Janusz Zakrzeński, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Janusz Zakrzeński

Polish actor

Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1936

Place of Birth: Przededworze, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 10-Apr-2010

Profession: actor, stage actor, film actor

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Janusz Zakrzenski (March 8, 1936 – April 10, 2010) was a Polish film and theatrical actor.
Zakrzenski was born at Przededworze.
He graduated from high school III LO in Wroclaw, Poland, in 1953.
He was an actor in the Juliusz Slowacki Theatre of Kraków (1960–1967), the Polski (1967–1974), the Nowy (1974–1984), and the Narodowy (1984–1985) theatres of Warsaw.
He acted at the Polski in Warsaw from 1985 until his death in 2010.
He wrote the books Moje spotkania z Marszalkiem and Gawedy o potedze slowa.
In 2008, the Polish organization Miedzynarodowy Zjazd Sybiraków (World Congress of the Sybiraks) awarded him the prize "Ambassador of Sybiraks" for his role in the play Silent Scream.
In 2009, the Congress also granted him the title "Ambassador of Sybiraks" for lifetime achievement.
He was awarded numerous film and state awards, including the Order of Polonia Restituta. Zakrzenski was among those killed in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash in Smolensk.