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).
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 |
Early life and education
editFrom 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
editOnce 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
editFilms
edit| 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
edit| 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 | |
| 2024 | Go Ahead, Brother |
Awards and nominations
editHe was awarded Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis (2014).[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Piotr Adamczyk". filmpolski.pl (in Polish).
- ^ a b "Piotr Adamczyk". imdb.com.
- ^ "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