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name: "Andrzej Konopka"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/andrzej-konopka"
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imdb_id: "nm1293137"
tmdb_id: 136650
wikidata_id: "Q9152498"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-10T04:11:11.296302+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Andrzej Konopka

## Identity

Andrzej Konopka

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/andrzej-konopka
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** andrzej-konopka
- **IMDb ID:** nm1293137
- **TMDB ID:** 136650
- **Wikidata ID:** Q9152498
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_Konopka_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9152498, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1293137/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/136650

Actor. Born 1 January 1969 in Poland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1969, Poland
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_Konopka_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9152498, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1293137/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/136650

## Fi1m on Andrzej Konopka

> Twenty years as the commander, the doctor or the priest in other people's films, done well enough that you remember him afterwards. His one lead, in *Hot Spot* (2026), asks him mainly to wait, and he turns out to be good at waiting.

Most of what Andrzej Konopka does in *Hot Spot* (2026) is stand still and wait. He plays Jan 623, a man who has been given a number instead of a name and has not yet decided whether to mind, and for long stretches Agnieszka Smoczyńska's camera holds on his face while he waits for information the film never provides. We found ourselves watching him rather than the red and blue light behind him, because his was the only face on screen that seemed to be asking the questions we were. That is a real skill, and in this film it is also a problem: an actor can only wait so long before waiting becomes the performance.

It is his first lead, and it has arrived late. Konopka trained at the theatre academy in Kraków after a spell as a stagehand and props assistant in Warsaw, a job that teaches you to stay out of the way. Film and television came in the mid-2000s with small parts, and through the 2010s with supporting roles for Andrzej Wajda, Agnieszka Holland and Wojciech Smarzowski: the drummer in Smoczyńska's *The Lure* (2015), the police commander in Holland's *Spoor* (2017), a construction manager in Smarzowski's *Clergy* (2018). In Poland he is called a master of the second plan, which is a kinder way of saying the parts are not large. He has said himself that he is usually cast as the alpha male.

The pattern is commanders, doctors, priests and officials, and he has been busy inside it: the mayor in *The Peasants* (2023), a forensic pathologist in *Colors of Evil: Red* (2024), Hubert Raban in *LARP: Love, Trolls and Other Quests* (2025). We have not reviewed those and will not pretend to judge them. What we can say from *Hot Spot* is what the type has given him and what it costs. He carries authority without doing anything in the scene to earn it, and when Smoczyńska dresses him well outside his usual line, the authority is still there under the costume, which is the most interesting thing in a film short of interesting things. What the type has not given him is a way to drive a scene when nobody hands him a question. Noomi Rapace's Rana is certain of everything and Reika Kirishima's Ayka refuses to raise her voice; Konopka is left between them, waiting for the plot.

He has also said he would like someone to find the sensitive side he believes he has somewhere. Smoczyńska has gone looking, and *Hot Spot* is evidence that the search is not finished. Our advice would be a director who gives him a man with less rank and more to say. Holland and Smarzowski have each used him more than once, and either might be the one to do it.

## Biography

Andrzej Konopka is a Polish actor. Born in 1969 in Wyśmierzyce, he trained at the AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków and began his career in theatre, working at the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Kraków and the New Theatre in Łódź.

He is known for roles in films including *The Lure* (2015) as the drummer, *Spoor* (2017) as the commander, *Clergy* (2018), *The Peasants* (2023) as Mayor Piotr, *Colors of Evil: Red* (2024) as Tadeusz Dubiela, and *Hot Spot* (2026) as Jan 623. Konopka is married to director Agnieszka Smoczyńska. In 2025 he won an Eagle award for best supporting actor for his role in *LARP: Love, Trolls and Other Quests*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hot Spot* (2026), Fi1m 48, as Jan 623 — [page](https://film.one/film/hot-spot.md)

