Piotr Adamczyk
Piotr Adamczyk | |
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 Adamczyk in 2012 | |
| Born | Piotr Aleksander Adamczyk March 21, 1972 |
| Education | National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw |
| Occupation(s) | film actor, stage actor |
| Years active | 1991–present |
Piotr Aleksander Adamczyk (Polish: [ˈpjɔtr aˈdamt͡ʂɨk]; born March 21, 1972) is a Polish film, television, voice and theatre actor. He is known for portraying pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin in the biographical film Chopin: Desire for Love (2002), Pope John Paul II in the TV miniseries Karol: A Man Who Became Pope (2005) and its sequel Karol: The Pope, The Man (2006), Tomas in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ series Hawkeye (2021) and Sergei Nikulov in the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series For All Mankind (2021–2024).
Early life and education
[edit]From his early childhood Adamczyk wanted to become an actor. He attended the Machulski youth theatre group in Warsaw. Thanks to an international scholarship, he was able to attend international theatre workshops in the United Kingdom and Germany. He continued his acting education by attending the Theatre Academy in Warsaw. During his second academic year, he won a scholarship from the Soros Foundation which allowed him to attend the British American Drama Academy for one year, where he performed Hamlet for his diploma.
Career
[edit]Once he graduated from the Theatre Academy, Adamczyk was hired by the Teatr Współczesny in Warsaw. His career in the film industry however grew much more intensively. He played Stawrogin in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Possessed. The breakthrough in his career was his part as Frédéric Chopin in the film Chopin: Desire for Love - and became a Polish star.
The climax of his popularity was reached when he played the title role of another Polish historical figure in a two part Italian TV movie - Karol: A Man Who Became Pope and Karol: The Pope, The Man. The movie was viewed by several dozen million viewers, and made him popular in Italy, Latin America and many other Catholic countries.
Adamczyk also managed to take advantage of his popularity abroad to act at the Sala Uno Theatre in Rome, in Italian. He also appeared in Liliana Cavani’s movie Einstein and in the Portuguese production Second Life.
In 2014, Adamczyk, Bartosz Opania and Paweł Domagała starred in the comedy film Wkreceni.
He has been in over 800 radio roles and around 100 theatre, television and film parts. He is also appreciated for his roles in Polish dubbing. In animated films he voiced, among others, Melman the giraffe in Madagascar, Lightning McQueen in Cars, and Syndrome in The Incredibles.
He has received many prestigious awards in Poland. In 2011, he was voted the most popular Polish actor.
Filmography
[edit]Films
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 30 Door Key | Student | Feature film; uncredited |
| 1995 | At Full Gallop | Ksawery | Feature film |
| Żółta szlafmyca albo kolęda na Nowy Rok | Sieciech | Television play | |
| Uczeń diabła | Krzyś | ||
| Abigel | Feri | ||
| 1996 | Małka Szwarcenkopf | Jojne Firułkes | |
| Mutanci | Julka | ||
| Kobieta bez skazy | Edward Kaswin | ||
| Filomena Marturano | Umberto | ||
| Sprawa Stawrogina | Mikołaj Stawrogin | ||
| Skarb w płomieniach | Feliks | ||
| 1997 | Bezdroża serca i umysłu | Mr. de Meilcour | |
| Legenda o świętym Antonim Pustelniku | Antoni | ||
| Ketchup Schroedera | Klimek | ||
| Dziady | |||
| Our God's Brother | Hubert | Feature film | |
| 1998 | Alek | Zbyszek | Television play |
| Portret wenecki | Young Gustaw | ||
| Dama od Maxima | Prince | ||
| 1999 | Dwa teatry | Boy | |
| Director #2 | |||
| Tango | Artur | ||
| Niedobra miłość | Justyn | ||
| Gorący oddech pustyni | Secretary | ||
