Zbigniew Zamachowski
Biography
Zbigniew Zamachowski is a Polish actor who has won the Polish Academy Award for Best Actor twice. Born in Brzeziny near Łódź, he graduated from the National Film School in Łódź and began acting in 1981. In 1989 he appeared in Part Ten of Krzysztof Kieślowski's Dekalog, and Kieślowski later cast him as Karol Karol, the lead in Three Colors: White (1994), the second film in the Three Colors trilogy. His award-winning roles came in Robert Gliński's Hi, Tereska (2001) and Andrzej Jakimowski's Zmróż oczy (2004). He also took notable parts in Kazimierz Kutz's Colonel Kwiatkowski (1996), Jerzy Hoffman's With Fire and Sword (1999) and Andrzej Wajda's Walesa: Man of Hope (2013). On stage, he acted at The Studio Theater from 1985 to 1997 and has been a member of the National Theater in Warsaw since 1997.
65years old
Turns 66 on July 17in 277 days
- Born Brzeziny
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 30 years1994 to 2024
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Big break
Zbigniew Zamachowski was cast by Krzysztof Kieślowski as the lead, Karol Karol, in Three Colors: White, four years after appearing in the director's Dekalog series.
Zbigniew Zamachowski movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Wladyslaw Pasikowski directed two of these films. Mirosław Baka appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Mirosław Baka's page
Agata Buzek's page
Cezary Pazura's page
Iwona Bielska's page
Agnieszka Suchora's page
Wladyslaw PasikowskiDirector, 2 films, 2014 to 2019
Awards
Seven awards and honors from 1990 to 2015.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2015 | Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta | Won | |
| 2015 | Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis | Won | |
| 2005 | Gold Cross of Merit | Won | |
| 1996 | Zasłużony Działacz Kultury | Won | |
| 1990 | Zbigniew Cybulski Award | Won | |
| Wiktory | Won | ||
| Złota Kaczka | Won | ||
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Official profiles and reference pages.