## Complete filmography (88)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *noise of waves* (2026), Actor
- *Tell Me What You Feel* (2026), Actor
- *Hot Spot* (2026), as Jan 623 — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/hot-spot.md)
- *Morpheus* (2026), series, as Roman
- *Winter of the Crow* (2026), as Henryk
- *The Assistant* (2026), Actor
- *The Great Warsaw Race* (2026), as Kapalski
- *Smartie and Me* (2026), Actor
- *Home Sweet Home* (2025), as Zibi
- *Larp* (2025), as Hubert Raban
- *The Eastern Gate* (2025), series, as Zbigniew Lange
- *Hound's Hill* (2025), series, as Dobociński
- *Imago* (2024), as Stach's father
- *Travel Essentials* (2024), as Adam
- *Colors of Evil: Red* (2024), as Tadeusz Dubiela
- *Stimulants & Empathogens* (2024), as Piotr Szpak
- *White Courage* (2024), series, as "Skorus" Wetula
- *Klara* (2024), series, as Sławek
- *White Courage* (2024), as 'Skorus' Wetula
- *Dom pod Dwoma Orłami. Kłamstwa Zofii* (2023), as Jan Liski
- *Schlepper – Der Usedom-Krimi* (2023), as Grzegorz Kuchar
- *Geburt der Drachenfrau – Der Usedom-Krimi* (2023), as Grzegorz Kuchar
- *Feedback* (2023), series, as Zbyszek
- *Absolute Beginners* (2023), series, as Paweł Maj
- *The Peasants* (2023), as Mayor Piotr
- *House Under the Two Eagles* (2023), series, as Jan Liski
- *The Christening* (2022), as Ksiądz Wiesław
- *Motion of No Confidence* (2022), series, as Krystian Hajkowski
- *A Starfish Is Born* (2022), Actor
- *Heritage* (2022), Actor
- *The Thaw* (2022), series, as Stanisław Galewski
- *We'll Be Fine* (2022), as supervising teacher
- *We Haven't Lost Our Way* (2022), as Eryk
- *Planet Single. Eight stories* (2021), series, as Jerzy Stobnicki
- *Erotica 2022* (2020), as Borys Polkowski (segment "Znikanie pani B")
- *The Elements of Sasza* (2020), series, as Wojciech 'Drugi' Szkudławski
- *Overclockers* (2020), as Stanisław Pacak
- *25 Years of Innocence* (2020), as Officer Kołoczko
- *Bez skrupułów* (2020), series, as Nogaj
- *The Field Guide to Evil* (2019), as Kindler (The Kindler and the Virgin)
- *The Motive* (2019), series, as Maks
- *Solid Gold* (2019), as Paweł Nogaj, człowiek Kaweckiego
- *The Iron Bridge* (2019), as Mikołaj
- *Me voy* (2019), Actor
- *The Writers. A Short Series* (2019), series, Actor
- *1983* (2018), series, as Dominik "Sami" Samolczyk
- *Illegals* (2018), series, as "Czerstwy"
- *Signs* (2018), series, as Michał Trela
- *Nina* (2018), as Wojtek
- *Clergy* (2018), as kierownik budowy
- *Sophie's Ordinary Life* (2018), as Father
- *Panic Attack* (2018), as Jacek
- *The Best Fireworks Ever* (2017), Actor
- *Spoor* (2017), as Komendant
- *Joy in the World* (2016), as Konrad
- *Afterimage* (2016), as Personal in PWSSP
- *A Simple Story About Murder* (2016), as prokurator Czerski
- *The Teacher* (2016), series, as Przybylski
- *Humble Servants* (2016), as Kalita
- *The Lure* (2015), as Drummer
- *The Red Spider* (2015), as Technik śledczy
- *These Daughters of Mine* (2015), as Director
- *The Pact* (2015), series, as Wojciech Kowalik, redaktor naczelny "Kuriera"
- *Anatomy of Evil* (2015), as Colonel
- *Life Must Go On* (2015), as doktor Waldek
- *Father* (2015), as Neighbor
- *Nie rób scen* (2015), series, as Krzysztof Jurecki
- *A Grain of Truth* (2015), as Policjant Marszałek
- *The Border* (2014), series, as Kapitan Krzysztof Starowicz "Doktor"
- *The Word* (2014), as śledczy
- *Wałesa: Man of Hope* (2013), Actor
- *Rules of the Game* (2013), as Dr Machnicki
- *On the Edge* (2013), series, as komendant Sitarz
- *Paradox* (2012), series, as Roman Nowaczyk
- *Prawo Agaty* (2012), series, as prokurator Sadowski
- *Rose* (2012), as Lekarz Leliwa
- *Into Deep Water* (2011), series, as Roman Rowiński, ojciec Kasi
- *Fear of Falling* (2011), as Andrzej, wydawca w TVP
- *Breakfast in Bed* (2010), as Private Detective
- *Popieluszko: Freedom Is Within Us* (2009), as Starszy sierżant MO w prokuraturze
- *Afera Mięsna* (2007), as Kazimierz Witowski
- *Ekipa* (2007), series, as Jan Bednarek, przywódca neofaszystów
- *Trójka do wzięcia* (2006), as pan Krzywkowski
- *Pitbull* (2005), series, as Prosecutor
- *Kryminalni* (2004), series, as pracownik operatora telefonii komórkowej
- *My Roasted Chicken* (2002), as Piotr
- *Ona*, Actor
- *Dobre chłopaki*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Picture of Andrzej Konopka at the 2025 Oscars](https://film.one/media/person/6826702/gallery-048e86f74f01.jpg) Picture of Andrzej Konopka at the 2025 Oscars — Klaudia Śmieja, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Andrzej_Konopka2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Andrzej Konopka 2 (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/6826702/gallery-0b8312813a5d.jpg) Andrzej Konopka 2 (2017) — Fryta 73, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Andrzej_Konopka_2_%2833807340525%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Andrzej_Konopka_2_%2833807340525%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Andrzej Konopka](https://film.one/media/person/6826702/gallery-c4b85cb0b22c.jpg) Andrzej Konopka — Ja Fryta from Strzegom, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Andrzej_Konopka.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Andrzej Konopka](https://film.one/media/person/6826702/gallery-4447c84a583a.jpg) Andrzej Konopka — Image via TMDB

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