Piotr Adamczyk
Adamczyk in 2012
Born
Piotr Aleksander Adamczyk

(1972-03-21) March 21, 1972
Warsaw, Poland
EducationNational Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw
Occupation(s)film actor, stage actor
Years active1991–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

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

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. His role of Stawrogin in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Possessed started Piotr’s long list of roles. 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 the 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 play at the Sala Uno Theatre in Rome, in Italian. He also played 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 played, 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 once again.

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1991 30 Door Key Student Uncredited [1][2]
1995 At Full Gallop Ksawery
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
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
The Gateway of Europe Tadeusz Sztyller
Na plebanii w Wyszkowie 1920 Marian Lacheta Documentary film
2000 Prymas. Trzy lata z tysiąca Kozyry
Juliusz Słowacki tańczy Narrator Documentary film
Thomas and the Falcon King Cedryk
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
Wszyscy święci Prist in Jędrzejów
Career of Nikos Dyzma English language lecturer
2003 Ciało Parson
Łowcy skór Dr. Andrzej Kwiatkowski
Po deszczu IT specialist Television play
Edward II Lightborne
2004 Książę nocy Stalinist
Karol: A Man Who Became Pope Pope John Paul II
2005 Karol: The Pope, The Man Pope John Paul II
Papierośnica Short film
Wniebowstąpienie Charon Television play
Małe piwo Kajtek
2006 Piotr Adamczyk. Aktor, który... Himself Documentary film
2007 Testosterone Kornel Olendzki
Słowo honoru Józef Rybicki "Maciej" Television play
Wyzwolenie Konrad
2008 Ladies Artur
Nie kłam, kochanie Marcin Paprocki
Limousine Georges Also co-producer
Resolution 819 Aperto Films Also co-producer
Einstein Kurt Kluge
2009 Second Life Nicholas Also co-producer
Copernicus's Star Nicolaus Copernicus Voice; short film
2010 Święty interes Leszek Rembowski Also co-producer
Trick Marek Kowalewski
Śniadanie do łóżka Konrad
Nie ten człowiek Servant
Koniec Rosji — Co-producer
Namiętna kobieta Mark Television play
2011 Getsemani Alec Beasley
Och, Karol 2 Karol Górski
Entanglement Antoni Szacki
Letters to Santa Szczepan Lisiecki
L'infiltré — Producer
2012 The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 Emperor Leopold I
Hans Kloss: More Than Death at Stake Hermann Brunner
2013 1939 Battle of Westerplatte Mieczysław Słaby
Rzecz o banalności miłości Younger Martin Heidegger Television play
Nikt mnie nie zna Marek Zięba
2014 Przygoda Dr Zoltán
Wkręceni Franek Szpak
Warsaw Uprising Karol Voice; Documentary film
2015 Letters to Santa 2 Szczepan Lisiecki
Słaba płeć? Jimmie
2016 I'm a Killer Aleksander Stępski
Wrobiony Dominik
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
Letters to Santa 3 Szczepan Lisiecki
Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes Of Apollo Sergey Lebedev
I'm Endless Like the Space Mark
2018 Narzeczony na niby Darek Szmidt
303 Squadron Witold Urbanowicz
2019 Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz Bogdan Danowicz
Women of Mafia 2 Mat
Their Lucky Stars Robert Turski
Wesele Poet Television play
2020 Mayday Jan Kowalski
Letters to Santa 4 Szczepan Lisiecki
Fisheye Marek
2021 Small World Robert Goc
A Woman at Night Dracula
In for a Murder Robert Mazur
2022 Letters to Santa 5 Szczepan Lisiecki
2023 Up on the Roof Stephan
Il cacio con le pere Sergei
Falling Stars Ouami
The Partisan Captan Hamann In production
Max & Me Maximilian Kolbe Voice; In post-production
Franciszek Gajowniczek
2024 Klara In production

Television series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1991 Pogranicze w ogniu Pająk 2 episodes [1][2]
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

Awards and nominations

He was awarded Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis (2014).[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Piotr Adamczyk". filmpolski.pl (in Polish).
  2. 1 2 "Piotr Adamczyk". imdb.com.
  3. ↑ "Największe gwiazdy polskiego kina na przyznaniu medali "Zasłużony Kulturze"". Party.pl (in Polish). 2014-04-11. Retrieved 2021-12-26.

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