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The project has earned him a nomination for best actor by the European Film Awards and the movie has been recognized by the Critics&#8217; Choice Movie Awards, New York Film Critics Circle, and the National Board of Review in the best foreign language film category.  In 2018 Kot appeared in Agnieszka Holland\u2019s &#8220;Spoor&#8221; and had a starring role in Jaroslaw Marszewski\u2019s \u201cBikini Blue,\u201d the latter earning him the award for best lead actor at the Milan Film Festival. In 2019 Kot starred in BBC One series &#8220;World on Fire&#8221; opposite Brian J. Smith, Julia Brown, and Helen Hunt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomasz Kot (born 21 April 1977) is a Polish actor. He gained great popularity by portraying singer Ryszard Riedel in Jan Kidawa B\u0142o\u0144ski&#8217;s 2005 film &#8220;Destined for Blues&#8221; as well as for his role as Zbigniew Religa in \u0141ukasz Palkowski&#8217;s 2014 film &#8220;Gods&#8221;. 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