Wojciech Pszoniak
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wojciech Pszoniak (born in 1942 in Lwów, currently Ukraine), is a Polish film and theater actor. Pszoniak gained international visibility following Andrzej Wajda's 1975 film The Promised Land, in which he played Moritz, one of the three main characters. The actor left Poland during the period of political unrest in 1980-1981, which saw the appearance of the Solidarity trade union and ended with the imposition of martial law on December 13, 1981. Pszoniak found roles in France, where he is currently living and working. Since the fall of communism in Eastern Europe in 1989, Pszoniak has appeared in Polish movies and plays. Internationally, he simplified his first name into Wojtek, which is the standard diminutive of the relatively formal Wojciech in the Polish language. Pszoniak often plays Jewish characters, although he is not of Jewish descent. In France, this is partially attributable to his role in The Promised Land, as well as his foreign accent. Pszoniak did not speak French when he emigrated to France, so he learned his theatrical lines phonetically; in movies like Danton, where he played Robespierre, his voice was dubbed. An anecdote about his language skills relates that when he finally started speaking French, one director told him that he preferred his old accent. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wojciech Pszoniak, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Born: May 2, 1942
Known For
Filmography
as Le polonais
as Felicjan Zuppe
as Professor-Oculist
as L'imprimeur
as Mr. Wees
as Monsieur Lodz
as baron
as Stefan Garbarek, były kapitan SB
as Vastenov (voice)
as profesor Karloff
as Władysław Gomułka
as Major Trzaska
as Pinno
as pacjent
as Benedykt Weber
as Kajetan
as Czesław Pieczur, teść Kalińskiego
as Père Volitza
as L'archevêque
as Pali
as le père de Vincent
as Souline
as The Stranger
as Councilman Zamojski
as Mr. Miller
as pułkownik Lew Czeko
as Mr Miller
as Pierre / Xerkes
as Henryk Goldszmit vel Janusz Korczak
as Antonio Vivaldi
as Bridge Player
as Max
as Stranger / The Devil
as Kajetan
as Hercule Potnik
as Cybulkowski
as Le grand maître Felton - l'équipe de Fromm
as Rudy Josełe
as Bogdański
as Maximilien Robespierre
as Andrzej Nowicki
as Śliz
as Otto Schultze
as Prisoner
as Fajngold
as Marglewski
as Siedelmayer, dyrektor cyrku
as Moryc Welt
as Marek
as Profesor, biegły sądowy podczas procesu w Krakowie
as Mąż
as Redactor Oswald
as Conductor (uncredited)
as Ryszard Bielczyk
as Moryc Welt
as Mieszko I
as Journalist / Stanczyk
as Jeszua Ha-Nocri
as Tadeusz's Father
as Man