Piotr Adamczyk
Born: 1972-03-21 in Warszawa, Poland
Known For: Acting
Biography
Piotr Aleksander Adamczyk (Polish: [ˈpjɔtraˈdamt͡ʂɨk]; 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). 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. 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 he 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 Wkręceni. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Piotr Adamczyk, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- Iggy the Eagle as Leon (voice)
2025
- The Partisan as Captain Hamann
- Langer as Olgierd 'Paderborn' Paderewski
- Project UFO as Jan Polgar
- Seks dla opornych as Grzegorz Wolski
- Uncle Truther as Karol Malinowski
- Jan Englert. Spróbuję jeszcze raz pofrunąć as Self
2024
- Klara as Wojciech
- Go Ahead, Brother as Eryk Tomczyk
- Falling Stars as Ouami
- Simple Case as Kazik Bednarz
- Letters to Santa 6 as Szczepan Lisiecki
- Prawdziwa historia Listów do M. as Szczepan Lisiecki
2023
- Max & Me as Maximiliano Kolbe (voice)
- Up on the Roof as Stephan
- Il meglio di te
- Il cacio con le pere as Sergei
2022
- Night Sky as Cornelius
- Letters to Santa 5 as Szczepan Lisiecki
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye as Self - Tomas
- Titanium White as Dominik
2021
- Hawkeye as Tomas
- Small World as Robert Goc
- Kowalscy kontra Kowalscy as Piotr Kowalski
- Letters to Santa 4 as Szczepan Lisiecki
- In for a Murder as Robert Mazur
- A Woman at Night as Dracula
- Small World as Robert Goc
2020
- Lepsza połowa as Borys
- Mayday as Jan Kowalski
- Fisheye as Marek
2019
- For All Mankind as Sergei Orestovich Nikulov
- Wesele as Poeta
- Women of Mafia 2 as 'Mat'
- Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz as Bogdan Danowicz
- Całe szczęście as Robert
2018
- 303 Squadron as Witold Urbanowicz
- Bride and Groom as Darek
- Trzecia połowa as Borys Nowakowski
2017
- Counterpart as Gunther
- The Art of Loving: Story of Michalina Wislocka as Stach Wisłocki
- Letters to Santa 3 as Szczepan Lisiecki
- I'm (Endless Like the Space) as Mark
- SNL Polska as Self
2016
- I'm a Killer as Major Aleksander Stępski
- Career Girl as Chairman Jimmie
2015
- Letters to Santa 2 as Szczepan Lisiecki
2014
- Screwed Up as Franek Szpak "Franczesko"
- Days of Honor - Powstanie as Lars Reiner
- Sama słodycz as Fryderyk Rekrut
2013
- Battle of Westerplatte as Stefan Ludwik Grodecki
2012
- The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 as Leopold I
- Piąty stadion as Borys Nowakowski
- A Report on the Banality of Love as Young Martin Heidegger
- Hans Kloss: More Than Death at Stake as Hermann Bruner
2011
- Getsemani as Alec Beasley
- L'Infiltré ... (Producer)
- Entanglement as Antoni Szacki
- Recipe for Life as Andrzej Zawadzki
- Nie ten człowiek as baron's butler
- Och, Karol 2 as Karol Górski
- Letters to Santa as Szczepan Lisiecki
2010
- Holy Business as Leszek Rembowski
- Trick as Marek Kowalewski
- At the Edge of Russia ... (Co-Producer)
- Breakfast in Bed as Konrad
2009
- Second Life as Nicholas
- Gwiazda Kopernika as Mikołaj Kopernik (voice)
- Naznaczony as Tadeusz Kral
2008
- Ladies as Artur, mąż Gośki
- Resolution 819 ... (Co-Producer)
- Days of Honor as Lars Reiner
- Limousine as Georges, lawyer
- Einstein as Kurt Kluge
- Nie kłam kochanie as Marcin Paprocki
2007
- Testosteron as Kornel
2006
- Karol: The Pope, The Man as John Paul II
- Karol: The Pope, The Man as John Paul II
2005
- Wniebowstąpienie as Charon
- Karol: A Man Who Became Pope as Karol Wojtyła
- Karol: A Man Who Became Pope as Karol Wojtyla
2003
- The Body as proboszcz
2002
- All The Saints as Ksiądz w Jędrzejowie
- Chopin: Desire for Love as Fryderyk Chopin
- The Career of Nikos Dyzma as lektor języka angielskiego
2000
- Prymas. Trzy lata z tysiąca as Kozyra's Assistant
1998
- Glory and Glory as Józio Royski
1997
- Our God's Brother as Hubert
- Boża podszewka as Adam Jurewicz
1996
- At Full Gallop as Ksawery
1995
- Spellbinder as Zander