Waldemar Januszczak
Actor
- Born
- January 12, 1954 (age 72) · Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK
Januszczak was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, to Polish refugees who had arrived in England after the Second World War.
After studying history of art at the University of Manchester, Januszczak became an art critic – and then arts editor – of The Guardian. In 1990 he was appointed head of arts at the UK's Channel 4 television and in 1992 he became art critic for The Sunday Times. He has been voted Critic of the Year twice by the Press Association.
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Januszczak has been described as "a passionate art lover, art critic and writer. His presentation style is casual but informed, enthusiastic, evocative and humorous. He bumbles about on our TV screens, doing for art what David Attenborough has done for the natural world," and someone who acts out of "a refusal to present art as elitist in any way. He makes it utterly accessible and understandable."
Known for
Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art
June 13, 2009
B movie
July 9, 2009
Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman
April 6, 2017
Borromini: The Dark Side of Baroque
May 3, 2022
Beijing Swings
January 2, 2003
Holbein: Eye of the Tudors
January 24, 2015
The Mystery of the Nativity
December 20, 2022
Gauguin: The Full Story
January 1, 2003
The Lost Genius of British Art: William Dobson
September 22, 2011
Paradise Found
October 29, 2005
Sickert vs Sargent
May 21, 2007
Waldemar Januszcak: My Ukrainian Journey
May 9, 2022
Acting21
- 2022The Mystery of the Nativity
- 2022Anish Kapoor: Stupid Naughty Boy
- 2022Boy Bitten by a Lizard by Caravaggio as Self - Presenter
- 2022Waldemar Januszcak: My Ukrainian Journey as Self
- 2022Borromini: The Dark Side of Baroque as Himself
- 2017Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman as Presenter
- 2015Holbein: Eye of the Tudors as Himself
- 2015Rubens: An Extra Large Story as Presenter
- 2012Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story as Himself
- 2011The Lost Genius of British Art: William Dobson