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Roman Polanski: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Raimund Liebling • Roman Raymond Polanski • Rajmund Roman Thierry Polański
Born August 18, 1933 (age 93) • Paris • France
Awards And Honors Academy Award (2003)
Notable Works “Based on a True Story” • “Bitter Moon” • “Carnage” • “Chinatown” • “Death and the Maiden” • “Knife in the Water” • “Macbeth” • “Repulsion” • “Rosemary’s Baby” • “Tess” • “The Ghost Writer” • “The Pianist” • “Venus in Fur”
Notable Family Members spouse Sharon Tate

Photos

Roman Polanski in a close-up portrait, wearing a white collared shirt and dark jacket, smiling slightly at the Cannes Film Festival.
Roman Polanski, 1972
John Cassavetes and Mia Farrow as their characters in Rosemary's Baby, with Cassavetes leaning toward Farrow, who is sitting in bed holding a spoon.
Jack Nicholson as Jake Gittes in Chinatown stands in front of a yellow sign reading Farm Land for Sale, with a sold banner, wearing a suit, sunglasses, and a bandage on his nose.
John Huston as Noah Cross faces Jack Nicholson in a tense outdoor scene from the film Chinatown, both wearing light-colored suits and vintage hats.
Macbeth (1971)
Adrien Brody as Wladyslaw Szpilman sits at a piano wearing a dark suit with an armband in a scene from the film The Pianist.
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
John Huston
American director, writer, and actor
Jack Nicholson as Jake Gittes in Chinatown stands in front of a yellow sign reading Farm Land for Sale, with a sold banner, wearing a suit, sunglasses, and a bandage on his nose.
Jack Nicholson
American actor
Woody Allen speaking into a microphone with hands raised beside his face during a press conference, against a red background.
Woody Allen
American director, writer, and actor
Warren Beatty wearing a dark jacket, white shirt, and light tie, posing at an event with a dark background, 2006.
Warren Beatty
American actor, director, and producer
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
American actor, director, and writer
Mel Brooks in a tuxedo smiles widely and points at his Emmy Award trophy while posing in front of a blue Emmy Awards backdrop.
Mel Brooks
American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
Ben Affleck wearing a dark suit, blue shirt, and navy tie, posing for a photo at the premiere of the film AIR with a blurred event backdrop behind him.
Ben Affleck
American actor, writer, and director
Barbra Streisand in 2010, wearing a layered necklace and a black jacket, with straight shoulder-length hair, smiling slightly at an event.
Barbra Streisand
American singer and actress
Spike Lee wearing a suit, tie, and tortoiseshell glasses at the 2007 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.
Spike Lee
American filmmaker
Emerald Fennell smiling in front of a blue background with string lights, wearing a black top and a gold necklace with a star pendant.
Emerald Fennell
English actress, director, and writer
Angelina Jolie poses on the red carpet in a black outfit, with long blonde hair over one shoulder, at the 68th BFI London Film Festival.
Angelina Jolie
American actress and director
Elaine May
Elaine May
American writer and comedienne
Billy Bob Thornton poses in a black suit holding his Golden Globe award in front of a blue backdrop with the Golden Globe Awards logo.
Billy Bob Thornton
American actor, director, and writer
Kenneth Branagh wearing a white shirt and dark jacket, posing against a blue background.
Kenneth Branagh
British actor, director, and writer
Scene from Life Is Beautiful
Roberto Benigni
Italian actor and director
Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov
English actor, director, writer, and humanitarian
Jordan Peele wearing a black tuxedo and bow tie, standing in front of a blue background.
Jordan Peele
American comedian, writer, director, and producer
Julian Fellowes in a pinstripe suit and tie stands in front of an Oscar statue at the 2009 Governors Awards in Hollywood, California.
Julian Fellowes
British actor, producer, novelist, and screenwriter
Michelle Williams and Casey Affleck stand outside next to a stone wall, facing each other in a tense conversation, with a stroller in the foreground in Manchester by the Sea.
Casey Affleck
American actor and director
Advise & Consent
Charles Laughton
English actor

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