Jan Frycz

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Jan Frycz
Frycz in 2013
Born (1954-05-15) 15 May 1954 (age 70)
NationalityPolish
EducationNational Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków
OccupationActor
Years active1976–present
SpouseMałgorzata Frycz
Children5

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

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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

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Selected filmography

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Film
Year Title Role Notes
2020 25 Years of Innocence 'Stary'
2011 80 Million Baginski
2010 Little Rose Wasiak
2007 Hope Gustaw
2007 Twists of Fate
2006 We're All Christs
2005 The Collector Chudy
2004 The Welts Andrzej Winkler
2003 Pornografia Siemian

References

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  1. ^ "FilmPolski.pl". FilmPolski (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  2. ^ "Twórcy "25 lat niewinności. Sprawa Tomka Komendy" z Orłami 2021". tvn24.pl (in Polish). 21 June 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  3. ^ Mozelowska, Zofia (2018-05-15). "Doskonały aktor, surowy ojciec. Jan Frycz kończy 64 lata". film.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  4. ^ "Jan Frycz, aktor Teatru Narodowego - Aktorzy Teatru Narodowego - Zespół - O Teatrze - Teatr Narodowy". www.narodowy.pl. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  5. ^ "Jan Frycz: Kariera, 3 żony, 6 dzieci". film.interia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-03-20.
  6. ^ "Jan Frycz: Kariera, 3 żony, 6 dzieci". film.interia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  7. ^ a b MKiDN - Medal Zasłużony Kulturze - Gloria Artis (in Polish), retrieved 2022-03-25
  8. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 11 listopada 2005 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń". isap.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
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