
Biography
Leon Stanisław Niemczyk (15 December 1923 – 29 November 2006) was a Polish actor.
Niemczyk developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1960s, known for serious dramas, including historical dramas and war films. He appeared in over 500 films and television shows over the course of his career. His most memorable roles were Fulko de Lorche in Aleksander Ford's The Teutonic Knights, Andrzej in Roman Polanski's Knife in the Water and Jerzy in Jerzy Kawalerowicz's Night Train.
Niemczyk became an international star through positive reception for his leading role in Knife in the Water (1962), earning Polish cinema's first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.During World War II, he served under Gen. George S. Patton in the U.S. 3rd Army. He died of cancer.
Filmography
All 208
Movies 182
TV Shows 26
Director 1

The Deluge Redivivus (2014)

Inland Empire (2006)

Po sezonie (2006)

Ranczo (2006)

King Ubu (2004)

Insatiability (2003)

All The Saints (2002)

E=mc² (2002)

Coyote's Morning (2001)

I'm Looking at You, Mary (2000)

Miasteczko (2000)

Boys Don't Cry (2000)

Lovers (2000)

Deserter's Gold (1998)

The Book of Great Wishes (1998)

Pułapka (1997)

Sztos (1997)

Trees (1996)

The Story About Master Twardowski (1996)

Tsarevich Aleksey (1996)

Polish Death (1995)

Stella Stellaris (1994)

Fritze Bollmann will nicht angeln (1994)

Tu stoję... (1994)

Straszny sen Dzidziusia Górkiewicza (1994)

Blood of the Innocent (1994)

Colossus (1993)

Kuchnia polska (1993)

Dismissed From Life (1992)

Warsaw: Year 5703 (1992)

Polish Cuisine (1991)

Seychelles (1991)

Powrót wilczycy (1990)

Der Streit um des Esels Schatten (1990)

Piggate (1990)

Return of the Pied Piper (1989)

Alchemik (1989)

Konsul (1989)

Vera – The Hard Way to Enlightenment (1989)

Pan Samochodzik i praskie tajemnice (1989)

W labiryncie (1988)

The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober (1988)

Präriejäger in Mexiko (1988)

The Curse of Snake Valley (1988)

Swan Song (1988)

Porcelana w składzie słonia (1988)

Na kłopoty... Bednarski (1988)

Cupid's Bow (1988)

To Kill a Dragon (1988)

Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria (1987)

Powrót po śmierć (1987)

The Golden Mahmudia (1987)

The Ring and the Rose (1987)

Child's Scenes of Provincial Life (1987)

Koniec sezonu na lody (1987)

Przyłbice i kaptury (1986)

Das wirkliche Blau (1986)

Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes (1986)

The Deserters (1986)

Jesienią o szczęściu (1986)

Mokry szmal (1986)

Sezon na bażanty (1986)

Travels of Mr. Blot (1986)

Der Bärenhäuter (1986)

Chrześniak (1986)

Dłużnicy Śmierci (1986)

Szaleństwa Panny Ewy (1985)

Przemytnicy (1985)

Killing Auntie (1985)

Smażalnia Story (1985)

Franziska (1985)

O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization (1985)

Fucha (1985)

End of the Lonely Farm Berhof (1985)

Ultimatum (1984)

Fort 13 (1984)

The Planet 'Tailor' (1984)

Mister Blot's Academy (1984)

Woman Doctors (1984)

Pastorale heroica (1984)

Fetysz (1984)

Revenge (1983)

Blisko, coraz bliżej (1983)

Big Shar (1983)

She-Wolf (1983)

Życie Kamila Kuranta (1983)

Okolice spokojnego morza (1983)

The Prince Beyond the Seven Seas (1982)

A Long Way to School (1982)

Krab i Joanna (1982)

Vabank (1982)

Jest mi lekko (1982)

The Big Race (1981)

Die Kolonie (1981)

Tender Spots (1981)

From the French Period (1981)

„Anna” i wampir (1981)

Levin's Mill (1980)

Carmilla (1980)

