Borys Szyc
Acting
Biography
Borys Michał Szyc-Michalak is a Polish film and theatre actor and musician. In 2010, he received the Polish Academy Award for Best Actor. He achieved nationwide popularity by starring in such films as Vinci (2004), Testosteron (2007), Mole (2011), The Secret of Westerplatte (2013), Persona Non Grata (2015), Spoor (2017) and Cold War (2018). Apart from his film career he appeared in numerous popular TV series including For Better or Worse, Honey Years, Foster Family and Heweliusz.
Born: September 4, 1978
Place of Birth: Łódź, Poland
Known For
Bodo
The story of Eugeniusz Bodo, a famous Polish actor and singer, who was at the peak of his career in 1930s.
The Pianist
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
Pixie. The New Beginning
New in town, eleven-year-old Hania is bullied for believing in pixies. She makes friends with the outsider Michał and a real pixie, Sindri, on a quest to prove their existence. Their journey helps Hania face new beginnings and understand the power of friendship.
Ekipa
Ekipa is a Polish political drama TV series created and directed by Agnieszka Holland, aired from 13 September 2007 until 6 December 2007 on Polsat. Ekipa is the second Polish political fiction series after the 1980s miniseries The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma.
Heweliusz
After a catastrophic ferry disaster, the off-duty captain seeks answers and justice for those who lost their lives — and those they left behind.
Cold War
A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.
Symmetry
Łukasz, an unemployed geography graduate, is wrongfully arrested for robbery. His alibi is weak, and he is identified during a lineup. The situation gets hopeless when, a few hours later, the alleged victim suddenly dies. The defense lawyer promises to do everything in his power, but Łukasz ends up in custody. He must find his place in a world of harsh prison rules. He chooses the cell of the “grypsujący” (inmates who communicate by coded messages)…
The Border
After a bombing attack at the Poland–Ukraine border which killed his friends from the Border Guard, Captain Wiktor Rebrow tries to unravel the mystery and figure out what happened and who is behind it all.
Officer
Polish crime / drama TV series portraying Warsaw police officers from Central Bureau of Investigations who got on the trail of counterfeit Euro banknotes which involves local gangsters and French crime syndicate.
Simona Kossak
Simona Kossak - daughter of the painter Jerzy Kossak and granddaughter of Wojciech - deprived of the talent that has defined her family for generations, grows up without knowing the warmth of her despotic mother. When, after graduation, she leaves everything - home, tradition, social conventions - and takes up a job as a scientist in Białowieża, she starts life on her own terms.
Filmography
as Baron Krzeszowski
as Andrzej Ułasiewicz
as (voice)
as Julian 'Szerszeń' Paulewicz
as Batura
as Hokus Pokus / Hokus Pokus' Father (voice)
as Wiktor Forst
as Andrei Vadys
as Michał
as Franciszek 'Czuły' Czułkowski
as Roman
as Roman
as Kazimierz Kutz
as Ziminov
as Zbroja Lewenfisz
as Gibon
as Janusz Radziwiłek
as Łom
as Janusz (voice)
as Jakubiec
as Rittmeister Zbigniew Dunin Wąsowicz
as Józef Piłsudski
as Maciek
as Fryderyk von Krauss
as Lech Kaczmarek
as 'Gibon'
as Captain Daniel Adamski
as Wnetrzak
as Soldier Muszyński
as szef wydawnictwa
as Pesz
as Łukasz Seidler
as Pułkownik Kuczer
as major Heinrich Pabst
as Priest Pietryga
as Jerzy Jurecki
as Stefan Ludwik Grodecki
as Artur
as Mikołaj Adam Sieniawski
as Andrzej
as prisoner
as Janek
as turkey (voice)
as Jan Krynicki
as Paweł Kowal
as Jerzy (voice)
as cook Jerzy Knape
as Albin
as Roman
as Stefan
as Karol
as Piotr Wierchowieński (segment "Droga wewnętrzna")
as Mareczek Kolenda
as Dr. Konstanty Grot
as Silny
as komisarz Tomasz Kruszyński "Kruszon"
as Błażej Dywanik, brat Marka
as neonazista Ludwik Bodry-Barański
as Untersturmführer Matheas Beer
as Ojciec "Małego" / Syn "Bryndzy" / Lodziarz
as Tytus
as Jakub
as Chemik
as podkomisarz Tomasz Kruszyński "Kruszon"
as Łysy
as podkomisarz Tomasz Kruszyński "Kruszon"
as Herman
as Bartosz
as Julian 'Szerszeń' Paulewicz
as Albert
as "Glut", złodziej samochodów
as "Glut", złodziej samochodów
as Young Gestapo (uncredited)
as student I
as Tomek
as Michał
as Buławnik
as motorcyclist
as Dwarf (uncredited)