Piotr Aleksander Adamczyk (; born March 21, 1972) is a Polish film, television,

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and theatre

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. He is known for portraying pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin in the biographical film ''Chopin: Desire for love'' (2002),

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in the TV miniseries '' Karol: A Man Who Became Pope'' (2005) and its sequel '' Karol: The Pope, The Man'' (2006), Tomas in the

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series '' Hawkeye'' (2021) and Sergei Nikulov in the

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original

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series '' For All Mankind'' (2021–present).

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

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which allowed him to attend the

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for one year, where he performed

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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. His role of Stawrogin in

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’s '' The Possessed'' started Piotr’s long list of roles. 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 the Man who became Pope'' and ''Karol: The Pope - The Man''. The movie was viewed by several dozen million viewers, and made him popular in

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and many other Catholic countries. Adamczyk also managed to take advantage of his popularity abroad to play at the Sala Uno Theatre in Rome, in Italian. He also played in

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’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 played, 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 once again.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

He was awarded

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(2014).

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