--- name: "Zbigniew Zamachowski" canonical: "https://film.one/person/zbigniew-zamachowski" fi1m_id: "zbigniew-zamachowski" imdb_id: "nm0952498" tmdb_id: 1145 wikidata_id: "Q55367" roles: ["Actor"] born: "17 July 1961" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 86 average_as: "actor" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-09-17T21:59:43.489220+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." --- # Zbigniew Zamachowski ## Identity Zbigniew Zamachowski - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/zbigniew-zamachowski - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** zbigniew-zamachowski - **IMDb ID:** nm0952498 - **TMDB ID:** 1145 - **Wikidata ID:** Q55367 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zbigniew_Zamachowski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55367, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0952498/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1145 Actor. Born 17 July 1961 in Brzeziny, Poland. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 17 July 1961, Brzeziny, Poland - **Active:** 1993–2002 - **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as actor, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (3), 2000s 87 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 86 to 80 across 4 titles - **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 4, Mystery 2, Comedy 1, Romance 1, War 1 - **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $127m across 4 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zbigniew_Zamachowski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55367, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0952498/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1145 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Three Colors: White*](https://film.one/film/three-colors-white.md) (78) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Zbigniew Zamachowski is a Polish actor. He was born on 17 July 1961 in Brzeziny, Poland, and graduated from the actor's faculty of the National Film School in Łódź. He began his acting career in 1981 and appeared in part ten of Krzysztof Kieślowski's Dekalog series in 1989. Kieślowski later cast him in the lead role of Karol Karol in *Three Colors: White* (1994). Zamachowski is a two-time winner of the Polish Film Award for Best Actor, for his roles in *Hi, Tereska* (2001) and *Zmróż oczy* (2004). Other notable film roles include appearances in *Colonel Kwiatkowski* (1996), *With Fire and Sword* (1999) and *Walesa: Man of Hope* (2013). He performed at the Studio Theater in Warsaw from 1985 to 1997 and has been an actor at the National Theater in Warsaw since 1997. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) - *The Pianist* (2002), Fi1m 87, as Customer with Coins — [page](https://film.one/film/the-pianist.md) - *Three Colors: Red* (1994), Fi1m 90, as Karol Karol — [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-red.md) - *Three Colors: White* (1994), Fi1m 78, as Karol Karol — [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-white.md) - *Three Colors: Blue* (1993), Fi1m 88, as Karol Karol — [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-blue.md) ## Complete filmography (118) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Podróż sentymentalna* (2026), Actor - *Lead Children* (2026), series, as Zdzisław Grudzień - *Operation Pope* (2025), as Commander in Gurówka - *The Clowns* (2024), Original Music Composer - *Treasure* (2024), as Stefan - *Our Folks: The Beginning* (2024), as Kacper Pawlak - *If I Were You* (2023), as Neighbour - *A Night at the Kindergarten* (2022), as Tadeusz - *The Green Glove Gang* (2022), series, as Commander Mirek (voice), Commander Mirek - *Miłość na pierwszą stronę* (2022), as Doctor - *8 Things* (2022), as Ryszard 'Ricky' Poprawa - *Da kommt noch was* (2021), as Ryszard - *Sexify* (2021), series, as Dziekan - *Układ* (2021), series, as Stasiak - *Triple Trouble* (2020), as Rafalski - *Sweat* (2020), as Fryderyk - *Truth Makes Free* (2020), as Adam Grosicki - *Bad Boy* (2020), as Bogdański - *Politics* (2019), series, as Ojciec Dyrektor - *Half a Century of Poetry Later* (2019), as Jaskier - *1800 Grams* (2019), as Vice-President - *Politics* (2019), Actor - *The Resistance Fighter* (2019), as Generał Antoni Chruściel - Monter - *Jaś i Małgosia - rodzeństwo, które przeżyło* (2019), as Narrator - *Echo serca* (2019), series, as priest Paweł - *Be Prepared* (2018), as Inspektor - *Pitbull. Last Dog* (2018), as "Gawełek" - *Taxing Love* (2018), as Wacław Matysiak - *Kolekcja sukienek* (2016), as Sokrates - *Dark Crimes* (2016), as Lukasz - *No Panic with a Hint of Hysteria* (2016), as Gunder - *7 Things You Don't Know About Men* (2016), as Ryszard 'Ricky' Poprawa - *Persona Non Grata* (2015), as Ganor - *The Pact* (2015), series, as Roman Hanus - *Gods* (2014), as Stanisław Pasyk - *Killing Love* (2014), as Jan Pokojski - *Gabriel* (2014), as Father - *Warsaw Station* (2014), as Dariusz - *Jack Strong* (2014), as Gendera - *Run Boy Run* (2014), as Hersch Fridman - *Wałesa: Man of Hope* (2013), as Nawiślak - *Aftermath* (2012), as Sierżant Włodzimierz Nowak - *Father, Son & Holy Cow* (2011), as Bogdan - *Projekt dziecko, czyli ojciec potrzebny od zaraz* (2010), as Piotr - *Esterhazy* (2010), as ojciec polskiej rodziny (głos) - *Blind Date* (2010), as TV Cameraman - *Within the Whirlwind* (2009), Actor - *Operation Dunaj* (2009), as Cpt. Czesław Grążel - *Popieluszko: Freedom Is Within Us* (2009), as Ireneusz - *Luxury* (2008), as Popers - *The Offsiders* (2008), as Dziennikarz - *Hope* (2007), as Sopel - *Fundacja Kultura* (2007), Actor - *Came the Uhlans* (2006), as Marian - *Dublerzy* (2006), as Stanisław Góraj, Stanislaw Goraj - *The Call of the Toad* (2005), as Priest Bieroński - *Devil* (2005), Actor - *Surfers’ Time* (2005), as Klama - *Destined for Blues* (2005), as Henio - *Inferno Below* (2003), series, Actor - *Squint Your Eyes* (2003), as Jasiek - *Let's Make a Grandson* (2003), as Gustaw Mytnik - *White Soup* (2003), as Matuszek - *The Body* (2003), as Dizel - *The Birch-Tree Meadow* (2003), as Gutek - *Distant Lights* (2003), as Antoni - *The Witcher* (2002), series, as Jaskier - *The Pianist* (2002), as Customer with Coins — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-pianist.md) - *The Hexer* (2001), as Jaskier - *The Station* (2001), as Dymecki - *Hi, Tereska* (2001), as Edek - *Weiser* (2001), as Kołota, kierownik szkoły - *With Fire and Sword* (2001), series, as Jerzy Michał Wołodyjowski - *Proof of Life* (2000), as Terry's Driver - *Cabin Fever* (2000), as Stanislaw - *Prymas. Trzy lata z tysiąca* (2000), as Ksiądz Stanisław Skorodecki - *Wiech moja miłość* (2000), Actor - *With Fire and Sword* (1999), as Michał Wołodyjowski - *23* (1998), as Sergej - *Darmozjad polski* (1998), as Swede - *Demons of War* (1998), as 'Houdini' Moraczewski - *Pułapka* (1997), as Robert "Bobek" Burski, menager Maćka - *The Sundial Clock* (1997), as (voice) - *Happy New York* (1997), as Ignacy "Potejto" - *Love Me and Do Whatever You Want* (1997), as Lech Ryszka - *Odwiedź mnie we śnie* (1997), as Janusz - *Colonel Kwiatkowski* (1996), as sierżant Dudek - *Emigranci* (1995), Actor - *Three Colors: Red* (1994), as Karol Karol — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-red.md) - *Reverted* (1994), as Tomasz Siwek - *Three Colors: White* (1994), as Karol Karol — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-white.md) - *Taranthriller* (1993), Actor - *Three Colors: Blue* (1993), as Karol Karol — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-blue.md) - *Yes, Yes* (1993), as Marek - *Sauna* (1992), as Jussi - *Kanalia* (1992), as Wert (voice) (uncredited) - *30 Door Key* (1991), as parobek - *Seychelles* (1991), as Stefek - *Zad wielkiego wieloryba* (1990), as Wiciu - *Escape from the Liberty Cinema* (1990), as Censor's Assistant - *Korczak* (1990), as Ichak Szulc - *Bal na dworcu w Koluszkach* (1990), as Andrzej Roszak - *The Master and Margarita* (1990), series, as Behemot / Riuchin - *Mistrz i Małgorzata* (1990), series, as Behemot - *Dekalog* (1989), series, as Artur - *Art of Loving* (1989), as Doctor Żebro - *Decalogue X* (1989), as Artur Janicki - *Dotknięci* (1989), as Piotr - *The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober* (1988), as Mathias - *Boczny tor* (1988), as Marek - *Kill Me, Cop* (1988), as Seweryn - *The Possessed* (1988), as Liamchine - *Escape* (1987), as Boy - *The Ring and the Rose* (1987), as książę Bulbo - *Ludożerca* (1987), as King - *Gucia* (1985), Music - *Domokrążca* (1984), Actor - *The Big Picnic* (1981), as Rysiek ## Gallery - ![Zbigniew Zamachowski](https://film.one/media/person/84214/gallery-014bfb9769c2.jpg) Zbigniew Zamachowski — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Zbigniew_Zamachowski_at_Berlinale_2024-1_Ausschnitt.jpg/1280px-Zbigniew_Zamachowski_at_Berlinale_2024-1_Ausschnitt.