Rafał Zawierucha


Rafał Zawierucha is a Polish film and theatre actor, best known for his role of Roman Polanski in the 2019 Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Life and career

Zawierucha was born in Kraków. He grew up in Kielce where he has finished high school. In 2012, Zawierucha graduated Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw.
He has appeared in Polish movies, including Gods, Jack Strong and Warsaw 44, and in TV series like Recipe For Life and Siła wyższa. In 2012, he received a Golden Duck nomination for his role in Andrzej Barański's Księstwo.
In 2019, Zawierucha played director Roman Polanski in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, a film by Quentin Tarantino that takes place at the time of the 1969 Manson Family murders.

Selected filmography