Valentine Pelka
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Valentine Pelka is an English
actor
who has starred in film and on television.
, Yorkshire
to an actress mother and a civil engineer father. His mother is Irish
, and his father is Polish
. His sister is Kazia Pelka
an actress who starred in Brookside, amongst other T.V. shows. He attended St. Michael's College, Leeds. Valentine is married. His wife works as an attorney and lives in the London area. The couple has one son.
Valentine is well known for his guest appearance on Highlander: The Series
as the evil Immortal Kronos
, an enemy of Duncan MacLeod and former acolyte of Methos in the episodes "Comes a Horseman", "Revelations 6:8", "Archangel", and "Not To Be".
He has starred in some TV series, including the 1986 TV series Crossbow
(UK, William Tell) as Roland. He also guest starred in the 1990 TV series Zorro
in the episode "All that Glitters" which preceded his starring role as the military governor in the 2000 syndicated TV series Queen of Swords. Other TV roles include Family Affairs
in 1999 as Simon Thornton, and in 2000 series Life Force as Richard Webster.
Valentine has starred in films; his best-known feature film is Roman Polanski's 2001 movie 'The Pianist', and his most recent role is in the 2005 movie 8mm 2
. Valentine has made guest appearances on many TV shows; some of those appearances range from Robin of Sherwood
, Boon
, Campion
, Hustle
, Egypt, Highlander: The Series
, Cadfael
, and A Touch of Frost
.
His sister became a leading player in the soap opera Family Affairs
which he had previously appeared in.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
who has starred in film and on television.
Biography
Pelka was born in DewsburyDewsbury
Dewsbury is a minster town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It is to the west of Wakefield, east of Huddersfield and south of Leeds...
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
to an actress mother and a civil engineer father. His mother is Irish
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
, and his father is Polish
Poles
thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...
. His sister is Kazia Pelka
Kazia Pelka
Kazia Pelka is a British actress. She trained at the LAMDA where she was awarded the Wilfred Foulis prize...
an actress who starred in Brookside, amongst other T.V. shows. He attended St. Michael's College, Leeds. Valentine is married. His wife works as an attorney and lives in the London area. The couple has one son.
Valentine is well known for his guest appearance on Highlander: The Series
Highlander: The Series
Highlander: The Series is a fantasy-adventure television series featuring Duncan MacLeod of the Scottish Clan MacLeod, as the Highlander. It was an offshoot and another alternate sequel of the 1986 feature film with a twist: Connor MacLeod did not win the prize and Immortals still exist post-1985...
as the evil Immortal Kronos
Kronos (Highlander)
Kronos is a fictional character from Highlander: The Series, portrayed by actor Valentine Pelka. He is an Immortal. Kronos represents war, as one of the Four Horsemen.-History:Kronos was the leader of the Four Horsemen...
, an enemy of Duncan MacLeod and former acolyte of Methos in the episodes "Comes a Horseman", "Revelations 6:8", "Archangel", and "Not To Be".
He has starred in some TV series, including the 1986 TV series Crossbow
Crossbow (TV series)
Crossbow is a 1987 action/adventure television series that aired on The Family Channel. The series was produced by Steven North and Richard Schlesinger for Robert Halmi Inc., in co-production with French television network FR3, and filmed entirely on location in France.-Synopsis:Crossbow follows...
(UK, William Tell) as Roland. He also guest starred in the 1990 TV series Zorro
Zorro (1990 TV series)
Zorro, also known as The New Zorro, New World Zorro, and Zorro 1990, is an American action-adventure drama series featuring Duncan Regehr as the character of Zorro. Regehr portrayed the fearless Latino hero and fencer on The Family Channel from 1990 to 1993...
in the episode "All that Glitters" which preceded his starring role as the military governor in the 2000 syndicated TV series Queen of Swords. Other TV roles include Family Affairs
Family Affairs
Family Affairs was a British soap opera broadcast on Five, from 1997 to 2005. It was the second programme to be broadcast on the channel on 30 March 1997, the channel's launch night...
in 1999 as Simon Thornton, and in 2000 series Life Force as Richard Webster.
Valentine has starred in films; his best-known feature film is Roman Polanski's 2001 movie 'The Pianist', and his most recent role is in the 2005 movie 8mm 2
8mm 2
8mm 2 is a 2005 direct-to-video sequel to the 1999 Nicolas Cage film 8mm, although no aspects of the original film are involved with this release. It stars Johnathon Schaech and Lori Heuring...
. Valentine has made guest appearances on many TV shows; some of those appearances range from Robin of Sherwood
Robin of Sherwood
Robin of Sherwood , was a British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood. Created by Richard Carpenter, it was produced by HTV in association with Goldcrest, and ran from 1984 to 1986 on the ITV network. In America it was retitled Robin Hood and shown on the premium cable TV channel...
, Boon
Boon (TV series)
Boon is a British television drama and modern-day western series starring Michael Elphick, David Daker, and later Neil Morrissey. It was created by Jim Hill and Bill Stair and filmed by Central Television for ITV...
, Campion
Campion (TV series)
Campion is a television show made by the BBC, adapting the Albert Campion mystery novels written by Margery Allingham. Two seasons were made, in 1989 and 1990, starring Peter Davison as Campion, Brian Glover as his manservant Magersfontein Lugg and Andrew Burt as his policeman friend Stanislaus...
