Stanisław Tym

{{Short description|Polish actor, writer and director (1937–2024)}}

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| birthname = Stanisław Aleksy Tym

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|7|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Małkinia Górna, Poland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|12|6|1937|7|17|df=y}}

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| years_active = 1959–2024

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Stanisław Aleksy Tym ({{IPA|pl|staˈɲiswaf tɨm|-|LL-Q809 (pol)-Nux-Stanisław Tym.wav}}; 17 July 1937 – 6 December 2024) was a Polish actor, comedian, journalist, and satirist, as well as a film and theatre director and writer.{{cite book|last=Bren|first=Frank|title=World Cinema: Poland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Im9ZAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=16 June 2011|year=1986|publisher=Flicks Books|isbn=978-0-948911-46-0|page=119}}{{Cite web |last=Janusz |first=Kowalczyk |date=2024 |title=Stanisław Tym |url=https://culture.pl/pl/tworca/stanislaw-tym |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=Culture.pl |language=pl}}

Tym co-produced and starred in many films by Stanisław Bareja. He gained much fame for his performance in the cult film by Marek Piwowski, Rejs (The Cruise). In another cult film, Teddy Bear, he co-authored the script and played two main roles.

In the 1990s, he was a columnist for the popular Polish news magazine Wprost, later writing for the newspaper Rzeczpospolita and for Polityka starting in 2007.{{Cite web |title=Nie żyje Stanisław Tym |url=https://www.rp.pl/film/art41549041-nie-zyje-stanislaw-tym |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=Rzeczpospolita |language=pl}}{{Cite web |last=Dzierżanowski |first=Marcin |date=2020-03-29 |title=Pisali dla nas |url=https://www.wprost.pl/tygodnik/10310441/pisali-dla-nas.html |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=Wprost |language=pl}}{{Cite web |date=2013-10-14 |title=Kapituła - Nagroda Kisiela |url=http://kisiel.wprost.pl/kapitula/#stanislaw-tym |access-date=2024-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014233401/http://kisiel.wprost.pl/kapitula/#stanislaw-tym |archive-date=14 October 2013 |language=pl}}

He was the winner of many awards, including the Nagroda Kisiela for best columnist in 1998.{{Cite web |date=2013-10-15 |title=Historia nagrody - Nagroda Kisiela |url=http://kisiel.wprost.pl/historia-nagrody/ |access-date=2024-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015005839/http://kisiel.wprost.pl/historia-nagrody/ |archive-date=15 October 2013 |language=pl}}

Tym died on 6 December 2024, at the age of 87.{{cite news |title=Zmarł Stanisław Tym. Wielka postać polskiej kultury, aktor, satyryk, felietonista "Polityki" |url=https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kultura/2281153,1,zmarl-stanislaw-tym-wielka-postac-polskiej-kultury-aktor-satyryk-felietonista-polityki.read |access-date=6 December 2024 |publisher=Polityka |date=6 December 2024}}

Works

=Director=

Rozmowy przy wycinaniu lasu (1998)
Dick (Ryś (Film), (2007)

=Scripts=

Brunet Will Call (Brunet wieczorową porą, 1976)
What Will You Do When You Catch Me? (Co mi zrobisz, jak mnie złapiesz?, 1978)
Teddy Bear (Miś, 1980)
Calls Controlled (Rozmowy kontrolowane, 1991)
Rozmowy przy wycinaniu lasu (1998)
Ryś, (2007)

=Actor=

Octopus Cafe (Cafe Pod Minogą, 1959) – Partisan
Nobody's Calling (Nikt nie woła, 1960)
Kwiecień (1961) – Medic
Penguin (Pingwin (Film), 1965) – Osetnik
Walkower (Walkower (Film), 1965)
Barrier (Bariera (Film), 1966) – Waiter
Paris – Warsaw without Passport (Paryż – Warszawa bez wizy (Film), 1967) – American Soldier
Hole in the Earth (Dziura w Ziemi (Film), 1970) – Member of Scientific Debate
The Cruise (Rejs (Film), 1970) – Stowaway/Political Cultural Attaché
Civil the Police Dog (Przygody psa Cywila (Film), 1971) – Thief
A Jungle Book of Regulations (Nie ma róży bez ognia, 1974) – Zenek
Czterdziestolatek (The Forty Year Old One) (Czterdziestolatek, 1974–1977) – Construction Worker
Niespotykanie spokojny człowiek (Incredibly peaceful man) (Niespotykanie spokojny człowiek (Film), 1975) – Captain
The Shadow Line (Smuga cienia (Film), 1976) – Jacobus
What Will You Do When You Catch Me? (Co mi zrobisz, jak mnie złapiesz?, 1978) – Dudała / Szymek
Teddy Bear (Miś, 1980) – Ryszard Ochódzki / Stanisław Paluch
The War of the Worlds: Next Century (Wojna światów – Następne stulecie, 1981) – Secret Agent
Calls Controlled (Rozmowy kontrolowane, 1991) – Ryszard Ochódzki
Agata's Abduction (Uprowadzenie Agaty, 1993) – Homeless
Rozmowy przy wycinaniu lasu (1998)
Czy można się przysiąść (1999)
Baśń o ludziach stąd (2003)
The Incredibles (Iniemamocni, 2003) – Gilbert Huph (Polish Language Version)
Dick (Ryś (Film), 2007) – Ryszard Ochódzki
Niania (2008) – Czesław
Only Love (Tylko miłość, 2008) – Mr. Sztern