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Olek Krupa

Olekkrupa

Miami Vice Character
Vater Wajda ("God's Work")
Born
March 18, 1947, Rybnik, Poland
Active
1986-present


Aleksander Krupa (born March 18, 1947, Rybnik, Slaskie, Poland) is a Polish actor, often credited as Olek Krupa, who appeared as Vater Wajda, a priest in the church where Father Ernesto Lupe served (and was against his AIDS hospice) in the episode "God's Work" of the series Miami Vice.

Career[]

Krupa made his film debut in the 1986 movie 9 1/2 Weeks (with Margaret Whitton), other roles include Call Me (with Steve Buscemi, Patti D'Arbanville, David Strathairn, and George Gerdes), Miller's Crossing (with Buscemi, John Turturro and Jon Polito), Undercover Blues (with Stanley Tucci and Richard Jenkins), Fair Game (with Marc Macaulay), Eraser (with Robert Pastorelli), Home Alone 3 (with David Thornton, Lenny Von Dohlen, and James Saito), Thirteen Days (with Lucinda Jenney), Behind Enemy Lines (with Joaquim de Almeida), Burn After Reading (with Jenkins and David Rasche), X-Men: First Class (with Oliver Platt and James Remar), The Dictator (with Chris Elliott), Hidden Figures, Bel Canto, and Freestyle.

His TV debut was in an episode of Spenser: For Hire, other TV appearances include the movies Day One (with Strathairn and Brian Dennehy), and Andersonville, four episodes of Law and Order, Law and Order: SVU (with Richard Belzer), Oz (with Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno, Austin Pendleton and Luis Guzman), As The World Turns, Law and Order: Criminal Intent (with Vincent D'Onofrio), Person of Interest (with Saundra Santiago), Madam Secretary, MacGyver, The Americans, New Amsterdam and The Staircase.

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