Leon Niemczyk


Leon Stanisław Niemczyk 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 (film)|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, which earned Polish cinema's List of Polish submissions for the [Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|first nomination] for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.
He died of cancer.

Selected filmography

  • Celuloza as Major Stuposz
  • Godziny nadziei as American Officer
  • Trzy starty
  • Zaczarowany rower as Doctor
  • Sprawa pilota Maresza as Surowiec
  • Nikodem Dyzma as Mr. Cox's Interpreter
  • Man on the Tracks as Passenger
  • Heroism as Lt. Istvan Kolya
  • Król Macius I
  • The Eighth Day of the Week as Ciapus
  • Co rekne zena? as Train Passenger
  • The Depot of the Dead as Nine
  • Night Train as Jerzy
  • Sygnaly as Boss
  • The Teutonic Knights as Fulko de Lorche
  • Szklana góra as Jarek
  • Szczesciarz Antoni as Saturnin Potapowicz
  • Odwiedziny prezydenta as Witold - ojciec Jacka / Prezydent
  • Tonight a City Will Die as American Prisoner of War
  • The Artillery Sergeant Kalen as Saszko 'Bir'
  • Knife in the Water as Andrzej
  • Mandrin as Le traître Grandville
  • Ich dzien powszedni as Lekarz
  • Na białym szlaku as Sikora
  • Pamietnik pani Hanki as Toto
  • Yokmok as Smuggler
  • Agnieszka 46 as Zenon Balcz
  • Panienka z okienka as Prosecutor
  • The Saragossa Manuscript as Don Avadoro
  • Sposób bycia as Górny
  • Jutro Meksyk as Official
  • Katastrofa as Prosecutor
  • Don Gabriel as Leukamer, german officer
  • Zejscie do piekla as Harrison
  • Powrót na ziemie as Lekarz
  • Chudy i inni as Journalist
  • Cala naprzód as His Excellency
  • Frozen Flashes as Stefan
  • Bicz bozy as Grebizewski
  • The Nutcracker as Jan, the father
  • Poradnik matrymonialny as Barman
  • Hrabina Cosel as Count Lecherenne
  • Sasiedzi as Police commandant
  • Verdacht auf einen Toten as Dr. Roth
  • Zeit zu leben as Lorenz Reger
  • Aus unserer Zeit as Sascha Pronin
  • Raj na ziemi as Driver Ziólkowski
  • Znaki na drodze as Paslawski
  • Bladego Józka as Czekala
  • Twarz aniola
  • KLK Calling PTZ - The Red Orchestra as Vincente Douglas
  • Stranen dvuboy as Robert Huston
  • Lekce as Stone
  • Zabijcie czarna owce as Major
  • Szerokiej drogi, kochanie as Adam Mackowski
  • Tecumseh as McKew
  • Vyatarat na pateshestviyata
  • Copernicus as Don Alonso
  • Apachen as Ramon
  • Unterm Birnbaum as Szulski
  • Die Schlüssel as Pawlik
  • The Deluge as Karol X Gustaw
  • Remember Your Name as Capt. Piotrowski
  • Prípad mrtvého muze as Polský kriminalista
  • Mein blauer Vogel fliegt as Uncle Marian
  • Die schwarze Mühle as Müller
  • Kazimierz Wielki as Karol Robert
  • In the Dust of the Stars as Thob
  • Beethoven - Tage aus einem Leben as Fürst Andreas Rasumowski
  • Karino as Jablecki
  • Bezkresne laki as Daniel
  • Milioner as Taxi Driver
  • Palace Hotel as Mr. Lacoste
  • Rekolekcje as Professor Conducting the Autopsy
  • Ich will euch sehen as Kommandeur
  • Wesela nie bedzie as Head of hospital department
  • Severino
  • Anton the Magician as Max Kettler
  • Achillesferse
  • Fleur Lafontaine as Bangemann
  • Des Henkers Bruder as Berner
  • Trini as Graf Ariola
  • Pokhishchenie 'Savoi as Berje
  • Gwiazdy poranne as Baldt
  • Na wlasna prosbe as Jerzy
  • Ojciec królowej as Baron von und zu Waldzug
  • Die Schmuggler von Rajgrod as Waldemar Dreßler
  • Wyrok smierci as Major Rawicz
  • Levins Mühle as Korrinth
  • Dve strochki melkim shriftom as Revolyutsioner
  • Die Kolonie as Hansen
  • Vabank as Jeweler
  • Krab i Joanna as Captain Cezary
  • Anna' i wampir as Mjr. Dobija
  • Der lange Ritt zur Schule as Erster Böser
  • Der Prinz hinter den sieben Meeren as Kaufmann
  • Gry i zabawy as Stanislaw
