Zbigniew Zamachowski
Actor
Biography
Zbigniew Zamachowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈzbiɡɲɛv zamaˈxɔfskʲi]; born 17 July 1961) is a Polish actor. Zamachowski graduated from the actor's faculty of the National Film School in Łódź. He began his acting career in 1981 and in 1989 had a co-starring role in Part Ten of director Krzysztof Kieślowski's film series, Dekalog. Four years later, Kieślowski cast him as the lead character, "Karol Karol", in Three Colors: White, the second of his acclaimed Three Colors trilogy. He is a two-time winner of Polish Film Awards for his roles in Robert Gliński's film Hi, Tereska (2001) and Andrzej Jakimowski's film drama Zmróż oczy (2004). His other notable roles are featured in Kazimierz Kutz's film Colonel Kwiatkowski (1996), Jerzy Hoffman's historical film With Fire and Sword (1999) and Andrzej Wajda's biopic Walesa: Man of Hope (2013).
Between 1985 and 1997, he performed at The Studio Theater, and since 1997 he has been an actor at the National Theater in Warsaw.
Filmography
Three Colors: Blue
as Karol Karol 1993
Three Colors: Red
as Karol Karol 1994
Three Colors: White
as Karol Karol 1994
Proof of Life
as Terry's Driver 2000
Dark Crimes
as Lukasz 2016
23
as Sergej 1998
Run Boy Run
as Hersch Fridman 2014
Gods
as Stanisław Pasyk 2014
Decalogue X
as Artur Janicki 1989
Jack Strong
as Gendera 2014
Sweat
as Fryderyk 2021
With Fire and Sword
as Michał Wołodyjowski 1999
Aftermath
as Sierżant Włodzimierz Nowak 2012
The Resistance Fighter
as Generał Antoni Chruściel - Monter 2019
The Hexer
as Jaskier 2001
Wałesa: Man of Hope
as Nawiślak 2013