Leszek Lichota (born 17 August 1977,

Wałbrzych Wałbrzych (; german: Waldenburg; szl, Wałbrzich; sli, label= Lower Silesian, Walmbrig or ''Walmbrich''; cs, Valbřich or ) is a city located in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland. From 1975–1998 it was the capital of W ...

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) is a Polish actor, best known for playing Grzegorz in Polish soap opera ''

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''.

Life and career

In 2002, he graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw and started performing at the Polish Theatre in

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John ...

. He made his theatre debut in the role of Nany Sirbangh in Roman Jaworski's play ''Hamlet Wtóry''. He also appeared on popular TV series such as ''

'' and ''

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''. In 2011, he was nominated to the

Zbigniew Cybulski Award The Zbigniew Cybulski Award (Polish: ''Nagroda im. Zbyszka Cybulskiego'') is a Polish annual film award given to best young Polish actors. It was established in 1969 on the initiative of Wiesława Czapińska and named to commemorate Zbigniew Cybul ...

for his role in a 2010 film ''Lynch''. His other notable roles are featured in Krzysztof Łukaszewicz's 2015

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'' and in

Jan Komasa Jan Tadeusz Komasa (born October 28, 1981) is a Polish film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for directing '' Suicide Room'' (2011), '' Warsaw 44'' (2014), and ''Corpus Christi'' (2019), which was nominated for the Best Internatio ...

's 2019 film '' Corpus Christi.

Personal life

He is married to Ilona Wrońska with whom he has two children: daughter Natasha (born 2006) and son Kajetan (born 2008). He is a fan and popularizer of

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Films

* 2019: '' Corpus Christi'' as Mayor * 2015: ''

'' * 2014: ''Wataha'' (original production of HBO Poland) as Wiktor Rebrow * 2009: ''

Generał Nil ''Generał Nil'' is a Polish historical film, based on the life of general Emil August Fieldorf, pseudonym "Nil". The film was directed by Ryszard Bugajski, and was released in 2009. Awards * Special Jury Award, 43rd WorldFest-Houston Internati ...

'' as "Klemm" * 2007: ''Odwróceni'' as Łukasz Ozga * 2007: ''Świadek koronny'' * 2006: ''Apetyt na miłość'' as Lichota * 2005: ''Niania'' (Polish version of

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as Juliusz Wilczur * 2005: ''Dzień dobry kochanie'' as a priest * 2005–2007: ''Egzamin z życia'' as Jacek Bednarz * 2004: ''

Caméra Café ''Caméra Café'' is a French-born concept of comedy television series exported around the world. Two movie spin-offs have been made in France under the titles of ''Espace détente'' and ''Le Séminaire''. It was originally a French television sh ...

'' as a firefighter * 2003–2008, 2009-: ''

'' as Grzegorz Zięba * 2003: ''Cyrano'' * 2002–2007: ''Samo Życie'' * 2002: ''Edward II'' as Leicester * 2001: ''Przedwiośnie'' as Officer * 2001: ''

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'' * 2001: ''

Marszałek Piłsudski Marszałek ( en, Marshal, , be, Маршалак, ) was one of the highest officials in the Crown of Poland, Polish royal court since the 13th century and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since the 15th century. He was the oldest-ranking of all court ...

'' * 2000–2001: ''Miasteczko'' * 1999: ''Patrzę na ciebie, Marysiu'' as a student

Polish dubbing

* Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes (2006) –

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(2004–2007)

References

Polish male film actors Polish film actors 1977 births Living people Polish male stage actors Polish male television actors People from Wałbrzych Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw alumni {{Poland-actor-stub