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name: "Piotr Machalica"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/piotr-machalica"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 February 1955"
died: "14 December 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:17:46.369213+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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# Piotr Machalica

Actor. Born 13 February 1955 in Pszczyna, Polska. Died 14 December 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 February 1955, Pszczyna, Polska
- **Died:** 14 December 2020

## Biography

Piotr Machalica was a Polish actor. He graduated from the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Warsaw in 1981 and made his film debut in *Rycerz* (1980). He was long associated with Teatr Powszechny in Warsaw and served as artistic director of Teatr im. Adama Mickiewicza in Częstochowa from 2006 to 2018.

Machalica appeared in several films by Krzysztof Kieślowski, including *A Short Film About Love* (1988) and *Decalogue* (1989) as Roman, and *Three Colors: White* (1994) as the man under the exchange office. Other notable screen roles include appearances in *Nothing Funny* (1996), *Day of the Wacko* (2002) and *We're All Christs* (2006). He was also a performer of sung poetry, interpreting works by Bulat Okudzhava and Georges Brassens.

Machalica died in Warsaw on 14 December 2020.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Three Colors: White* (1994), Fi1m 78, as Man under the Exchange Office — [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-white.md)

## Also known for

- *A Short Film About Love* (1988), Roman
- *Day of the Wacko* (2002), psychoanalityk
- *Decalogue VI* (1989), Roman
- *Decalogue IX* (1989), Roman Nycz
- *Dekalog* (1989), Roman
- *Nothing Funny* (1996), Miki Miauczyński
- *Szamanka* (1996), Anna's Father
- *We're All Christs* (2006), Doctor

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