Piotr Adamczyk
{{short description|Polish actor}}
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| birth_name = Piotr Aleksander Adamczyk
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| birth_place = Warsaw, Poland
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| education = National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw
| occupation = film actor, stage actor
| yearsactive = 1991–present
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Piotr Aleksander Adamczyk ({{IPA|pl|ˈpjɔtr aˈdamt͡ʂɨk|lang}}; 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. 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
= Films =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1991
|Student |Feature film; uncredited |
| rowspan=4|1995
|Ksawery |Feature film |
| Żółta szlafmyca albo kolęda na Nowy Rok
|Sieciech |rowspan=13|Television play |
| Uczeń diabła
|Krzyś |
| Abigel
|Feri |
| rowspan=6|1996
|Małka Szwarcenkopf |Jojne Firułkes |
| Mutanci
|Julka |
| Kobieta bez skazy
|Edward Kaswin |
| Filomena Marturano
|Umberto |
| Sprawa Stawrogina
|Mikołaj Stawrogin |
| Skarb w płomieniach
|Feliks |
| rowspan=5|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 |
| rowspan=3|1998
|Alek |Zbyszek |rowspan=8|Television play |
| Portret wenecki
|Young Gustaw |
| Dama od Maxima
|Prince |
| rowspan=8|1999
|rowspan=2|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 |
| rowspan=5|2000
|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 |rowspan=7|Television play |
| Sandra K.
|Director |
| 2001
|Łzy |Bright Lord |
| rowspan=7|2002
|Szkoła obmowy |Karol |
| Dożywocie
|Rafał |
| Chłopiec i anioł
|Father |
| Rysa
|Andrzej |
| Chopin: Desire for Love
|Feature film |
| Wszyscy święci
|Prist in Jędrzejów |Feature film |
| Career of Nikos Dyzma
|English language lecturer |Feature film |
| rowspan=4|2003
|Feature film |
| Łowcy skór
|Dr. Andrzej Kwiatkowski |Feature film |
| Po deszczu
|IT specialist |rowspan=3|Television play |
| Edward II
|Lightborne |
| rowspan=2|2004
|Książę nocy |
| Karol: A Man Who Became Pope
|Feature film |
| rowspan=4|2005
|Feature film |
| Papierośnica
| |Short film |
| Wniebowstąpienie
|Charon |rowspan=2|Television play |
| Małe piwo
|Kajtek |
| 2006
|Piotr Adamczyk. Aktor, który... |Himself |Documentary film |
| rowspan=3|2007
|Kornel Olendzki |Feature film |
| Słowo honoru
|Józef Rybicki "Maciej" |rowspan=2|Television play |
| Wyzwolenie
|Konrad |
| rowspan=5|2008
|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 |
| rowspan=2|2009
|Nicholas |Feature film; also co-producer |
| Copernicus's Star
|Feature film; voice |
| rowspan=6|2010
|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
|{{N/A}} |Feature film; co-producer |
| Namiętna kobieta
|Mark |rowspan=2|Television play |
| rowspan=5|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
|{{N/A}} |Feature film; producer |
| rowspan=2|2012
|The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 |Emperor Leopold I |Feature film |
| Hans Kloss: More Than Death at Stake
|Feature film |
| rowspan=3|2013
|Feature film |
| Rzecz o banalności miłości
|Younger Martin Heidegger |rowspan=3|Television play |
| Nikt mnie nie zna
|Marek Zięba |
| rowspan=3|2014
|Przygoda |Dr Zoltán |
| Wkręceni
|Franek Szpak |Feature film |
| Warsaw Uprising
|Karol |Voice; Documentary film |
| rowspan=2|2015
|Szczepan Lisiecki |Feature film |
| Słaba płeć?