  • Wilczyca as Count Wiktor Smorawinski
  • Wielki Szu as Stefan Mikun
  • Pastorale heroica as Pelnomocznik do spraw reformy rolnej
  • Planeta krawiec as Chairman
  • Przekleta ziemia
  • Odwet as Inzynier Midron
  • Ostrze na ostrze as Walenty Dabski
  • Okolice spokojnego morza as Baranski
  • On, ona, oni
  • Woman Doctors as Polnischer Arzt
  • Akademia pana Kleksa as Golarz Filip
  • Kamienne tablice as Professor
  • Fort 13 as Captain
  • Ultimatum
  • Fucha as Owner of Gravestone Carving Plant
  • Zánik samoty Berhof as Polský dustojník
  • Szalenstwa panny Ewy as Zawilowski
  • O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization as Well-Kept Man
  • Fetysz as Major
  • Smazalnia story as District Architect
  • Pietno as Military prosecutor
  • Przemytnicy as Policeman
  • Diabelskie szczescie as Department Head
  • Dluznicy smierci as Aresztant w Strzekocianach
  • Chrzesniak
  • Bearskin as Niklaus
  • Podróze pana Kleksa as Filip the Robot
  • Sezon na bazanty as Garage owner in Austria
  • Mokry szmal as Tokarski
  • Zastihla me noc as Velitel koncentracniho tábora
  • Wakacje w Amsterdamie
  • C.K. Dezerterzy as Gendarme
  • Ga, Ga - Chwala bohaterom as Showman z tv
  • Sceny dzieciece z zycia prowincji as Doctor W.
  • Epizod Berlin West as Nyzynski
  • Menedzer as Manager Nowak
  • Pierscien i róza as Prime Minister Glumboso
  • Zlota Mahmudia
  • Miedzy ustami a brzegiem pucharu as Admiral von Carolath
  • Misja specjalna as Captain Smith
  • Luk Erosa as Lieutenant Otto von Palinsky
  • Koniec sezonu na lody as Doctor
  • Gwiazda Piolun as Pharmacist
  • Sonata marymoncka as Driver Borkowski
  • Trójkat bermudzki as Prison Director
  • Niezwykla podróz Baltazara Kobera
  • Labedzi spiew as Director Rogozinski
  • Obywatel Piszczyk as Renata's father
  • Curse of Snakes Valley as Man with black glasses
  • Republika nadziei as wizytator Jost
  • Slawna jak Sarajewo as Major
  • Pan Kleks w kosmosie as Don Filippo
  • Pan Samochodzik i praskie tajemnice as Bob Smith
  • Konsul as Jerzy Berger
  • Alchemik as Zwinger
  • Kornblumenblau as Wodzirej na zabawie gwiazdkowej
  • The Last Ferry as Captain
  • Powrót wabiszczura as Mayor
  • Swinka as David Arnoldson
  • Bal na dworcu w Koluszkach as Ambassador
  • Gorzka milosc as General
  • Zabic na koncu
  • Der Streit um des Esels Schatten as Archon Onolaus
  • Oko cyklonu as British officer
  • Powrót wilczycy as Ziembalski
  • Seszele as Poziemski
  • Walerjan Wrobel's Homesickness as Kapo
  • Kanalia as Wert's Boss in Germany
  • Kuchnia polska as Ignacy Feureisen
  • Calls Controlled as Secretary General
  • Siwa legenda as Alojzy
  • Warszawa. Année 5703 as oficer, sasiedka Stefanii
  • Zwolnieni z zycia
  • Daens as Committee Member
  • The Temp as Bidder
  • Conversation with a Cupboard Man as Inspector
  • Kolos as Stefan
  • Lowca. Ostatnie starcie as dzielkowicz Edward
  • Blood of the Innocent as Polish Priest
  • Zabi skok as Alfred Zineman
  • Polska smierc as Professor Zablocki
  • Dzieje mistrza Twardowskiego as Tomasz Reiner, the puppeteer from Wittenberg
  • Drzewa as Professor
  • Tsarevich Alexei as Count Schonborn
  • The Island on Bird Street as Podulski
  • A Trap as Police Chief
  • Sztos as German tourist
  • Ksiega wielkich zyczen as Zawadzki
  • Mamo, czy kury potrafia mówic? as Awidor
  • Odlotowe wakacje as Doctor
  • Zakochani as Ksiadz
  • To my as Dyrektor szkoly
  • Boys Don't Cry as Laska's Father
  • Przedwiosnie as Profesor Fiszer
  • Poranek kojota as Senator
  • Listy milosne as 'Mewa' Owner
  • E=mc2 as Professor
  • Ubu król as Ambassador of the USA
  • Nienasycenie as Old Prince
  • Po sezonie as Leon Kos
  • Inland Empire as Marek
  • Szatan z siódmej klasy as Servant Leon

TV Series