Zbigniew Zamachowski
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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Operation Pope | Commander in Gurówka | FLOP | |
| 2024 | Treasure | Stefan | HIT | |
| 2024 | Our Folks: The Beginning | Kacper Pawlak | FLOP | |
| 2022 | A Night at the Kindergarten | Tadeusz | FLOP | |
| 2021 | Sweat | Fryderyk | FLOP | |
| 2020 | Truth Makes Free | Adam Grosicki | HIT | |
| 2019 | Half a Century of Poetry Later | Jaskier | FLOP | |
| 2019 | 1800 Grams | Vice-President | FLOP | |
| 2019 | The Resistance Fighter | Generał Antoni Chruściel - Monter | FLOP | |
| 2018 | Pitbull. Last Dog | "Gawełek" | FLOP | |
| 2018 | Taxing Love | Wacław Matysiak | HIT | |
| 2015 | Persona Non Grata | Ganor | HIT | |
| 2014 | Gods | Stanisław Pasyk | HIT | |
| 2014 | Jack Strong | Gendera | HIT | |
| 2014 | Run Boy Run | Hersch Fridman | HIT | |
| 2012 | Aftermath | Sierżant Włodzimierz Nowak | HIT | |
| 2009 | Popieluszko: Freedom Is Within Us | Ireneusz | HIT | |
| 2009 | Esterhazy | ojciec polskiej rodziny (głos) | FLOP | |
| 2008 | The Offsiders | Dziennikarz | HIT | |
| 2005 | Surfers’ Time | Klama | FLOP | |
| 2005 | Destined for Blues | Henio | HIT | |
| 2003 | Squint Your Eyes | Jasiek | FLOP | |
| 2003 | Let's Make a Grandson | Gustaw Mytnik | FLOP | |
| 2003 | White Soup | Matuszek | FLOP | |
| 2003 | The Body | Dizel | FLOP | |
| 2003 | The Birch-Tree Meadow | Gutek | HIT | |
| 2003 | Distant Lights | Antoni | HIT | |
| 2002 | The Pianist | Customer with Coins | HIT | |
| 2001 | Hi, Tereska | Edek | HIT | |
| 2000 | Proof of Life | Terry's Driver | FLOP | |
| 2000 | Prymas. Trzy lata z tysiąca | Ksiądz Stanisław Skorodecki | FLOP | |
| 1999 | With Fire and Sword | Michał Wołodyjowski | HIT | |
| 1998 | 23 | Sergej | HIT | |
| 1998 | Demons of War | 'Houdini' Moraczewski | HIT | |
| 1997 | Happy New York | Ignacy "Potejto" | FLOP | |
| 1997 | Love Me and Do Whatever You Want | Lech Ryszka | FLOP | |
| 1996 | Colonel Kwiatkowski | sierżant Dudek | HIT | |
| 1995 | Emigranci | - | HIT | |
| 1994 | Three Colors: Red | Karol Karol | HIT | |
| 1994 | Reverted | Tomasz Siwek | HIT | |
| 1994 | Three Colors: White | Karol Karol | HIT | |
| 1993 | Three Colors: Blue | Karol Karol | HIT | |
| 1992 | Sauna | Jussi | HIT | |
| 1991 | Seychelles | Stefek | FLOP | |
| 1990 | Escape from the Liberty Cinema | Censor's Assistant | FLOP | |
| 1990 | Korczak | Ichak Szulc | HIT | |
| 1990 | Bal na dworcu w Koluszkach | Andrzej Roszak | FLOP | |
| 1989 | Decalogue X | Artur Janicki | HIT | |
| 1988 | The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober | Mathias | HIT | |
| 1981 | The Big Picnic | Rysiek | HIT |