|Jimmie |Feature film |
| rowspan=3|2016
|Aleksander Stępski |Feature film |
| Wrobiony
|Dominik |Feature film |
| Posprzątane
|Charles |rowspan=3|Television play |
| rowspan=6|2017
|Listy z Rosji |
| Biesiada u hrabiny Kotłubaj |
| The Art of Loving: Story of Michalina Wisłocka
|Feature film |
| Letters to Santa 3
|Szczepan Lisiecki |Feature film |
| Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes Of Apollo
|Feature film |
| I'm Endless Like the Space
|Mark |Feature film |
| rowspan=2|2018
|Darek Szmidt |Feature film |
| 303 Squadron
|Feature film |
| rowspan=4|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 |
| rowspan=3|2020
|Jan Kowalski |Feature film |
| Letters to Santa 4
|Szczepan Lisiecki |Feature film |
| Fisheye
|Marek |Feature film |
| rowspan=3|2021
|Robert Goc |Feature film |
| A Woman at Night
|Dracula |Feature film |
| In for a Murder
|Robert Mazur |Feature film |
| 2022
|Szczepan Lisiecki |Feature film |
| rowspan=5|2023
|Stephan |Feature film |
| Il cacio con le pere
|Sergei |Feature film |
| Falling Stars
|Ouami |Feature film |
| rowspan=2|Max & Me
|rowspan=2|Feature film; voice |
| Franciszek Gajowniczek |
| rowspan=2|2024
|Captan Hamann |Feature film |
| Letters to Santa 6
| Szczepan Lisiecki |Feature film |
= Television series =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1991
|Pająk |2 episodes |
| 1995
|Zander |10 episodes |
| rowspan=2|1997
|Adam Jurewicz |4 episodes |
| Sława i chwała
|Józio Royski |7 episodes |
| 1999
|Pijaszewski |11 episodes |
| 2000
|2 episodes |
| 2001
|Paweł Spory |2 episodes |
| 2003
| |Episode: "Through Hell for Hitler" (no. 36) |
| 2003–2004
|Jerzy Kozerski |26 episodes |
| 2004
|Cezary Kubik |Main role; 13 episodes |
| 2004–2006
|Jacek Kakietek |Main role; 97 episodes |
| rowspan=2|2009
|Jacek Wąglik |Episode: "Liceum" (no. 34) |
| Naznaczony
|Tadeusz Kral |Main role; 13 episodes |
| 2009–2014
|Lars Rainer |Main role; 74 episodes |
| 2011–2013
|Andrzej Zawadzki |Main role; 64 episodes |
| 2012
|Marek Kowalewski |Main role |
| 2012–2014
|Borys Nowakowski |Main role |
| rowspan=3|2014
|Fryderyk Rekrut |Main role; 13 episodes |
| Mister Ignis
| |Episode no. 1 |
| Polacy w Rzymie i Watykanie
| |9 episodes |
| 2017
|Stefan Malinowski |Main role; 8 episodes |
| rowspan=2|2018
|Gunther |4 episodes |
| Third Half
|Borys Nowakowski |Main role |
| 2018–2019
|Józef Demko, President of Poland |2 episodes |
| rowspan=2|2019
|Severinus | |
| Women of Mafia 2
|Mat |Main role |
| 2019–2021
|Borys |23 episodes |
| 2021
|Robert Goc |3 episodes |
| 2020
|Jan Kowalski |Main role; 4 episodes |
| 2020–2021
|Piotr Kowalski |Main role; 44 episodes |
| 2021–2024
|Sergei Orestovich Nikulov |13 episodes |
| 2021
|Tomas |6 episodes |
| 2022
|Cornelius |4 episodes |
| rowspan=3|2024
| Eryk Tomczyk | 5 episodes |
| Klara
| Wojciech | 6 episodes |
| Prosta sprawa
| Kazik | 6 episodes |
| 2025
| Jan Polgar | 4 episodes |
= Polish-language dubbing =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1995
| Scott Howard | Television series |
| rowspan=4|1996
| Bonkers | Troy | Television series; episode: "Springtime For The Iguana" (no. 27) |
| Oakie Doke
| Denzil | Television series |
| rowspan=2| The Prince and the Pauper
| Miles Hemdon | rowspan=2| Feature film |
| Shoe #1 |
| 1996–1999
| Additional voices | Television series |
| rowspan=10|1997
| Newland Archer | Feature film |
| Batman: The Animated Series
