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Piotr Adamczyk is a Actor Polonais born on 21 march 1972 at Warsaw (Pologne)

Piotr Adamczyk

Piotr Adamczyk
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Nationality Pologne
Birth 21 march 1972 (52 years) at Warsaw (Pologne)

Piotr Adamczyk (born March 21, 1972 in Warsaw) is a Polish actor.

He portrayed Karol Wojtyła, who later became Pope John Paul II, in the movie Karol: A Man Who Became Pope and its sequel Karol: The Pope, The Man.

Since his early childhood he knew he wanted to become an actor. He attended the Machulski youth theatre group in Warsaw. Thanks to an international scholarship, he was able toattend international theatre workshops in the UK 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.

Once he graduated from the Theatre Academy, he 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 of Love" - with this role he joined the club of Polish stars.

The climax of his popularity was reached when he played the title role of another Polish historical figure in a two part Italian 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.

Piotr 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 Wkrecrni.

He has been in over 800 radio roles and around 100 theatre, television and film parts. He is also appreciated for his dubbing roles. In animated films he played, among others, the giraffe in "Madagascar", Zigzag McQueen in "Cars" and Syndrome in "The Incredibles".

He has received many prestigious awards in Poland. In 2011 he was awarded the most popular Polish actor once again.

He is a fan of leading Polish political party. In 2010 he was in presidential committee.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Piotr Adamczyk (13 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
2017The Art of Loving: Story of Michalina WislockaActorStach Wisłocki
2016I'm a KillerActorMajor Aleksander Stępski
2013Battle of WesterplatteActorStefan Ludwik Grodecki
2012Day of the SiegeActorLeopoldo I d'Asburgo
2011Letters to SantaActorSzczepan Lisiecki
2011EntanglementActorAntoni Szacki
2008LimousineActorGeorges, lawyer
2006Karol: The Pope, The ManActorJohn Paul II
2005Karol: A Man Who Became PopeActorKarol Wojtyla
2002The Career of Nikos DyzmaActorLektor języka angielskiego
2002Chopin: Desire for LoveActorFryderyk Chopin
2000Prymas - trzy lata z tysiącaActorAsystent Kozyry
1996At Full GallopActorKsawery