Lech Mackiewicz (born 1960 in

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) is a Polish actor, director, playwright; graduate of the National Academy of Theatrical Arts (PWST) in Cracow (Poland 1983), and UTS (

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1987). He formed Auto Da Fe Theatre Co. in Sydney in 1987. He received the New South Wales Performing Arts Scholarship in 1991; assisted Neil Armfield on the production of ''Diary of A Madman'' with Geoffrey Rush at

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; directed and acted internationally: Australia, Poland, Japan, Korea, Italy. Collaborated with Tadashi Suzuki's SCOT (Japan). He studied in Poland (PWST Kraków, grad. 1983), Australia (UTS, grad. 1987) and with the Moscow Arts Theatre (directing secondment - 1991).

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's first theatre production out of NIDA was Kafka Dances at the Stables Theatre (Sydney 1993) where Lech starred as

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and Cate played his fiancée,

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Filmography

*The Remembrance (2011) Tomasz Limanowski 1976 *Wygrany (2010) Henryk *Rake (2010) jako George Dana *Jestem Twoj (2009) jako Konstanty * 2008: '' II wojna światowa za zamkniętymi drzwiami'' jako tłumacz Władysława Andersa * 1997-2009: '' Klan'' jako diler narkotyków * 2008-2009: ''

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'' jako professor Richard Edwards * 2008-2009: ''

Na Wspólnej ''Na Wspólnej'' (, "On Wspólna Street") is a Polish television soap opera. It has been running since 2003 on the TVN channel as its flagship primetime weekday soap opera. It is loosely based on the German production ''Unter uns'' and it follo ...

'' jako Rafał Sobczak * 2008-2009: ''

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'' jako Kurt Torstensson * 2008: '' Jestem Twój'' * 2008: '' Trzeci oficer'' jako Wiktor Chenoir * 2008: '' Jeszcze raz'' jako Tadeusz * 2008: ''

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'' jako właściciel klubu * 2008: '' Pseudonim Anoda'' ( spektakl TV) jako Wiktor – major Ministerstwa Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego * 2007: '' Plebania'' jako Jerzy * 2007: '' Lekcje pana Kuki'' jako siwy mężczyzna * 2007: '' Kryminalni'' jako Mateusz Bartnik * 2007: '' Wszyscy jesteśmy Chrystusami'' jako lekarz * 2006-2007: '' Pogoda na piątek'' jako Jerzy Lewicki, ojciec Bartka i Michała * 2006: '' Będziesz moja'' jako dziennikarz Jacek, ojciec Kai * 2006: '' Oficerowie'' jako Dyrygent * 2006: '' Karol - papież, który pozostał człowiekiem'' (''Karol, un Papa rimasto uomo'') jako prymas

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* 2005: '' Karol - człowiek, który został papieżem'' (''Karol, un uomo diventato papa'') jako prymas Stefan Wyszyński * 2004: '' Left ear'' jako Bore * 2003: '' Zaginiona'' jako zakonnik specjalizujący się w temacie sekt * 2003: '' Show'' jako Ojciec wielodzietny * 2003: ''

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'' jako Andrzej * 2003: '' Rozwód, czyli odrobina szczęścia w miłości'' jako Malik * 2003: '' One down'' * 2003: '' Marking Time'' jako Hassan * 2002: '' Pianista'' jako Robotnik * 2002: '' To tu, to tam'' jako Jasio * 2002: '' Miss mokrego podkoszulka'' w '' Święta polskie'' jako Adam, mąż Magdy * 2002-2003: '' Psie serce'' jako Wojciech Maliszewski, mąż Małgorzaty * 2002: '' Plebania'' jako pomocnik Cieplaka * 2002: '' Julia wraca do domu'' jako polski lekarz * 2002: '' As'' jako Wiktor, nauczyciel wf-u i diler narkotyków * 2002: ''

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'' jako Negocjator * 2001: '' Tam, gdzie żyją Eskimosi'' jako lekarz na chrzcinach * 2000: '' Człowiek wózków'' jako Monte Christo * 2000: '' 13 posterunek 2'' odc. 8 - jako szaleniec, odc. 14 - jako ojciec * 1999: '' Złotopolscy'' odc. 146 (''Na ratunek'') - jako pokerzysta w "Planecie K" * 1999: '' Jakub kłamca'' (''Jakob the Liar'') nie występuje w czołówce * 1999: '' 4 w 1'' jako Wacek Napierowski * 1998: '' Złotopolscy'' odc. 53 (''Czubatkowa polana''), odc. 54 (''Narkoman'') jako diler narkotyków na Dworcu Centralnym * 1998: ''Zjazd koleżeński'' (odc. 7) w '' Z pianką czy bez'' jako klient pubu * 1998: '' Spona'' jako fotograf Żbik * 1997: ''Wildside'' * 1997: '' Sposób na Alcybiadesa'' odc. 2, 3 jako fotograf * 1997: '' Sława i chwała'' odc. 7 (''Równina'') * 1997: '' Krok'' jako podpułkownik * 1995: '' Singapore sling: old flames'' * 1994: '' Book of dreams: "Welcome to Crateland"'' * 1993: ''

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'' jako Andre * 1990: ''

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'' jako Muzza * 1987: '' Relative merits'' jako Rick * 1985: '' Sam pośród swoich'' jako AK-owiec * 1985: '' Kochankowie mojej mamy'' * 1983: '' Ziarno fotografii'' * 1982: '' Odlot'' jako Marcin * 1981: '' Wierne blizny'' jako Polek Żmijewski * 1981: '' Przypadki Piotra S.''

