---
name: "Jan Ciecierski"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jan-ciecierski"
fi1m_id: "jan-ciecierski"
imdb_id: "nm0162118"
tmdb_id: 1072188
wikidata_id: "Q11717233"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 March 1899"
died: "20 February 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T08:25:48.201672+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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# Jan Ciecierski

## Identity

Jan Ciecierski

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jan-ciecierski
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jan-ciecierski
- **IMDb ID:** nm0162118
- **TMDB ID:** 1072188
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11717233
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ciecierski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11717233, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0162118/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1072188

Actor. Born 7 March 1899 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. Died 20 February 1987.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 March 1899, Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]
- **Died:** 20 February 1987
- **Also known as:** Ян Цецерский
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ciecierski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11717233, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0162118/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1072188

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Jan Ciecierski (7 March 1899 – 20 February 1987) was a Polish actor and theatre director. He studied law at the University of Warsaw before transferring to the Dramatic Department of the Warsaw Conservatory, from which he graduated in 1927. His stage career included work at theatres in Katowice, Warsaw, Vilnius and Kraków, and he later taught at the Actor’s Studio of the Old Theatre in Kraków.

Ciecierski appeared in numerous films from the late 1930s onwards. He is best known internationally for his role as the hotel porter in Andrzej Wajda’s *Ashes and Diamonds* (1958). He also gained wide popularity in Poland as Józef Matysiak in the long-running radio series *Matysiakowie* (1956–1987). His film credits include *Samson* (1961), *Provincial Actors* (1979) and *The Conductor* (1980). He received the Knight’s Cross and the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (38)

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

- *Polonia Restituta* (1981), as Józef Ostrowski, członek Rady Regencyjnej
- *Ortalionowy dziadek* (1981), as Aleksander's Bridge Partner
- *The Conductor* (1980), as Marta's Father
- *The Card Index* (1979), as Uncle
- *Provincial Actors* (1979), as Tadeusz Burski
- *Calling 07* (1976), series, as Gałecki
- *Kazimierz Wielki* (1976), as Lirnik
- *Nicponie* (1974), as Professor
- *Jeszcze słychać śpiew.  I rżenie koni...* (1971), as Gamekeeper
- *Rola* (1971), as Old Man
- *Romantyczni* (1970), as Count Turno
- *Facing the Truth* (1970), as Frydman's Father
- *Nowy* (1970), as Public Transport Clerk
- *Gniewko, syn rybaka* (1969), series, as pachoł Sulisława
- *More Than Life At Stake Part Four* (1969), as Rudziński ("The Great Give-Away") (uncredited)
- *More Than Life At Stake* (1968), series, as gajowy Rudziński, szwagier Zająca
- *The Canterville Ghost* (1968), as Georg
- *Świat grozy* (1968), as Georg (Segment "The Canterville Ghost")
- *When Love Was a Crime* (1968), as Doctor
- *Kartoteka* (1967), as Wujek
- *Hell and Heaven* (1966), as Kostuś
- *Good Sins* (1963), as Krasnopolski
- *Samson* (1961), as Józef Malina
- *Argument About Basia* (1959), as Doctor
- *Ashes and Diamonds* (1958), as Porter — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/ashes-and-diamonds.md)
- *Trzy kobiety* (1957), as Priest
- *Sprawa pilota Maresza* (1956), as Occulist at Institute
- *Podhale w ogniu* (1956), as Old Man
- *Atlantic Story* (1955), as Factory Worker (uncredited)
- *The Bus Leaves at 6.20* (1954), as Zapała
- *Soldier of Victory* (1953), as General - ZPP Member (uncredited)
- *Young Chopin* (1952), as Dr. Malfati
- *Pierwsze dni* (1952), as Błażej Plewa
- *The Warsaw Debut* (1951), as Bishop
- *Devil's Ravine* (1950), as Michał
- *The Others Will Follow* (1949), as Konstanty 'Zegarmistrz'
- *Granica* (1938), as Doctor
- *Lucky Thirteen* (1938), as Konferansjer

## Gallery

- ![Jan Ciecierski](https://film.one/media/person/3876008/gallery-1ce2bf79a180.jpg) Jan Ciecierski — Edward Hartwig, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Jan_Ciecierski.jpg/1280px-Jan_Ciecierski.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jan Ciecierski, Irena Eichlerówna, Socha - Judyta spektakl „Wariatka z Chaillot” Jean Giraudoux, Teatr Kameralny TUR, Kraków. (1947)](https://film.one/media/person/3876008/gallery-8889b3a88b17.jpg) Jan Ciecierski, Irena Eichlerówna, Socha - Judyta spektakl „Wariatka z Chaillot” Jean Giraudoux, Teatr Kameralny TUR, Kraków. (1947) — nn, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Ciecierski%2C_Eichlerowna%2C_Socha%2C_Judyta%2C.jpg/1280px-Ciecierski%2C_Eichlerowna%2C_Socha%2C_Judyta%2C.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta 1955: Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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