| Egzekutor | Physician | Feature film | |
| The Gateway of Europe | Tadeusz Sztyller | Feature film | |
| Na plebanii w Wyszkowie 1920 | Marian Lacheta | Documentary film | |
| 2000 | Prymas. Trzy lata z tysiąca | Kozyry | Feature film |
| Juliusz Słowacki tańczy | Narrator | Documentary film | |
| Thomas and the Falcon King | Cedryk | Feature film | |
| Temida jest kobietą, czyli historie zapożyczone od Guy de Maupassanta |
Cornoude | Television play | |
| Sandra K. | Director | ||
| 2001 | Łzy | Bright Lord | |
| 2002 | Szkoła obmowy | Karol | |
| Dożywocie | Rafał | ||
| Chłopiec i anioł | Father | ||
| Rysa | Andrzej | ||
| Chopin: Desire for Love | Frédéric Chopin | Feature film | |
| Wszyscy święci | Prist in Jędrzejów | Feature film | |
| Career of Nikos Dyzma | English language lecturer | Feature film | |
| 2003 | Ciało | Parson | Feature film |
| Łowcy skór | Dr. Andrzej Kwiatkowski | Feature film | |
| Po deszczu | IT specialist | Television play | |
| Edward II | Lightborne | ||
| 2004 | Książę nocy | Stalinist | |
| Karol: A Man Who Became Pope | Pope John Paul II | Feature film | |
| 2005 | Karol: The Pope, The Man | Pope John Paul II | Feature film |
| Papierośnica | Short film | ||
| Wniebowstąpienie | Charon | Television play | |
| Małe piwo | Kajtek | ||
| 2006 | Piotr Adamczyk. Aktor, który... | Himself | Documentary film |
| 2007 | Testosterone | Kornel Olendzki | Feature film |
| Słowo honoru | Józef Rybicki "Maciej" | Television play | |
| Wyzwolenie | Konrad | ||
| 2008 | Ladies | Artur | Feature film |
| Nie kłam, kochanie | Marcin Paprocki | Feature film | |
| Limousine | Georges | Feature film; also co-producer | |
| Resolution 819 | Aperto Films | Feature film; also co-producer | |
| Einstein | Kurt Kluge | Feature film | |
| 2009 | Second Life | Nicholas | Feature film; also co-producer |
| Copernicus's Star | Nicolaus Copernicus | Voice; short film | |
| 2010 | Święty interes | Leszek Rembowski | Feature film; also co-producer |
| Trick | Marek Kowalewski | Feature film | |
| Śniadanie do łóżka | Konrad | Feature film | |
| Nie ten człowiek | Servant | Feature film | |
| Koniec Rosji | — | Feature film; co-producer | |
| Namiętna kobieta | Mark | Television play | |
| 2011 | Getsemani | Alec Beasley | |
| Och, Karol 2 | Karol Górski | Feature film | |
| Entanglement | Antoni Szacki | Feature film | |
| Letters to Santa | Szczepan Lisiecki | Feature film | |
| L'infiltré | — | Feature film; producer | |
| 2012 | The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 | Emperor Leopold I | Feature film |
| Hans Kloss: More Than Death at Stake | Hermann Brunner | Feature film | |
| 2013 | 1939 Battle of Westerplatte | Mieczysław Słaby | Feature film |
| Rzecz o banalności miłości | Younger Martin Heidegger | Television play | |
| Nikt mnie nie zna | Marek Zięba | ||
| 2014 | Przygoda | Dr Zoltán | |
| Wkręceni | Franek Szpak | Feature film | |
| Warsaw Uprising | Karol | Voice; Documentary film | |
| 2015 | Letters to Santa 2 | Szczepan Lisiecki | Feature film |
| Słaba płeć? | Jimmie | Feature film | |
| 2016 | I'm a Killer | Aleksander Stępski | Feature film |
| Wrobiony | Dominik | Feature film | |
| Posprzątane | Charles | Television play | |
| 2017 | Listy z Rosji | Astolphe de Custine | |
| Biesiada u hrabiny Kotłubaj | Gombrowicz | ||
| The Art of Loving: Story of Michalina Wisłocka | Stanisław Wisłocki | Feature film | |
| Letters to Santa 3 | Szczepan Lisiecki | Feature film | |
| Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes Of Apollo | Sergey Lebedev | Feature film | |
| I'm Endless Like the Space | Mark | Feature film | |
| 2018 | Narzeczony na niby | Darek Szmidt | Feature film |
| 303 Squadron | Witold Urbanowicz | Feature film | |
| 2019 | Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz | Bogdan Danowicz | Feature film |