Directed films

*''Rozwód'' – Poland 1997 *''ToTuToTam'' – Poland 2001 *''Left Ear'' – co-director (with Andrew Wholley) 2007

Directed theatre productions

*Drzewo – Teatr Wegierki (Poland) 2010 *NaGL – Tap Gallery ( Sydney) 2010 *Shit Happens – Newtown Theatre ( Sydney) "Hello Out There (Sydney) *The Island (Sydney) *King Lear – Playbox (Melbourne) 1993 *Moj brat moja milosc – Jaracza Theatre (Poland) 1991 *Felliniada – Auto Dafe Theatre Co. (Sydney) 1994 *BECKETT: IN CIRCLES – SCOT (Japan) 1991 *So called K. – Mito Arts Co. (Japan) 1992 *Conversations 2 – Auto Da Fe Theatre Co. (Poland) 1996 *Madness – PACT Theatre Sydney 1990 *Grand Theatre Of Oklahoma (Wharf 2; STC; Sydney) *Krapp's Last Tape ( Poland, Japan, Australia)

As an actor

*The Remembrance (2011) Tomasz Limanowski *Wygrany (2010) Henryk *Rake (ep.3 2010) George Dana *Jestem Twoj (Konstanty) 2009 *

.... Prof. Richard Edwards (1 episode, 2008) **Kontrowersyjny pojedynek (2008) TV episode .... Prof. Richard Edwards *Jeszcze raz (2008) .... Tadeusz *Left Ear (2007) .... Bore *Stolen Life (2007) (voice) .... Faraday *" Kryminalni" .... Mateusz Bartnik (1 episode, 2007) **Znajomy glos (2007) TV episode .... Mateusz Bartnik *Inka 1946 (2007) (TV) .... Jerzy *"

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" .... Jerzy / ... (2 episodes, 2002–2007) **Odcinek 848 (2007) TV episode .... Jerzy **Odcinek 223 (2002) TV episode .... Man helping Cieplak *"Oficerowie" (2006) TV mini-series .... Conductor *"Pogoda na piatek" (2006) TV mini-series .... Jerzy *"Bedziesz moja" (2006) TV series .... Jacek *Karol – Un Papa rimasto uomo (2006) (TV) .... Stefan Wyszynski (... aka Karol: The Pope, The Man (USA) ... aka Karol. Papiez, który pozostal czlowiekiem (Poland) ) *"The Alice" .... Kirk (3 episodes, 2005) **Episode #1.3 (2005) TV episode .... Kirk **Episode #1.1 (2005) TV episode .... Kirk **Episode #1.2 (2005) TV episode .... Kirk *Karol – Un uomo diventato Papa (2005) (TV) .... Stefan Wyszynski (... aka Karol: A Man Who Became Pope (International: English title) (USA: DVD title) ... aka Karol. Czlowiek, który zostal papiezem (Poland) ) *One Down (2004) .... Andrzej *Marking Time (2003) (TV) .... Hassan *Warszawa (2003) .... Andrzej (... aka Warsaw (USA) ) *Show (2003) *Alarm (2002) .... Negotiator *Julie Walking Home (2002) .... Polish Doctor (... aka The Healer (Australia: Pay-TV title) (USA: DVD title) ... aka Julia wraca do domu (Poland) ... aka *Julies Reise (Germany) ... aka Retour de Julie, Le (Canada: French title) ) * The Pianist (2002) .... Fellow Worker (... aka Pianist, Der (Germany) ... aka Pianista (Poland) ... aka Pianiste, Le (France) ) *Where Eskimos Live (2002) (... aka Tam, gdzie zyja Eskimosi (Poland) ) *Miss mokrego podkoszulka (2002) (TV) .... Adam, Magda's Husband *Czlowiek wózków (2000) *"Wildside" .... Christian Jasek (1 episode, 1999) **Episode #2.12 (1999) TV episode .... Christian Jasek *Krok (1998) (TV) .... Podpulkownik *Spona (1998) .... Photographer Zbik (... aka Sposób na alcybiadesa (Poland: TV title) ) * '' Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord'' as Dr. Elvo (4 episodes, 1997) ** "The Best-Laid Plans..." ** "Barbarians at the Gate" ** "To Live Forever" ** "Girl for Sale" *Singapore Sling: Old Flames (1995) (TV) (... aka Asian Connection: Old Flames (USA) ) *Till There Was You (1990) .... Muzza *Kochankowie mojej mamy (1986) (... aka My Mother's Lovers )

As himself

*My Mother India (2001) .... Jan

External links

* *http://www.australianscreen.com.au/people/Lech_Mackiewicz/ *http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsM/mackiewicz-lech.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Mackiewicz, Lech 1960 births Living people People from Skierniewice Polish male film actors Polish male stage actors Polish male television actors 20th-century Polish male actors 21st-century Polish male actors