LEE JANKOWSKI
 

Lee was born in Perth Western Australia and now resides in Sydney following his dream to make Acting his fulltime proffesion. Before commiting fulltime to chasing his career as a Actor Lee gained invaluable experiences working a variety of jobs from a Security Guard to The Acting A-List. Then turning his attention to scaffholding on the mines of the West Australian Outback then on to the high seas of the Pacific and Indian Oceans on Construction Vessels.

Lee is proud of his achievements in the construction Industry living a lifestyle of extremes and radical work environments has given Lee a unique take on the Film Industry

"Spending time on Film sets and Construction are pretty similar to me in alot of ways everyone has a job to do and they do it. Personally I dont have time for peoples egos in my mind I have my task and thats what matters. Im here to tell the story to the best of my ability every single time sadly Acting attracts people who want fame the way I see it go make a youtube channel if you want people to know your name. I just want to tell great stories"

He looks forward to translating his "Blue Collar" work ethic to the film Industry. Lee has over Ten years experience on stage and screen he says he dabbled on his time off between working away but still managed to attend classes and tutors  while building a body of work. 

"For a while I thought I could juggle both lives get the job satisfaction from the mines and having a FIFO lifestyle and bag the acting jobs aswell it worked somewhat but to many times I would get a role then have to call up the Director and say look mate I cant make it. I dont think I burnt any bridges but acting as a craft and a job is a lifestyle so I made the choice to commit to it"

After getting kicked out of highschool at 16
 

"I was an idiot back then loud and obnoxious my high school was pretty rough being a bigger guy who knew how to throw down I had a image to maintain and that ment more to me than an education sadly"

After gaining acceptance into WAAPA at the tender age of 17 his experiences gave him a new appreciation for the arts only completing 1 of the 3 years Lee's life was forever changed by the infamous "Acting Bug" sharing the same class with some of Australias biggest up and comming talents.

"The place was intense! It was nothing like were I came from I was this kid from Midland surrounded by people in their 20's who had traveled the world studied at Uni or been to preppy scools being intimidated was an understatement. Put it this way I didnt last long which im cool with but being their changed my life forever in a good way. There was a huge silver lining to my time there Even though It was only  a year my old class mates are easily one of my biggest inspirations while I was off  finding myself playing cowboy doing Security and working construction in the desert and on the ocean. They stuck to their guns and made it in their own ways. Its kind of cool to take a back seat and be the younger brother for a change and look up and see how its all comming together for them"

On why he quit Working on the mines.

"Working away gave me so much to be thankful for I lived an Adventure working in crazy places hanging out with some really top blokes I did things normal people just cant get there head around and I love that ask anyone who works FIFO its hard to explain but it made me the man I am today that being said I remember leaning over a guard rail in my stinking oiled up overalls looking out into the ocean I was on a job offshore at the time. And a premiere for a film I was in was happening and I couldnt make it because im litterally in the middle of the ocean with no chopper back to land for 2 more weeks. And it was that moment I said No More this isnt me and I quit the next day"

Whats Next?

"This is a massive gamble but I still see it as a job. There is just less work and more competition. Im looking forward to just focusing on developing my craft at the moment. I dont want to be good I want to be great and that takes time and commitment"