---
name: "Ignacy Machowski"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ignacy-machowski"
fi1m_id: "ignacy-machowski"
imdb_id: "nm0532672"
tmdb_id: 28571
wikidata_id: "Q4285819"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 July 1920"
died: "11 January 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T08:25:58.423105+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."
---

# Ignacy Machowski

## Identity

Ignacy Machowski

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ignacy-machowski
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ignacy-machowski
- **IMDb ID:** nm0532672
- **TMDB ID:** 28571
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4285819
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacy_Machowski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4285819, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0532672/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28571

Actor. Born 5 July 1920 in Rzeszów, podkarpackie, Polska. Died 11 January 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 July 1920, Rzeszów, podkarpackie, Polska
- **Died:** 11 January 2001
- **Also known as:** Игнаций Маховский
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacy_Machowski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4285819, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0532672/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28571

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Ashes and Diamonds*](https://film.one/film/ashes-and-diamonds.md) (82)

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## Biography

Ignacy Machowski was a Polish actor of theatre, film, radio and television. Born in Rzeszów on 5 July 1920, he made his stage debut in 1944 and later passed an external actors’ examination. He worked in theatres across Poland, including Rzeszów, Wrocław, Warsaw and Gdańsk, before settling in Warsaw, where he performed at the National Theatre until 1969.

Machowski appeared in more than fifty films between 1954 and 1999. He is known for his roles as Waga in *Ashes and Diamonds* (1958), a sleeping-car passenger in *Night Train* (1959), Professor Saltyk in *The Silent Star* (1960) and the sergeant in *The Noose* (1958). In total he played over six hundred theatre roles and thousands of parts in radio productions; his final stage appearance was in January 2000. He died in Warsaw on 11 January 2001.

*Sources: imdb.com, pl.wikipedia.org, ru.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ashes and Diamonds* (1958), Fi1m 82, as Waga — [page](https://film.one/film/ashes-and-diamonds.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

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

- *The Book of Great Wishes* (1998), as Stanisław
- *Self-Portrait with a Lover* (1997), as prezes fotografików
- *The Story About Master Twardowski* (1996), as wykładowca na uniwersytecie w Wittemberdze
- *Kamień na kamieniu* (1995), as Ksiądz proboszcz
- *Lava* (1989), as General
- *Gwiazda Piołun* (1988), as Rejent
- *Subs* (1987), series, as Piórecki
- *Na odsiecz Wiedniowi* (1983), as Alberto de Carpa
- *The Contract* (1982), as Adam's Friend
- *Polonia Restituta* (1981), as dubbing roli granej przez Kiryła Ławrowa
- *Father of the Queen* (1980), as Marquis d'Arquien
- *Wściekły* (1980), Actor
- *All and Nobody* (1978), as Konrad
- *Calling 07* (1976), series, as Romski
- *Kazimierz Wielki* (1976), as Vladislaus I Elbow-high
- *Composition for Four Hands* (1975), as Bruce Cory
- *Chlopcy* (1973), as Professor Perlec
- *Na krawędzi* (1973), as Drugstore Clerk
- *Kłopotliwy gość* (1971), as Commitee Member
- *Wawelski convuntus dowódców* (1970), as Józef Bem
- *Colombuses* (1970), series, as [obsada aktorska]
- *Liberation - Part 2 : Breakthrough* (1970), as old man
- *Mistrz tańca* (1969), as Bartender
- *More Than Life At Stake* (1968), series, as SS-Standartenführer Max Dibelius, SS-Standartenführer Lütz
- *Świat grozy* (1968), as Podgers (segment "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime")
- *Zbrodnia lorda Artura Savile'a* (1968), as Podgers
- *Klub szachistów* (1967), as Man introducing Urbin
- *Maria and Napoleon* (1966), as Geraud Christophe Duroc
- *Don Gabriel* (1966), as Cabinet's Secretary
- *Rendes-Vous with a Spy* (1964), as Bernard
- *Wounded in the Forest* (1964), as Major (voice) (uncredited)
- *Mansarda* (1963), as Golz
- *The Criminal and the Lady* (1963), as Szymański
- *Klub kawalerów* (1962), as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- *Rodzina Milcarków* (1962), as Priest (voice) (uncredited)
- *Spóźnieni przechodnie* (1962), as Francois (segment 4)
- *The Impossible Goodbye* (1962), as Inspector
- *Opening Tomorrow* (1962), as Marceli Witting
- *Swan Song* (1962), as Nikita Iwanowicz
- *Story of the Golden Boot* (1961), as Master Paweł
- *Przeciwko bogom* (1961), as Major
- *Time Past* (1961), as Doctor Hase
- *Szczęściarz Antoni* (1961), as Department Director (voice) (uncredited)
- *It Started Yesterday* (1961), as Borkowski (uncredited)
- *Glass Mountain* (1960), as Florczak
- *The Silent Star* (1960), as Prof. Saltyk
- *Night Train* (1959), as Sleeping Car Passenger
- *Eagle* (1959), as Bosman Mirta
- *Ashes and Diamonds* (1958), as Waga — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/ashes-and-diamonds.md)
- *What Will My Wife Say to This?* (1958), as Michalski
- *The Noose* (1958), as Sergeant
- *Eroica* (1958), as Major (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
- *Farewell to the Devil* (1957), as Prosecutor
- *Tajemnica dzikiego szybu* (1956), as School Inspector (uncredited)
- *Shadow* (1956), as "Shadow" Biskupik
- *Irene, Go Home!* (1955), as Hairdresser Zygmunt (uncredited)
- *Not Far from Warsaw* (1954), as Party Secretary

## Gallery

- ![Alicja Bobrowska i Ignacy Machowski w przedstawieniu Co się stało we dworze - Teatr Narodowy; Warszawa. (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/3876012/gallery-a010be688c46.jpg) Alicja Bobrowska i Ignacy Machowski w przedstawieniu Co się stało we dworze - Teatr Narodowy; Warszawa. (1968) — Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Alicja_Bobrowska%2C_Ignacy_Machowski.jpg/1280px-Alicja_Bobrowska%2C_Ignacy_Machowski.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ignacy Machowski](https://film.one/media/person/3876012/gallery-2194c4bc08ab.jpg) Ignacy Machowski — nieznany/unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Ignacy_Machowski.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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