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Actor Zbigniew Zamachowski (2014).](https://film.one/media/person/84214/gallery-bc0efd2048b0.jpg) Actor Zbigniew Zamachowski (2014). — Kontrola, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/00_Zbig_Zamachowski.jpg/1280px-00_Zbig_Zamachowski.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Gwiazda Zbigniewa Zamachowskiego w Alei Gwiazd w Lodzi (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/84214/gallery-3ed81ea00af1.jpg) Gwiazda Zbigniewa Zamachowskiego w Alei Gwiazd w Lodzi (2008) — Jack lodz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Gwiazda_Zbigniewa_Zamachowskiego.JPG/1280px-Gwiazda_Zbigniewa_Zamachowskiego.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Zbigniew Zamachowski - Polish film, theater, and voice actor, voice-over artist, singer, composer of film music, and author of music and lyrics. Busko-Zdrój, Ju (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/84214/gallery-e408a002e92f.jpg) Zbigniew Zamachowski - Polish film, theater, and voice actor, voice-over artist, singer, composer of film music, and author of music and lyrics. Busko-Zdrój, Ju (2025) — This image is a work by Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons user Jarosław Kruk (Jrkruk). When reusing, please credit me as author: Jarosław Roland Kruk / Wikipedia, licence: CC-BY-SA-3.0 If you use my image on your website, please send me an email with webpage adress. If you use my image in your book, please send me one copy to my home adres, which I will provide by email. Contact me at: jaroslaw.kruko2.pl More of my work can be found in my personal gallery. pl en +/− pl en +/−, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/JKRUK_20250701_ZBIGNIEW_ZAMACHOWSKI_BUSKO_DSC_4115.jpg/1280px-JKRUK_20250701_ZBIGNIEW_ZAMACHOWSKI_BUSKO_DSC_4115.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Zbigniew Zamachowski](https://film.one/media/person/84214/gallery-558d1e6e0f5d.jpg) Zbigniew Zamachowski — Image via TMDB - ![Zbigniew Zamachowski - Polish film, theater, and voice actor, voice-over artist, singer, composer of film music, and author of music and lyrics. Busko-Zdrój, Ju (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/84214/gallery-4efa10dad31f.jpg) Zbigniew Zamachowski - Polish film, theater, and voice actor, voice-over artist, singer, composer of film music, and author of music and lyrics. Busko-Zdrój, Ju (2025) — This image is a work by Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons user Jarosław Kruk (Jrkruk). When reusing, please credit me as author: Jarosław Roland Kruk / Wikipedia, licence: CC-BY-SA-3.0 If you use my image on your website, please send me an email with webpage adress. If you use my image in your book, please send me one copy to my home adres, which I will provide by email. Contact me at: jaroslaw.kruko2.pl More of my work can be found in my personal gallery. pl en +/− pl en +/−, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/JKRUK_20250701_ZBIGNIEW_ZAMACHOWSKI_BUSKO_DSC_4115_CROP.jpg/1280px-JKRUK_20250701_ZBIGNIEW_ZAMACHOWSKI_BUSKO_DSC_4115_CROP.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 5 won, 1 nominated - Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta 2015: Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta (won) - Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis 2015: Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis (won) - Gold Cross of Merit 2005: Gold Cross of Merit (won) - Zasłużony Działacz Kultury 1996: Zasłużony Działacz Kultury (won) - European Film Award for Best Supporting Actor 1991: European Film Award for Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema* - Zbigniew Cybulski Award 1990: Zbigniew Cybulski Award (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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