Jan Frycz
Jan Frycz | |
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| File:Jan Frycz 2013.jpg Frycz in 2013 | |
| Born | 15 May 1954 Kraków, Poland |
| Education | National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Spouse | Małgorzata Frycz |
| Children | 5 |
Jan Frycz (Polish: [jan frɨt͡ʂ]; born 15 May 1954) is a film, television and stage actor. He was nominated for seven Polish Film Awards, winning three times for Best Supporting Actor in the films Pornografia (2003), The Welts (2004)[1] and 25 Years of Innocence (2021).[2]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Frycz's father was a mining engineer and disliked his interest in acting; he argued that a boy should have a more stable job.[3] Despite his father's wishes, Frycz pursued acting and graduated from the AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków in 1978. He made his theatre debut in the same year in the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre where he continued performing in the years 1978-82 and 1984-89.
He spent two years in 1982-84 working in Warsaw at the National Theatre and the Polish Theatre, before returning to Kraków where he continued working at the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre, and from 1989 till 2006 at the National Stary Theatre.[4]
He made his screen debut in Norwegian film Dagny in 1976. In the second half of the 1970s and 1980s, he focused mainly on his theatre work, playing only a few, mostly episodic roles.
Since 2006, he is an actor of the National Theatre in Warsaw.
Frycz is married to his third wife and has a daughter from the first marriage and four children from the second marriage.[5] His daughters Gabriela and Olga are actresses.[6]
Awards
[edit | edit source]- 2005 – Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis[7]
- 2005 – Order of Polonia Restituta[8]
- 2015 – Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis[7]
Selected filmography
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Farewell to Autumn | Atanazy Bazakbal | |
| 2003 | Pornografia | Siemian | |
| 2010 | Little Rose | Wasiak | |
| 2004 | The Welts | Andrzej Winkler | |
| 2005 | The Collector | Chudy | |
| 2006 | We're All Christs | ||
| 2011 | 80 Million | Baginski | |
| 2007 | Hope | Gustaw | |
| 2007 | Twists of Fate | ||
| 2020 | 25 Years of Innocence | 'Stary' |
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Jan Frycz at IMDb
- Profile on filmpolski.pl (in Polish)
- Profile at culture.pl
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- 1954 births
- Living people
- Male actors from Kraków
- Polish male film actors
- Polish male stage actors
- Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- 20th-century Polish male actors
- 21st-century Polish male actors
- Polish television actors
- Recipients of the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
- Recipients of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
- Polish screen actor stubs
- Polish stage actor stubs