Acting · Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK · Born January 12, 1954
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."
TVArt's Wildest Movement: Mannerism
2024
as Self
MovieThe Mystery of the Nativity
2022
MovieBoy Bitten by a Lizard by Caravaggio
2022
as Self - Presenter
MovieWaldemar Januszcak: My Ukrainian Journey
2022
as Self
MovieBorromini: The Dark Side of Baroque
2022
as Himself
TVThe Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak
2020
as Host, Narrator
TVHandmade in Bolton
2019
as Narrator
TVBig Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA
2018
as Host, Narrator
MovieMary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman
2017
as Presenter
TVThe Renaissance Unchained
2016
as Self - Presenter
MovieHolbein: Eye of the Tudors
2015
as Himself
MovieRubens: An Extra Large Story
2015
as Presenter
TVRococo: Travel, Pleasure, Madness
2014
as Host, Narrator
TVThe Dark Ages: An Age of Light
2012
as Self - Presenter
MovieHere Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story
2012
as Himself
TVThe Impressionists: Painting and Revolution
2011
as Himself
TVCelebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
MovieThe Lost Genius of British Art: William Dobson
2011
MovieWilliam Dobson: The Lost Genius of Baroque
2011
as Presenter
Understanding Art: Impressionism
2011
as Self - Host
MovieUgly Beauty
2010
MovieB movie
2009
as Himself
MovieManet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art
2009
as Narrator
TVBaroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's
2009
as Host
MovieSickert vs Sargent
2007
as Self
MovieToulouse-Lautrec: The Full Story
2006
as Presenter
MovieParadise Found
2005
as Himself
MovieThe Michelangelo Code: Lost Secrets of the Sistine Chapel
2005
as Self
MovieBeijing Swings
2003
as Self - presenter
MovieGauguin: The Full Story
2003
as Presenter
MovieThe Lost Supper
1998
as Self - Narrator
Arthouse
1997
as Self - Presenter
