- Father of actor Maciej Stuhr.
- Jerzy Stuhr was a Polish film and theatre actor who also worked as a screenwriter, film director and drama professor.
- Stuhr served as the Rector of the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Kraków for two terms: from 1990 to 1996 and again from 2002 to 2008.
- He was one of the most popular, influential and versatile Polish actors.
- On 12 November 2008 he received Zlota Kaczka (Golden Duck) being chosen the century's best actor of comedy.
- He was head of the jury of the 2nd Odesa International Film Festival which took place in Odesa from 15 to 23 July 2011.
- In 2022, he caused a road collision in Kraków while driving under the influence of alcohol. In 2023, the Appeals Court in Kraków upheld the previous verdict which pronounced him guilty of causing the accident and drunk driving. He had his driving license confiscated and was banned from driving motor vehicles for a period of three years.
- He was the chairman of the board of supervisors at Kraków's Józef Tischner Children's Hospice and had been a supporter of this foundation since 2004.
- In Autumn 2011 Stuhr suffered what he thought was a severe throat infection, but eventually he was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer. He spent most of the following eight months in hospitals in Gliwice, Kraków and Zakopane, undergoing treatment including surgeries, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. His daughter, herself a cancer survivor, advised him to write a diary to keep himself mentally busy during that difficult time. In 2012 it was published by Wydawnictwo Literackie publishing house under the title Tak sobie mysle... (which roughly translates as So I am thinking...). His illness was widely covered by Polish media, and he received feedback from cancer patients around the country for whom his openness was comforting. Eventually he described his cancer as "the most important role of my life".
- He had worked with RMF FM (= the first commercial radio station in Poland) and has also written books such as "Escape forward!" (Ucieczka do przodu !) and "The Stuhrs: Family Stories (Stuhrowie: Historie Rodzinne)".
- Jerzy Stuhr became very popular with younger viewers after he provided the voice for Donkey in the Polish dubbed version of Shrek (as well as in Shrek 2, Shrek the Third and in video games, based on the Shrek movies).
- Stuhr was appointed to the European Film Award for his fourfold role in Love stories (Historie milosne). Jerzy Stuhr plays all four characters and wrote and directed the film.
- In 2004 he was a member of the jury at the 26th Moscow International Film Festival.
- On 11 November 1997, by decision of President Aleksander Kwasniewski, in recognition of his prominent addition to Polish national culture Jerzy Stuhr was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
- Having obtained a degree in Polish literature from the Jagiellonian University in 1970, Stuhr spent the next two years studying acting at the Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Kraków (Panstwowa Wyzsza Szkola Teatralna often shortened to PWST), where he became a professor.
- Born on the exact same day as actor James Woods.
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