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Waldemar Januszczak

Acting Born Jan 12, 1954 Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK 24 credits

Biography

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.

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."

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Known for

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

as Self - Participant
Film

Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art

as Narrator

Full filmography

  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011) as Self - Participant
  • Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art (2009) as Narrator
  • Arthouse (1997) as Self - Presenter
  • The Dark Ages: An Age of Light (2012) as Self - Presenter
  • The Impressionists: Painting and Revolution (2011) as Himself
  • Art's Wildest Movement: Mannerism (2024) as Self
  • The Lost Supper (1998) as Self - Narrator
  • Baroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's (2009) as Host
  • Handmade in Bolton (2019) as Narrator
  • Understanding Art: Impressionism (2011) as Self - Host
  • The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak (2020) as Host, Narrator
  • The Renaissance Unchained (2016) as Self - Presenter
  • Rococo: Travel, Pleasure, Madness (2014) as Host, Narrator
  • Gauguin: The Full Story (2003) as Presenter
  • Ugly Beauty (2010)
  • Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA (2018) as Host, Narrator
  • B movie (2009) as Himself
  • Sickert vs Sargent (2007) as Self
  • The Michelangelo Code: Lost Secrets of the Sistine Chapel (2005) as Self
  • Paradise Found (2005) as Himself
  • Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story (2012) as Himself
  • Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman (2017) as Presenter
  • Beijing Swings (2003) as Self - presenter
  • Waldemar Januszcak: My Ukrainian Journey (2022) as Self