--- name: "Borys Szyc" canonical: "https://film.one/person/borys-szyc" fi1m_id: "borys-szyc" imdb_id: "nm0844371" tmdb_id: 95105 wikidata_id: "Q2911384" roles: ["Actor"] born: "4 September 1978" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-22T01:27:57.864279+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." --- # Borys Szyc ## Identity Borys Szyc - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/borys-szyc - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** borys-szyc - **IMDb ID:** nm0844371 - **TMDB ID:** 95105 - **Wikidata ID:** Q2911384 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borys_Szyc, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2911384, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0844371/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95105 Actor. Born 4 September 1978 in Łódź, Poland. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 4 September 1978, Łódź, Poland - **Active:** 2018–present - **Also known as:** Borys Szyc-Michalak, Borys Michalak, Borys Michał Szyc-Michalak - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borys_Szyc, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2911384, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0844371/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95105 ## Coming up - *Tears of Neon* (2026-11-27) ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Cold War*](https://film.one/film/cold-war.md) (85) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Borys Szyc, also credited as Borys Szyc-Michalak or Borys Michalak, is a Polish film and theatre actor and musician. He was born on 4 September 1978 in Łódź and graduated from the Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Theatre Academy in Warsaw in 2001. Since then he has performed regularly at Teatr Współczesny in Warsaw. He received the Polish Academy Award for Best Actor in 2010. Szyc is known for roles in films including *Vinci* (2004), *Testosteron* (2007), *Spoor* (2017) and *Cold War* (2018), in which he played Lech Kaczmarek. He has also appeared in numerous Polish television series. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Cold War* (2018), Fi1m 85, as Lech Kaczmarek — [page](https://film.one/film/cold-war.md) ## Complete filmography (97) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Tears of Neon* (2026), Actor - *The Doll* (2026), as Baron Krzeszowski — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/the-doll-2026.md) - *Women's Hell* (2026), series, as Wiktor Denar - *Too Old for Fairy Tales 3* (2026), Actor - *Smartie and Me* (2026), Actor - *Wild* (2026), Actor - *Heweliusz* (2025), series, as Andrzej Ułasiewicz - *Pixie. The New Beginning* (2025), as (voice) - *Vinci 2* (2025), as Julian 'Szerszeń' Paulewicz - *Simona Kossak* (2024), as Batura - *The Green Dinosaur* (2024), as Hokus Pokus / Hokus Pokus' Father (voice) - *Detective Forst* (2024), series, as Wiktor Forst · Producer - *The American* (2023), as Andrei Vadys - *You Should Not Exist* (2023), as Michał - *Still Here* (2023), series, as Franciszek 'Czuły' Czułkowski - *Kryptonim: Polska* (2022), series, as Roman - *Operation Nation* (2022), as Roman - *The Butler* (2022), series, as Fryderyk von Krauss - *Autumn Girl* (2021), as Kazimierz Kutz - *Furia* (2021), series, as Ziminov - *Magnesium* (2021), as Zbroja Lewenfisz · Co-Producer - *Letters to Santa 4* (2021), as Gibon - *The King of Warsaw* (2020), series, as Janusz Radziwiłek - *Into the Night* (2020), series, as Łom - *(Nie)znajomi* (2019), as Janusz (voice) · Co-Producer - *Bird Talk* (2019), as Jakubiec - *Legions* (2019), as Zbigniew Dunin Wąsowicz - *The Marshal* (2019), as Józef Piłsudski - *Dark, Almost Night* (2019), Co-Producer - *Planet Single 3* (2019), Actor - *Heart Is Not a Service* (2018), as Maciek - *The Butler* (2018), as Fryderyk von Krauss - *Cold War* (2018), as Lech Kaczmarek — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/cold-war.md) - *Letters to Santa 3* (2017), as 'Gibon' - *Bodo* (2017), as Captain Daniel Adamski - *Spoor* (2017), as Wnetrzak - *PolandJa* (2017), as Soldier Muszyński - *The Art of Loving: Story of Michalina Wislocka* (2017), as szef wydawnictwa - *Persona Non Grata* (2015), as Pesz - *The Pact* (2015), series, as Łukasz Seidler - *The Border* (2014), series, as Pułkownik Kuczer - *Days of Honor - Powstanie* (2014), series, as major Heinrich Pabst - *The Heart and Sweetheart* (2014), as Priest Pietryga - *JJ* (2014), as Jerzy Jurecki · Co-Producer - *1939 Battle of Westerplatte* (2013), as Stefan Ludwik Grodecki - *Ixjana* (2012), as Artur - *The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683* (2012), as Mikołaj Adam Sieniawski - *Three Sisters* (2012), as Aleksandr - *Kac Wawa* (2012), as Andrzej - *Big Love* (2012), as prisoner - *Kreskostoria Polski* (2012), as Zakała (voice) - *Polish Roulette* (2012), as Janek - *Pokaż kotku, co masz w środku* (2011), as turkey (voice) - *Battle of Warsaw 1920* (2011), as Jan Krynicki - *The