| Women of Mafia 2 | Mat | Feature film | |
| Their Lucky Stars | Robert Turski | Feature film | |
| Wesele | Poet | Television play | |
| 2020 | Mayday | Jan Kowalski | Feature film |
| Letters to Santa 4 | Szczepan Lisiecki | Feature film | |
| Fisheye | Marek | Feature film | |
| 2021 | Small World | Robert Goc | Feature film |
| A Woman at Night | Dracula | Feature film | |
| In for a Murder | Robert Mazur | Feature film | |
| 2022 | Letters to Santa 5 | Szczepan Lisiecki | Feature film |
| 2023 | Up on the Roof | Stephan | Feature film |
| Il cacio con le pere | Sergei | Feature film | |
| Falling Stars | Ouami | Feature film | |
| Max & Me | Maximilian Kolbe | Feature film; voice | |
| Franciszek Gajowniczek | |||
| 2024 | The Partisan | Captan Hamann | Feature film |
| Letters to Santa 6 | Szczepan Lisiecki | Feature film |
Television series
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Pogranicze w ogniu | Pająk | 2 episodes |
| 1995 | Spellbinder | Zander | 10 episodes |
| 1997 | Boża podszewka | Adam Jurewicz | 4 episodes |
| Sława i chwała | Józio Royski | 7 episodes | |
| 1999 | Ja, Malinowski | Pijaszewski | 11 episodes |
| 2000 | Removals | Lieutenant | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Garderoba damska | Paweł Spory | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Timewatch | Episode: "Through Hell for Hitler" (no. 36) | |
| 2003–2004 | Na dobre i na złe | Jerzy Kozerski | 26 episodes |
| 2004 | Dziupla Cezara | Cezary Kubik | Main role; 13 episodes |
| 2004–2006 | Pensjonat pod Różą | Jacek Kakietek | Main role; 97 episodes |
| 2009 | 39 and a Half | Jacek Wąglik | Episode: "Liceum" (no. 34) |
| Naznaczony | Tadeusz Kral | Main role; 13 episodes | |
| 2009–2014 | Days of Honor | Lars Rainer | Main role; 74 episodes |
| 2011–2013 | Recipe For Life | Andrzej Zawadzki | Main role; 64 episodes |
| 2012 | Trick | Marek Kowalewski | Main role |
| 2012–2014 | Piąty Stadion | Borys Nowakowski | Main role |
| 2014 | Between the Lines | Fryderyk Rekrut | Main role; 13 episodes |
| Mister Ignis | Episode no. 1 | ||
| Polacy w Rzymie i Watykanie | 9 episodes | ||
| 2017 | House of Change | Stefan Malinowski | Main role; 8 episodes |
| 2018 | Counterpart | Gunther | 4 episodes |
| Third Half | Borys Nowakowski | Main role | |
| 2018–2019 | Madam Secretary | Józef Demko, President of Poland | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | The Name of the Rose | Severinus | |
| Women of Mafia 2 | Mat | Main role | |
| 2019–2021 | Better Half | Borys | 23 episodes |
| 2021 | Small World | Robert Goc | 3 episodes |
| 2020 | Mayday | Jan Kowalski | Main role; 4 episodes |
| 2020–2021 | Kowalscy kontra Kowalscy | Piotr Kowalski | Main role; 44 episodes |
| 2021–2024 | For All Mankind | Sergei Orestovich Nikulov | 13 episodes |
| 2021 | Hawkeye | Tomas | 6 episodes |
| 2022 | Night Sky | Cornelius | 4 episodes |
| 2024 | Go Ahead, Brother | Eryk Tomczyk | 5 episodes |
| Klara | Wojciech | 6 episodes | |
| Prosta sprawa | Kazik | 6 episodes |
Awards and nominations
[edit]He was awarded Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis (2014).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Największe gwiazdy polskiego kina na przyznaniu medali "Zasłużony Kulturze"". Party.pl (in Polish). 2014-04-11. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
Further reading
[edit]- Short biography
- "'You're crazy', (Pope John Paul II) tells (Piotr Adamczyk)", BBC, November 17, 2004
External links
[edit]
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Polish male television actors
- Polish male voice actors
- Male actors from Warsaw
- Polish male stage actors
- Polish male film actors
- 20th-century Polish male actors
- 21st-century Polish male actors
- Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw alumni
- Recipients of the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis