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name: "Krzysztof Janczar"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/krzysztof-janczar"
fi1m_id: "krzysztof-janczar"
imdb_id: "nm0417360"
tmdb_id: 1139761
wikidata_id: "Q11749292"
roles: []
born: "7 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T00:50:20.384262+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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# Krzysztof Janczar

## Identity

Krzysztof Janczar

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/krzysztof-janczar
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** krzysztof-janczar
- **IMDb ID:** nm0417360
- **TMDB ID:** 1139761
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11749292
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11749292, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417360/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1139761

Actor. Born 7 January 1950 in Warsaw, Poland.

## Details

- **Born:** 7 January 1950, Warsaw, Poland
- **Active:** 1981–1990
- **Also known as:** Krzysztof Musiał
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 78 (1), 1990s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11749292, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417360/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1139761

## Biography

Krzysztof Janczar, also credited earlier as Krzysztof Musiał, is a Polish actor born on 7 January 1950 in Warsaw. He is the son of actor Tadeusz Janczar. He made his screen debut at the age of 15 in the television series *Wojna domowa* (1965) and graduated from the Polish National Film School in Łódź in 1974.

Janczar is known for his role as Kryska in Andrzej Wajda’s *Man of Iron* (1981). His other credits include *Nie zaznasz spokoju* (1978), *Red Dawn* (1984), *The Hunt for Red October* (1990) as Andrei Bonovia, and a long-running part as Bolesław Kazuń in the Polish soap opera *Klan*.

*Sources: imdb.com, ckziumragowo.pl.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Hunt for Red October* (1990), Fi1m 82, as Andrei Bonovia (V.K. Konovalov) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunt-for-red-october.md)
- *Man of Iron* (1981), Fi1m 78, as Kryska, przyjaciel Maćka w 1970 — [page](https://film.one/film/man-of-iron.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

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

- *Polowanie* (2023), as Adam Sierecki
- *Crossing Lines* (2013), series, as Miroslaw Cena
- *Przyjaciółki* (2012), series, as Henryk
- *Battle of the Sexes* (2011), as Marian Karski
- *The Rite of Passage* (2010), as Uncle
- *Preserve* (2007), as Właściciel kamienicy
- *Ekipa* (2007), series, as przewodniczący Nadzoru Finansowego
- *Officer* (2005), series, as Jerzy Małkiewicz, strażnik więzienny
- *Kryminalni* (2004), series, as Krzysztof Motylewski
- *Weekend Stories: Deceptive Charm* (1998), as fotograf Jacek
- *Our God's Brother* (1997), as Wiktor
- *Colonel Kwiatkowski* (1996), as 'Wacek'
- *The Story About Master Twardowski* (1996), as [obsada aktorska]
- *30 Door Key* (1991), as Leo
- *The Hunt for Red October* (1990), as Andrei Bonovia (V.K. Konovalov) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunt-for-red-october.md)
- *Torrents of Spring* (1989), as Klueber
- *Flight of the Spruce Goose* (1986), as Boy hotelowy
- *Red Dawn* (1984), as Soviet Soldier
- *Spokojne lata* (1982), as Władzio
- *Man of Iron* (1981), as Kryska, przyjaciel Maćka w 1970 — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/man-of-iron.md)
- *Olympics 40* (1980), as Andrzej
- *Kung-fu* (1980), as Krzysztof, uczeń Ireny Markowskiej
- *You Will Not Have Peace* (1978), as Tolek 'Whip' Maliniak
- *Before the Day Breaks* (1977), as Czarny
- *The Fog* (1976), as Keller
- *Bezkresne łąki* (1976), as Kajo
- *Złote koło* (1971), as Piotr Budny
- *Facing the Truth* (1970), as Bronek's Son
- *Wojna domowa* (1965), series, as Paweł Jankowski
- *Fryzjer*, as Adwokat

## Gallery

- ![Krzysztof Janczar](https://film.one/media/person/395833/gallery-6001fb3f542e.jpg) Krzysztof Janczar — Ja Fryta from Strzegom, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Krzysztof_Janczar.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Actor Krzysztof Janczar. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/395833/gallery-c138f3bc3908.jpg) Actor Krzysztof Janczar. (2009) — Sławek Skonieczny, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Krzysztof_Janczar_%282009%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Irena Kwiatkowska, Krzysztof Janczar i Kazimierz Rudzki w „Wojnie domowej“ (1965).](https://film.one/media/person/395833/gallery-864d9b84c649.jpg) Irena Kwiatkowska, Krzysztof Janczar i Kazimierz Rudzki w „Wojnie domowej“ (1965). — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Irena_Kwiatkowska%2C_Krzysztof_Janczar_i_Kazimierz_Rudzki_w_Wojnie_domowej.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Krzysztof Janczar](https://film.one/media/person/395833/gallery-b74840363253.jpg) Krzysztof Janczar — Image via TMDB

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