The Death Sentence (1980)

Demokrati (1980)

Anamnese (1980)

Die Schmuggler von Rajgrod (1980)

Morning Stars (1980)

Archives of Death (1980)

Archiv des Todes (1980)

Gazda z Diabelnej (1980)

Placówka (1979)

Des Drachens grauer Atem (1979)

Życie na gorąco (1979)

Des Henkers Bruder (1979)

Fleur Lafontaine (1978)

Achillesferse (1978)

Anton the Magician (1978)

Severino (1978)

Wesela nie będzie (1978)

I Want to See You (1978)

Milioner (1977)

Trini (1977)

Goldene Zeiten - Feine Leute (1977)

07 zgłoś się (1976)

Beethoven – Tage aus einem Leben (1976)

Sein letzter Fall (1976)

In the Dust of the Stars (1976)

Karino (1976)

Bezkresne łąki (1976)

Die schwarze Mühle (1975)

Mein blauer Vogel fliegt (1975)

Případ mrtvého muže (1975)

Czterdziestolatek (1975)

Suse, liebe Suse (1975)

Kazimierz Wielki (1975)

Visa für Ocantros (1974)

Remember Your Name (1974)

The Deluge (1974)

The Keys (1974)

Unterm Birnbaum (1973)

A Party for Ten, Plus Three (1973)

Apache (1973)

Through the Fifth Dimension (1973)

Copernicus (1973)

Er - Sie - Es (1972)

Skarb trzech łotrów (1972)

Tail Wind (1972)

Tecumseh (1972)

Wiktoryna, czyli czy pan pochodzi z Beauvais? (1972)

Szerokiej drogi, kochanie (1972)

Zabijcie czarną owcę (1972)

Lekce (1972)

Theatre Macabre (1971)

Polizeiruf 110 (1971)

A Strange Duel (1971)

Salut Germain (1971)

Pygmalion XII (1971)

KLK calling PTZ – The Red Orchestra (1971)

Five and Half of Pale Joe (1971)

Pogoń za Adamem (1970)

Zollfahndung (1970)

Różaniec z granatów (1970)

Signs on the Road (1970)

Heaven on Earth (1970)

Verdacht auf einen Toten (1969)

Time to Live (1969)

The Neighbours (1969)

Venus of Ille (1969)

Otello z M-2 (1968)

Stawka większa niż życie (1968)

Countess Cosel (1968)

First Pavilion (1968)

The Nutcracker (1967)

Bicz Boży (1967)

Full Ahead (1967)

Frozen Flashes (1967)

Skinny and Others (1967)

Return to Earth (1967)

The Man Who Demoralized Hadleyburg (1967)

Zejście do piekła (1966)

Don Gabriel (1966)

Katastrofa (1966)

Tomorrow Mexico (1966)

Kapitan Sowa na tropie (1965)

The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)

A Lady from the Window (1964)

Agnes 1946 (1964)

Evening (1964)

Zacne grzechy (1963)

Mrs. Hanka's Diary (1963)

White Tracks (1963)

Their Everyday Life (1963)

Mandrin met le feu aux poudres (1962)

Szczęściarz Antoni (1962)

Knife in the Water (1962)

The Artillery Sergeant Kalen (1961)

Visit of a President (1961)

Glass Mountain (1960)

Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960)

Sygnały (1959)

Night Train (1959)

The Depot of the Dead (1959)

What Will My Wife Say to This? (1958)

The Eighth Day of the Week (1958)

Eroica (1958)

Man on the Tracks (1957)

Nikodem Dyzma (1956)

Sprawa pilota Maresza (1956)

Trzy starty (1955)

The Hours of Hope (1955)

Cellulose (1954)
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Information
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday1923-12-15
Deathday2006-11-29 (82 years old)
Place of birthWarsaw, Poland
CitizenshipsPoland
Also known asЛеон Немчик, Leon Stanislaw Niemczyk, L. Niemczyk
AwardsOfficer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Order of Polonia Restituta, National Prize of East Germany, Honorary Badge of the City of Łódź, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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