| Mad Bomber | Television series; episode: "Beware the Gray Ghost" (no. 18) |
| CBS Storybreak
| Television series; episode: "Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China" (no. 2) |
| Space Jam
| Hubie | Feature film |
| rowspan=2| Star Trek: Voyager
| Motura | Television series; episode: "Phage" (no. 5) |
| Hatil
| Television series; episode: "Emanations" (no. 9) |
| rowspan=4| The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
| Homeowner | Television series; episode: "B2 Or Not B2" (no. 6) |
| Ship captain
| Television series; episode: "The Maltese Canary" (no. 9) |
| James Twist
| Television series; episode: "It's a Plaid, Plaid, Plaid, Plaid World" (no. 12) |
| Hubie
| Television series; episode: "Go Fig" (no. 13) |
| rowspan=26|1998
| Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Wheeler | Television series |
| Cheese Chasers
| Hubie | Short film |
| Dexter's Laboratory
| Mat Parallax | Television series; episode: "Sassy Come Home" (no. 26a) |
| Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension
| Siggy Lloyd | Television series |
| Dog Tired
| Parrot | Short film |
| Dr. Dolittle
| John Dolittle | Feature film |
| House Hunting Mice
| Hubie | Short film |
| Hugo the Movie Star
| Hugo | Feature film |
| The Hypo-Chondri-Cat
| Hubie | Short film |
| Life with Louie
| Michael Grunewald | Television series; 29 episodes |
| rowspan=2|Little Bear
| No Feet | Television series; 39 episodes |
| Beaver #1
| Television series; 2 episodes |
| Magic Adventures of Mumfie
| Mumfie | Television series |
| The New Adventures of Zorro
| Zorro | Television series; 26 episodes |
| Rudolph's Shiny New Year
| Rudolph | Television film |
| rowspan=7| Spider-Man
| Television series |
| Kiosk vendor
| Television series; episode: "Chapter XIV: The Final Nightmare" (no. 27) |
| Pedestrian
| Television series; episode: "Chapter V: Rocket Racer" (no. 32) |
| Kingpin's soldier
| Television series; episode: "Chapter VIII: The Ultimate Slayer" (no. 35) |
| James Rhodes / War Machine
| Television series; 2 episodes |
| Rooker's Island guard #2
| Television series; episode: "Chapter I: Guilty" (no. 42) |
| Johnny Storm / Human Torch
| Television series; 2 episodes |
| Tekkaman Blade
| Ringo Richards | Television series |
| The Ugly Duckling
| Ugly Duckling | Feature film |
| rowspan=2|Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
| Bravo 3 | rowspan=2| Feature film |
| Antidar Williams |
| rowspan=5| 1999
| rowspan=2| Fraggle Rock | Junior | rowspan=2| Television series |
| Sprocket |
| Magic Mountain
| Lion | Television series |
| The Powerpuff Girls
| Lenny | Television series; episode "Collect Her" (no. 15a) |
| Princess Sissi
| Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria | Television series |
| rowspan=2|2000
| Additional voices | Television series |
| Tomas and the Falcon King
| Ostrik | Feature film |
| rowspan=2| 2001
| John Dolittle | Feature film |
| The Gypsy Ballerina
| Additional voices | Feature film |
| rowspan=4| 2002
| rowspan=2| Adventures from the Book of Virtues | Marcus | Television series; episode: "Citizenship" (no. 23) |
| Rabbit
| Television series; episode: "Wisdom" (no. 26) |
| Jungle Cubs
| Akela | Television series; episode: "The Coming of the Wolves" (no. 13) |
| The Miracle Maker
| Jesus | Feature film |
| rowspan=2|2003
| The King's Beard | Ronnie | Feature film |
| What's New, Scooby-Doo?