, Hustle
Hustle (TV series)
Hustle is a British television drama series made by Kudos Film and Television for BBC One in the United Kingdom. Created by Tony Jordan and first broadcast in 2004, the series follows a group of con artists who specialise in "long cons" – extended deceptions which require greater commitment, but...
, Egypt, Highlander: The Series
Highlander: The Series
Highlander: The Series is a fantasy-adventure television series featuring Duncan MacLeod of the Scottish Clan MacLeod, as the Highlander. It was an offshoot and another alternate sequel of the 1986 feature film with a twist: Connor MacLeod did not win the prize and Immortals still exist post-1985...
, Cadfael
Cadfael
Brother Cadfael is the fictional main character in a series of historical murder mysteries written between 1977 and 1994 by the linguist-scholar Edith Pargeter under the name "Ellis Peters". The character of Cadfael himself is a Welsh Benedictine monk living at Shrewsbury Abbey, in western England,...
, and A Touch of Frost
A Touch of Frost (TV series)
A Touch of Frost is a television detective series produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV from 1992 until 2010, initially based on the Frost novels by R. D. Wingfield....
.
His sister became a leading player in the soap opera Family Affairs
Family Affairs
Family Affairs was a British soap opera broadcast on Five, from 1997 to 2005. It was the second programme to be broadcast on the channel on 30 March 1997, the channel's launch night...
which he had previously appeared in.
Filmography
- Sakharov (1984) (TV)
- Pope John Paul IIPope John Paul IIBlessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
(1984) (TV) - King David (1985)
- Monsignor QuixoteMonsignor QuixoteMonsignor Quixote is a novel by Graham Greene, published in 1982. The book is a pastiche of the classic Spanish novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes with many moments of hilarious comedy, but also offers reflection on matters such as life after a dictatorship, Communism, and the Catholic...
(1985) - Hold the DreamHold the DreamHold the Dream is a British two-part miniseries made in 1986, based on the novel of the same name by Barbara Taylor Bradford. It is the second book in the Emma Harte series, following A Woman of Substance...
(1986) (TV) - NanouNanouNanou is a town in the Boromo Department of Balé Province in south-western Burkina Faso in Africa. The town has a population of 2376.-References:Girls Name, nickname for An, or Anne, in French, origin in Hebrew language, meaning the loveliness....
(1986) - If Tomorrow ComesIf Tomorrow ComesIf Tomorrow Comes is a 1985 crime fiction novel by American author Sidney Sheldon. It is a story pertaining an ordinary woman who is framed by a mafia, her quest for vengeance towards them and later life as a con artist...
(1986) - William TellCrossbow (TV series)Crossbow is a 1987 action/adventure television series that aired on The Family Channel. The series was produced by Steven North and Richard Schlesinger for Robert Halmi Inc., in co-production with French television network FR3, and filmed entirely on location in France.-Synopsis:Crossbow follows...
(1986) (TV) - Rowing with the WindRowing with the WindRowing with the Wind aka Remando al viento is a 1988 Spanish film written and directed by Gonzalo Suárez. The film won seven Goya Awards...
(1988) - ZorroZorro (1990 TV series)Zorro, also known as The New Zorro, New World Zorro, and Zorro 1990, is an American action-adventure drama series featuring Duncan Regehr as the character of Zorro. Regehr portrayed the fearless Latino hero and fencer on The Family Channel from 1990 to 1993...
(1990) (TV episode) - First KnightFirst KnightFirst Knight is a 1995 American medieval film based on Arthurian legend, directed by Jerry Zucker. It stars Richard Gere as Lancelot, Julia Ormond as Guinevere, Sean Connery as King Arthur and Ben Cross as Malagant....
(1995) - The PlantThe Plant (TV)The Plant is a television movie by Jonathan Lewis. It was first broadcast on the BBC in January 1995.-Synopsis:In a garden in a London suburb, corpses sprout out of the earth on during a live television gardening programme called Down to Earth. However, it soon appears that these human bodies are...
(1995) (TV) - What Rats Won't Do (1998)
- Sabotage! (2000)
- The Last of the Blonde BombshellsThe Last of the Blonde BombshellsThe Last of the Blonde Bombshells is a 2000 British-American television film directed by Gillies MacKinnon. The script by Alan Plater focuses on the efforts of a recently widowed woman to reunite the members of the World War II-era swing band with which she played saxophone.It features Carry On...
(2000) (TV) - Queen of Swords (2000–01) (TV series) 21/22 episodes
- The Pianist (2002)
- Prime Suspect 6 (2003) (TV)
- Under the Tuscan SunUnder the Tuscan SunUnder the Tuscan Sun is a 2003 film based on Frances Mayes' 1996 memoir of the same name. The film was directed by Audrey Wells and starred Diane Lane.-Plot:...
(2003) - Lie With MeLie with MeLie with Me is a Canadian drama film with graphic sexual content that played at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival. It is based on the novel of the same name by Tamara Berger...
(2004) (TV) - 8mm 28mm 28mm 2 is a 2005 direct-to-video sequel to the 1999 Nicolas Cage film 8mm, although no aspects of the original film are involved with this release. It stars Johnathon Schaech and Lori Heuring...
(2005)