Mole* (2011), as Paweł Kowal - *George the Hedgehog* (2011), as Jerzy (voice) - *Recipe for Life* (2011), series, as cook Jerzy Knape - *War of Love* (2010), as Albin - *Beyond the Steppes* (2010), as Roman - *Esterhazy* (2010), as Ojciec Ewy (głos) - *Miracle Seller* (2010), as Stefan - *Blind Date* (2010), as Karol - *Demakijaż* (2009), as Piotr Wierchowieński (segment "Droga wewnętrzna") - *Lesser Evil* (2009), as Mareczek Kolenda - *Case Unknown* (2009), as Dr. Konstanty Grot - *Snow White and Russian Red* (2009), as Silny - *And a Warm Heart* (2008), Actor - *Trzeci oficer* (2008), series, as komisarz Tomasz Kruszyński "Kruszon" - *Ladies* (2008), as Błażej Dywanik, brat Marka - *Ekipa* (2007), series, as neonazista Ludwik Bodry-Barański - *Tajemnica Twierdzy Szyfrów* (2007), series, as Untersturmführer Matheas Beer - *Hiena* (2007), as Ojciec "Małego" / Syn "Bryndzy" / Lodziarz - *Testosteron* (2007), as Tytus - *South by North* (2007), as Jakub - *Job: The Last Grey Cell* (2006), as Chemik - *Oficerowie* (2006), series, as podkomisarz Tomasz Kruszyński "Kruszon" - *Chaos* (2006), as Łysy - *Droga wewnętrzna* (2006), as Piotr Wierchowieński, współpracownik Rafała - *Officer* (2005), series, as podkomisarz Tomasz Kruszyński "Kruszon" - *1409. Afera na zamku Bartenstein* (2005), as Herman - *The Welts* (2004), as Bartosz - *Vinci* (2004), as Julian 'Szerszeń' Paulewicz - *Defekt* (2003), series, Actor - *Symmetry* (2003), as Albert - *No Mercy* (2002), as "Glut", złodziej samochodów - *Sfora* (2002), series, as "Glut", złodziej samochodów - *The Pianist* (2002), as Young Gestapo (uncredited) — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-pianist.md) - *E=mc²* (2002), as student I - *The Station* (2001), as Tomek - *The Annuity* (2001), as Michał - *Przedwiośnie* (2001), as Buławnik - *Enduro Bojz* (2000), as motorcyclist - *Rodzina zastępcza* (1999), series, Actor - *King Size* (1988), as Dwarf (uncredited) - *Zwierzak*, series, Actor - *Światło w nocy*, as Józef Szwejk - *Kochanie, mamy problem*, as Karol ## Gallery - ![Borys Szyc](https://film.one/media/person/128232/gallery-ebecffd49479.jpg) Borys Szyc — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/MJK32664_Borys_Szyc_%28Pokot%2C_Berlinale_2017%29.jpg/1280px-MJK32664_Borys_Szyc_%28Pokot%2C_Berlinale_2017%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Cast and crew of the film Cold War at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/128232/gallery-522b30844a70.jpg) Cast and crew of the film Cold War at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival — Joan Hernandez Mir, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/2018-05-10-Cannes-L%27%C3%A9quipe_du_film_Cold_War_de_Pawel_Pawlikowski_-2279.jpg/1280px-2018-05-10-Cannes-L%27%C3%A9quipe_du_film_Cold_War_de_Pawel_Pawlikowski_-2279.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Koncert inaugurujący jesienną ramówkę TVP (Warszawa, ul. Woronicza): pl:Borys Szyc (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/128232/gallery-edf42d63e3e0.jpg) Koncert inaugurujący jesienną ramówkę TVP (Warszawa, ul. Woronicza): pl:Borys Szyc (2009) — Beax, CC BY-SA 2.5 pl, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Borys_Szyc-01_beax.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Koncert inaugurujący jesienną ramówkę TVP (Warszawa, ul. Woronicza): pl:Borys Szyc (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/128232/gallery-bda745eadbba.jpg) Koncert inaugurujący jesienną ramówkę TVP (Warszawa, ul. Woronicza): pl:Borys Szyc (2009) — Beax, CC BY-SA 2.5 pl, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Borys_Szyc-02_beax.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Borys Szyc](https://film.one/media/person/128232/gallery-9d5f1f36ac0f.jpg) Borys Szyc — Image via TMDB - ![Borys Szyc](https://film.one/media/person/128232/gallery-85173f14daba.jpg) Borys Szyc — Image via TMDB - ![Borys Szyc](https://film.one/media/person/128232/gallery-5b02658167a9.jpg) Borys Szyc — Image via TMDB - ![Koncert inaugurujący jesienną ramówkę TVP (Warszawa, ul. Woronicza): pl:Borys Szyc (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/128232/gallery-c351b26a4b6c.jpg) Koncert inaugurujący jesienną ramówkę TVP (Warszawa, ul. Woronicza): pl:Borys Szyc (2009) — Beax, CC BY-SA 2.5 pl, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Borys_Szyc-03_beax.jpg/1280px-Borys_Szyc-03_beax.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Borys Szyc, polski aktor. (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/128232/gallery-49d8a5b89211.jpg) Borys Szyc, polski aktor. (2013) — Ja Fryta from Strzegom, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Borys_Szyc_%289063656977%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated - European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2019: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Cold War* - Zbigniew Cybulski Award 2005: Zbigniew Cybulski Award (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/borys-szyc