| Shane Flinty | Television series; episode: "Mummy Scares Best" (no. 16) |
| rowspan=3|2004
| Balto | Feature film |
| The Incredibles
| Syndrome | Feature film |
| Mouse Wreckers
| Hubie | Short film |
| rowspan=6|2005
| The Devil Knows Why | Filip | Feature film |
| Jack-Jack Attack
| Syndrome | Short film |
| Karol: A Man Who Became Pope
| Feature film |
| Madagascar
| Melman | Feature film |
| Roughly Squeaking
| Hubie | Short film |
| Valiant
| Valiant | Feature film |
| rowspan=6| 2006
| Tuke | Feature film |
| Cars
| Feature film |
| Cars: The Video Game
| Lightning McQueen | Video game |
| Karol: The Pope, The Man
| Pope John Paul II | Feature film |
| Mater and the Ghostlight
| Lightning McQueen | Short film |
| Night at the Museum
| Larry Daley | Feature film |
| 2008
| Dave | Feature film |
| 2008–2015
| Lightning McQueen | Television series; episodes: 13 episodes |
| rowspan=5|2009
| Skeeter Bronson | Feature film |
| Geronimo Stilton
| Geronimo Stilton | Television series; 26 episodes |
| Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
| Melman | Feature film |
| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
| Larry Daley | Feature film |
| Noah's Ark
| Xiro | Feature film |
| rowspan=2|2010
| Melman | Short film |
| Planet 51
| Chuck | Feature film |
| rowspan=2| 2011
| Cars 2 | Lightning McQueen | Feature film |
| Gnomeo & Juliet
| Paris | Feature film |
| 2012
| Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Melman | Feature film |
| 2013
| Tad Stones | Feature film |
| rowspan=4|2015
| Ant-Man | Feature film |
| Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
| Anonymus | Feature film |
| rowspan=2| The Little Prince
| Conceited Man | rowspan=2| Feature film |
| Policeman |
| rowspan=2|2016
| Scott Lang / Ant-Man | Feature film |
| Madly Madagascar
| Melman | Short film |
| rowspan=4| 2017
| Bossk | Video game |
| Cars 3
| Lightning McQueen | Feature film |
| Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool
| Lightning McQueen | Short film |
| Rabbit School – Guardians of the Golden Egg
| Max | Feature film |
| rowspan=2| 2018
| Scott Lang / Ant-Man | Feature film |
| Norm of the North 2
| Norm | Feature film |
| rowspan=3| 2019
| Scott Lang / Ant-Man | Feature film |
| Missing Link
| Missing Link | Feature film |
| Sheep and Wolves: Pig Deal
| Skinny | Feature film |
| rowspan=4| 2021
| Hawkeye | Tomas | Television series; 6 episodes |
| Loki
| Scott Lang / Ant-Man | Television series; episode: "Glorious Purpose" (no. 1); archival recordings |
| Marvel Studios: Legends
| Scott Lang / Ant-Man | Television series; 3 episodes; archival recordings |
| What If...?
| Scott Lang / Ant-Man | Television series; episode: "What If... Zombies?!" (no. 5) |
| rowspan=2|2022
| Lightning McQueen | Television series; 9 episodes |
| Rabbit Academy: Mission Eggpossible
| Max | Feature film |
| rowspan=3| 2023
| Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Scott Lang / Ant-Man | Feature film |
| A Cat's Life
| Fred | Feature film |
| The Amazing Maurice
| Maurice | Feature film |
Awards and nominations
References
Further reading
- [http://www.chopindesireforlove.com/piotr_adamczyk_bio.htm Short biography]
- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4019733.stm "'You're crazy', (Pope John Paul II) tells (Piotr Adamczyk)"], BBC, November 17, 2004
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0010611|name=Piotr Adamczyk}}
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Category:Recipients of the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis