Dawid Ogrodnik only recently left the halls of Kraków’s Academy of Dramatic Arts. He has already scored two major roles in film and collaborated with the acclaimed theater company TR Warszawa.

His interest in the arts began with music, a passion may have been genetic because his older sister played the piano and the younger, the clarinet. From attending music school in Wągrowiec and listening to jazz in his free time, he admits in an interview with Culture.pl that while he strayed into classical music it was “Ravel only. I was attracted to the images of landscapes, closer to the music of films than traditional classics”.

Employing his musical interest in theater and cinema, he plays a Coltrane piece on alto saxophone in Paweł Pawlikowski’s film Ida, and sings Italian disco in Kornél Mundruczó’s stage production, The Bat. The multi-talented artist has been recognized for his ability to completely immerse himself in his roles and manifest incredibly moving performances. Ogrodnik’s dedication, reflected by the courage required by his process and his initiative to break down barriers of the self and explore the dark depths of alternate perspectives, has already been rewarded by professionals in the industry. (source: Culture.pl)